FROM THE DVB NEWSROOm Rohingya refugees killed and injured in Bangladesh from shelling on the Burma side. A young Rohingya man was killed and at least six others were injured after a mortar shell fired from Burma exploded inside Bangladesh on Sept.16. The military council accused the Arakan Army (AA) and the Arakan Rohingya Salvation …
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Burmese model's appearance in Shan State Army uniform causes stir
Photos have emerged of one of Burma’s most well-known models, Thinzar Wint Kyaw, dressed in martial uniform at the southern Shan headquarters of the Shan State Progress Party / Shan State Army (North) (SSPP/SSA(N)). The EAO had recently declined an invitation posed by Burma’s military junta to partake in its sham peace talks. The SSA(N)’s …
EAOs respond to Min Aung Hlaing talks "invitation"
A number of Burma’s EAOs have responded to Min Aung Hlaing’s invitation to face-to-face talks, one day after the coup leader made the gesture. The reaction has been predictably cool, with armed groups unanimously expressing a lack of trust in the coup leader’s intentions. On the same day that state media outlets ran with a …
The Daily Briefing — Friday, Apr. 7, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Today’s Headlines Thursday, April 7, 2022 CBM vice-chair shot in Yangon home. A head of the military-controlled Central Bank of Myanmar was shot at her Yangon home this morning. Than Than Swe was last reported to have been rushed to Yangon General Hospital. Read DVB’s report. BURMESE KNU to exit PPST? …
KNU signals desire to exit PPST as ceasefire body flounders
The Karen National Union (KNU) has said that it is no longer possible for its group to cooperate with the Peace Process Steering Team – a body of ten EAOs formed to oversee the implementation of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) — due to conflicting political stances. The KNU’s elder statesman chairman, Gen. Mutu Say …
One Year into the Lose-Lose Putsch (2): Who Rules Burma?
This is the second instalment in a four-part series remembering the first year of the cataclysmic military coup in Burma. The first instalment, “2021, The Golden Age of the Burmese Military”, can be found here. Part III, “Friends like These?”, is here. “In danger of being shot to the back and head” It is hard …