FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Independence Day amnesty The junta released 7,012 prisoners to mark Burma’s 75th Independence Day on Jan. 4. A source close to the prison department confirmed to…

FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Independence Day amnesty The junta released 7,012 prisoners to mark Burma’s 75th Independence Day on Jan. 4. A source close to the prison department confirmed to…
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM A man competes in a pole climbing game in Dala Township during a previous celebration of Burma’s Independence Day. ©2019 Nyein Su Junta offers cash prize…
The National League for Democracy addressed the crisis in Rakhine State in a statement marking Independence Day on Thursday, with the party describing the situation in the country’s west as…
In his Independence Day speech, Htin Kyaw called for reform of a military-drafted constitution and for justice for all recognised minorities under a federal system, but made no mention of…
Burma’s National League for Democracy party seized the occasion of the country’s 68th Independence Day on Monday to demand the continuation of a shift away from military rule.
An NLD-commissioned sculpture of the independence leader Gen. Aung San by artist Aung Kyaw Tun will go on display this month.