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Impunity fuels violence in Myanmar: The 16-Day campaign as a call for gender justice - DVB Guest contributors Thinzar Shunlei Yi and Naw Htoo Htoo At the heart of Myanmar’s conflict is a brutal truth: women and girls are being targeted, silenced, and left without protection. The annual 16 D...

The annual 16 Day Campaign to End Gender-Based Violence Nov 25-Dec 10, is a worldwide effort to raise awareness, promote prevention of violence, and demand accountability to combat violence against women and girls english.dvb.no/impunity-fue...
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Amnesty International calls for the release of Myanmar photojournalist Sai Zaw Thaike after 6 others freed - DVB Amnesty International shared a petition calling for the immediate release of Myanmar Now photojournalist Sai Zaw Thaike, who was sentenced by the regime to 20 years in prison, on Thursday. Sai Zaw Tha...

Amnesty International shared a petition calling for the immediate release of Myanmar Now photojournalist Sai Zaw Thaike, who was sentenced by the regime to 20 years in prison, on Thursday.

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Pro-democracy leader Tayzar San leads protest against regime’s 2025-26 elections in Mandalay - DVB Myanmar pro-democracy leader, librarian, and physician, Tayzar San along with well-known democracy activists Nan Lin and Khant Wai Phyo, staged an anti-regime election protest at Zay Cho Market in Man...

Myanmar pro-democracy leader Tayzar San along with activists Nan Lin and Khant Wai Phyo, staged an anti-regime election protest at Zay Cho Market in Mandalay’s Chanmyathazi Township on December 3 english.dvb.no/pro-democrac...
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Senior officials from the Karen National Union and affiliated civil society organisations formally launched a 10-year climate action plan they describe as the region’s first indigenous-led climate plan on Wednesday english.dvb.no/karen-author...
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Analysts warn of escalation in Rakhine State as regime forces advance westward - DVB Analysts told DVB that the military may intensify pressure on the Arakan Army (AA) in Arakan State following the China-brokered ceasefire deals reached with its fellow Brotherhood Alliance members — t...

Analysts told DVB that the military may intensify pressure on the Arakan Army (AA) in Arakan State following the China-brokered ceasefire deals reached with its fellow Brotherhood Alliance members

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DVB Peacock Film Festival organizer Chan Thiri Soe introduces a select few Short Docs 2025 at a pre-festival special press screening on Nov. 30. (Credit: DVB)

The DVB Peacock Film Festival 2025 will return to Chiang Mai University (CMU) Communication Innovation Center Dec. 8-10.
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At least 20 Myanmar migrant workers were among the 170 people killed during severe flooding in eight of Thailand’s southern provinces in late November, migrant worker groups from Myanmar in Thailand told DVB.
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Greta Thunberg delivers a speech on behalf of Justice for Myanmar, the recipient of the 2025 Right Livelihood Award, in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 2. (Credit: Right Livelihood)

Greta Thunberg, a Swedish activist and 2019 Right Livelihood laureate, delivered the acceptance speech for whistleblower group Justice for Myanmar at the 2025 Right Livelihood Award Ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday.
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YouTube video by DVB English News Kan Kyi: Thailand-Myanmar solidarity through hip hop music

Kan Kyi, the lead emcee of hip hop collective Triple Edge and organizer of the annual MOB Party in Chiang Mai, joins us in the DVB Newsroom to discuss music, activism, and the crisis in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup. #whatshappeninginmyanmar youtu.be/xZAUAbP6UfM

People’s Party claims Union Election Commission 'disrupted' campaign event in Yangon - DVB The People’s Party founder and Chairperson Ko Ko Gyi told media that the regime’s Union Election Commission (UEC) disrupted an unveiling ceremony for the party’s election campaign billboard in Yangon’...

The People’s Party Chairperson Ko Ko Gyi told media that the regime’s Union Election Commission disrupted an unveiling ceremony for the party’s election campaign billboard in Yangon’s Lanmadaw Township on Nov. 28 english.dvb.no/peoples-part...
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Twenty-five Karen groups join Karen National Union in rejecting the regime's 2025-26 elections - DVB Twenty-five Karen civil society groups “overseas,” led by the Karen National Union (KNU), released a statement on Monday that it has condemned the regime’s 2025-26 elections which are scheduled to beg...

Twenty-five Karen civil society groups “overseas,” led by the Karen National Union (KNU), released a statement on Monday that it has condemned the regime’s 2025-26 elections

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Greta Thunberg shows support for Myanmar at Right Livelihood Award ceremony in Sweden - DVB Greta Thunberg, a Swedish activist and 2019 Right Livelihood Laureate, delivered the acceptance speech for whistleblower group Justice for Myanmar at the 2025 Right Livelihood Award Ceremony in Stockh...

Greta Thunberg delivered the acceptance speech for whistleblower group Justice for Myanmar at the 2025 Right Livelihood Award Ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, on Tuesday english.dvb.no/greta-thunbe...
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Resistance forces in Myanmar detain a candidate in this month’s election, regime media report- DVB A candidate for a political party has been detained by a resistance group opposed to military rule, regime media reported on Wednesday. This is the first known detention of an electoral candidate befo...

A candidate for a political party has been detained by a group opposed to military rule, regime media reported Wednesday. This is the first known detention of an electoral candidate before the regime’s 2025-26 elections english.dvb.no/resistance-f...
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Police and villagers using sticks and grass cutters to destroy a poppy field above the village of Tar-Pu, Shan State, in January 2012. (Credit: Reuters)

Opium poppy cultivation in Burma’s Shan State, Sagaing Region, and Chinland has surged to its highest level in a decade, the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) stated on Wednesday.
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One of the buildings at Shwe Kokko in Myawaddy Township, Karen State, destroyed by explosives on Dec. 3. (Credit: DVB)

Residents of Myawaddy Township in Karen State told DVB that regime forces demolished a 15-storey building out of the reported 161 buildings allegedly hosting cyber scam operations at a compound in Shwe Kokko on Wednesday.
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Sources close to the Karen National Union (KNU) told DVB that the regime launched a counteroffensive to recapture Minletpan village in southern Myawaddy Township of Karen State on Wednesday.
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Thailand seizes $318 million in assets, issues 42 arrest warrants in scams crackdown - DVB Thailand has seized assets worth more than $300 million, including shares in a major regional energy company, and issued arrest warrants for 42 people in a high-profile push against regional scam netw...

Thailand has seized assets worth more than $300 mln, including shares in a major regional energy company, and issued arrest warrants for 42 people in a high-profile push against regional scam networks, officials said on Wednesday english.dvb.no/thailand-sei... #WhatsHappeningInThailand

Myanmar opium cultivation hit highest level in a decade, UN report says - DVB Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war remains one of the world’s primary suppliers of illicit drugs, according to a ...

Opium poppy cultivation in Myanmar surged to its highest level in a decade this year as the nation engaged in a civil war remains one of the world’s primary suppliers of illicit drugs, according to the UN english.dvb.no/myanmar-opiu... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #MilitaryCoupInMyanmar

At least 20 Myanmar migrant workers killed during flooding in southern Thailand - DVB At least 20 Myanmar migrant workers were among the 170 people killed during severe flooding in eight of Thailand’s southern provinces in late November, migrant worker groups from Myanmar in Thailand t...

At least 20 Myanmar migrant workers were among the 170 people killed during severe flooding in eight of Thailand’s southern provinces in late November, migrant worker groups from Myanmar in Thailand told DVB
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Myanmar's opium poppy cultivation hits highest level in a decade, UN says - DVB Opium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, rising 17 percent in the past year as conflict and economic hardship push more farmers into the illicit trade, ...

Opium poppy cultivation in war-torn Myanmar has surged to its highest level in a decade, rising 17 percent in the past year as conflict and economic hardship push more farmers into the illicit trade, the UN said on Wednesday english.dvb.no/myanmars-opi...
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Journalist Sithu Aung Myint, who contributed to Frontier Myanmar and Voice of America, before he was arrested in August 2021, at an unknown location on an unspecified date. (Credit: RFA)

Sources told DVB that journalists Sithu Aung Myint and Htet Htet Khine, who worked for BBC Media Action, as well as pro-democracy singer Thanthar Win, were released from prison on Sunday.
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Old landmines that Thailand says were detonated and recovered near the disputed border between Thailand and Cambodia are displayed during a media visit organized by the Royal Thai Army, following a ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand, in Surin Province of Thailand, on Aug. 20. (Credit: Reuters)

Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar as well as European countries moving to withdraw from the treaty banning their use.
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Residents of Wetlet Township, Sagaing Region, inspect the destruction caused to a home after an airstrike that killed five civilians on Dec. 2. (Credit: CJ)

Five members of a family, including a two-year-old, were killed and five others were injured by an airstrike on Natmawoo village in Wetlet Township, Sagaing Region, carried out by the Burma Air Force on Tuesday.
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Two Myanmar journalists and one pro-democracy activist released in prisoner amnesty - DVB Sources told DVB that journalists Sithu Aung Myint and Htet Htet Khine, who worked for BBC Media Action, and pro-democracy singer Thanthar Win, were released from prison on Nov. 30 in a regime amnesty...

Sources told DVB that journalists Sithu Aung Myint and Htet Htet Khine, who worked for BBC Media Action, and pro-democracy singer Thanthar Win, were released from prison on Nov. 30.

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DVB Peacock Film Festival returns to Chiang Mai University in December - DVB The DVB Peacock Film Festival 2025 will return to Chiang Mai University (CMU) Communication Innovation Center Dec. 8-10. Since 2023, DVB documentaries have been screened at CMU, in northern Thailand, ...

The DVB Peacock Film Festival 2025 will return to Chiang Mai University (CMU) Communication Innovation Center Dec. 8-10. Read more english.dvb.no/dvb-peacock-...
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The Sekkyar (North) Mosque in Chanayethazan Township, Mandalay Region, was damaged by the earthquake on March 28. (Credit: Residents)

Members of the Muslim community in Mandalay Region told said the regime continues to deny them permits to reconstruct mosques damaged or destroyed over eight months after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar on March 28.
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Residents of Maubin Township in Ayeyarwady Region told DVB that four convicted of violating Section 505-A of the Penal Code, and three others detained on the same charge, were the only political prisoners released from Maubin Prison on Friday.
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Shwe Kokko’s casino, entertainment and tourism complex in Myawaddy Township, Karen State, after Thailand cut electricity, internet and fuel supplies to five border areas in Burma in an effort to curb scam centers on Feb. 19. (Credit: Reuters)

A total of 1,954 undocumented foreign nationals have been detained at cyber scam centers in Myawaddy Township’s Shwe Kokko and KK Park, in Karen State, in ongoing operations since Nov. 18.
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Is Aung San Suu Kyi alive? The world can no longer pretend not to know - DVB Guest contributor Alan Clements There are moments when the fate of a single human being reveals the moral condition of the world. Myanmar has reached that moment — and so have we. Aung San Suu Kyi, No...

"For nearly five years — since the military seized power on February 1, 2021 — she has been held in total isolation. No lawyers. No independent doctors. No diplomats. No family," writes Alan Clements english.dvb.no/is-aung-san-...
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Landmine casualties hit four-year high as states exit ban treaty - DVB Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar as well as European countries moving to withdraw from the treaty banni...

Myanmar recorded the highest number with over 2,000 incidents due to increased use by both the army and non-state armed groups, the report said.

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