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Karenni resistance forces urged to unify into 'United Karenni State Army' - DVB Maui Pho Thaike, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF), said that to defeat the military all resistance groups in Karenni State must form a “United Karenni St...

Maui Pho Thaike, the deputy commander-in-chief of the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF), said that to defeat the military all resistance groups in Karenni State must form a “United Karenni State Army.”

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Fisherfolk in Rakhine State struggle to survive amid Myanmar military blockade - DVB Fishing families living along the coast in Myanmar’s western Arakan State are facing a crisis due to the military’s two-year-long road and naval blockade of the region.   Fighting between the military...

Fishing families living along the coast in Myanmar’s western Arakan State are facing a crisis due to the military’s two-year-long road and naval blockade of the region.

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Malaysia Foreign Minister heads to Myanmar for talks with regime on election, peace plan - DVB Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan will visit Myanmar on Thursday for talks with the regime in Naypyidaw, which seized power during a military coup on Feb. 1, 2021, to discuss its upcoming elec...

Malaysia’s Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan will visit Myanmar on Thursday for talks with the regime in Naypyidaw, which seized power during a military coup on Feb. 1, 2021, to discuss its upcoming election.

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Sae Meh at the Ban Mai Nai Soi refugee camp in Thailand’s Mae Hong Son Province, where she has lived for 15 years with her three children and teaches at a school. (Credit: DVB)

Thai authorities are compiling lists of refugees inside the nine camps along the Thai-Burma border, which is home to over 108,000 refugees from Burma, to see who qualifies for the new work permit pilot project that began on Oct. 1.
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Two motorcycle drivers in Mandalay pass a bus stop with a Telenor Myanmar advertisement after SIM cards first went on sale on Sept. 26, 2014. (Credit: DVB)

Civil society groups from Burma said they are suing the Norwegian telecoms company Telenor, alleging that it shared customer user data with the military regime which seized power in Naypyidaw during the coup on Feb. 1, 2021.
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Residents of Maikhuong village, Kyaukme Township in northern Shan State, search the ruins of their homes following airstrikes on Oct. 7. (Credit: TNLA)

Ten civilians, including one child, were killed and three others were injured in airstrikes carried out by the Burma Air Force on Maikhuong village, northern Shan State, on Tuesday, residents of Kyaukme Township told DVB.
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At least 20 killed in Myanmar regime attack as paramotors widen air war - DVB A 30-year-old protester was taking part in a gathering against Myanmar’s regime, which seized power during the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021, during a festival in the central Sagaing Region on Monday ...

At least 20 people were killed in a military paramotor attack, according to the eyewitness, Amnesty International, the National Unity Government and an armed resistance group in the area english.dvb.no/at-least-20-...
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Thabyay: Creative resistance in Myanmar film screening - DVB A screening of Thabyay: Creative Resistance in Myanmar, followed by a panel discussion on the future of elections and democracy in Myanmar, was held at Chiang Mai University (CMU) on Sept. 7. “We want...

A screening of Thabyay: Creative Resistance in Myanmar, followed by a panel discussion on the future of elections and democracy in Myanmar, was held at Chiang Mai University on Sept. 7.
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Myanmar women’s groups call for protection of journalists in Rakhine State - DVB Myanmar Women in Media (MWiM), the Burmese Women’s Union (BWU), and Sisters 2 Sisters, issued a joint statement on Oct. 3 urging regime authorities and armed groups in Myanmar to respect freedom of ex...

Myanmar Women in Media, the Burmese Women’s Union, and Sisters 2 Sisters, issued a joint statement on Oct. 3 urging regime authorities and armed groups in Myanmar to respect freedom of expression and the safety of media workers
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YouTube video by DVB TV News Steps Forward 🎬 DVB Short Docs

Watch Steps Forward [DVB Short Docs 2024] with English subtitles. It's available on-demand via DVB TV News: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP44...

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Aung San Suu Kyi’s son, Kim Aris, with Italian Senator Pier Ferdinando Casini, chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, at the Senate of the Republic in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 2. (Credit: Kim Aris)

Kim Aris, the son of Burma’s jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, shared on his social media account on Monday that he visited the Italian Senate and met with its President Ignazio La Russa in Rome, Italy, on Oct. 2.
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Destruction caused by the airstrike on Namtu Township in northern Shan State on Tuesday. (Credit: CJ)

Residents of Namtu Township in northern Shan State told DVB that a monastery was destroyed by an airstrike carried out by the Burma Air Force on Tuesday.
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A candlelight vigil to mark the full moon day of Thadingyut, which is the end of Buddhist Lent, in Chaung-U Township, Sagaing Region, in October 2024. (Credit: CJ)

At least 30 civilians, including children, were killed and 50 others were injured by a motorized paraglider attack carried out by regime forces on Chaung-U Township of Sagaing Region, on Monday – the full moon day of Thadingyut.
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Myanmar groups to sue Telenor over data sharing with military regime - DVB Myanmar civil society groups said on Tuesday that they are suing the Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor, alleging that it shared customer user data with the military regime which seized power in Naypyid...

Myanmar civil society groups said on October 7 that they are suing the Norwegian telecoms giant Telenor, alleging that it shared customer user data with the military regime which seized power in Naypyidaw during the coup on Feb. 1, 2021 english.dvb.no/myanmar-grou... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Regime troops in front of a clinic in Laykaykaw town of Myawaddy Township, Karen State, after seizing the area on Oct. 4. (Credit: Pro-regime social media)

Sources on the frontline in Karen State’s Myawaddy Township told DVB that regime forces recaptured half of Laykaykaw town on Saturday.
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Kachin Independence Army troops after seizing the regime Light Infantry Battalion 319 in Bhamo Township, Kachin State, on Jan. 8. (Credit: Kachin National Organization)

The offensive launched by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to seize control of Bhamo Township in southern Shan state from regime forces has continued into its tenth month of intense battle on Saturday.
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Residents of Namtu Township, northern Shan State, inspect the destruction to homes and property caused by airstrikes on Oct. 6. (Credit: Ta’ang National Liberation Army)

Residents of Namtu and Hsipaw townships in northern Shan State told DVB that at least three civilians were injured and seven homes were destroyed in airstrikes carried out by the Burma Air Force on Monday.
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Thailand launches pilot work permit scheme for refugees this month - DVB Human rights groups working with ethnic Karenni from Myanmar in Thailand told DVB that Thai authorities are compiling lists of refugees inside the nine camps along the Thai-Myanmar border to see who q...

Rights groups working with Karenni in Thailand told DVB that Thai authorities are compiling lists of refugees in camps along the border to see who qualifies for the new work permit, a pilot project that began on Oct. 1 english.dvb.no/thailand-lau...
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Nearly 3,000 Laykaykaw residents need urgent aid in Karen State - DVB Humanitarian aid groups in Karen State’s Myawaddy Township told DVB that 2,919 residents of Laykaykaw town, who fled their homes and are now staying at seven informal Internally Displaced Person (IDP)...

Aid groups in Karen State told DVB that 2,919 residents of Laykaykaw, who fled their homes and are now staying at IDP camps along the Thaungyin (Moei) river, are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #KarenState #LayKayKaw

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Japanese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Takumi Miyaji [center] meets representatives from the Japanese Parliamentary Association for Supporting Myanmar’s Democratization, in Tokyo, on Oct. 1. (Credit: National Unity Government)

The Japanese Parliamentary Association for Supporting Myanmar’s Democratization calling for the restoration of democracy in Myanmar, submitted a 15-point appeal to Japan’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Takumi Miyaji on Wednesday.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets regime leader Min Aung Hlaing at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 25. (Credit: Reuters)

In the last six months, Min Aung Hlaing has flown to more countries than he did in the years after he grabbed power in a 2021 coup that ousted an elected civilian government.
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Mixed martial arts fighter Aung La Nsang wins his final bout against Sweden’s Zebaztian Kadestam at ONE Fight Night 36 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 4, 2025. (Credit: ONE Thailand)

Burma’s first-ever mixed martial arts (MMA) world champion Aung La Nsang won his final bout before retirement from MMA against Swedish fighter Zebaztian Kadestam at ONE Fight Night 36 held in Bangkok, Thailand, on Saturday.
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Aung La Nsang wins last-ever bout and will be inducted into ONE Championship Hall of Fame - DVB Myanmar’s first-ever mixed martial arts (MMA) world champion Aung La Nsang, known as the “Burmese Python,” won his final bout before retirement from MMA against Swedish fighter Zebaztian “The Bandit” ...

Myanmar’s first-ever MMA World Champion Aung La Nsang "Burmese Python" won his final bout before retirement against Zebaztian Kadestam at ONE Fight Night 36 held at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct 4.

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Sixty-four Myanmar citizens prosecuted by Naypyidaw under regime's ‘Election Protection Law’ - DVB Regime media reported that Tun Tun Naung, the regime Minister for Home Affairs, told a meeting in Naypyidaw on Saturday that 64 citizens have been prosecuted under the new Election Protection Law sinc...

Regime media reported that Tun Tun Naung, the regime Minister for Home Affairs, told a meeting in Naypyidaw on Saturday that 64 citizens have been prosecuted under the new Election Protection Law since July 29 english.dvb.no/sixty-four-m...
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The battle for Bhamo continues into its 10th month in Kachin State - DVB Sources on the frontline in southern Kachin State told DVB that the offensive launched by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to seize control of Bhamo Township from regime forces has continued into it...

Sources on the frontline in southern Kachin State told DVB that the offensive launched by the Kachin Independence Army to seize control of Bhamo from regime forces entered its 10th month of intense battle on Saturday english.dvb.no/the-battle-f...
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The world has drawn a line against the Myanmar junta at the UN - DVB Guest contributor James Shwe The speeches delivered at the U.N. High-Level Conference on the Rohingya crisis were more than just diplomatic formalities; they were a resounding chorus of international ...

Op-ed: The speeches delivered at the #UN High-Level Conference on the Rohingya crisis were more than just diplomatic formalities; they were a resounding chorus of international condemnation against Myanmar’s military junta english.dvb.no/the-world-ha...
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Aung San Suu Kyi’s son Kim Aris asks China to help free his mother - DVB Kim Aris, the son of Myanmar’s jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, requested that China assist in securing the release of his mother, the 80-year-old Nobel laureate who’s been held incommunicado...

Kim Aris, the son of Myanmar’s jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, requested that China assist in securing the release of his mother, who’s been held by the military since the coup on Feb. 1, 2021.

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Chin National Front meets with parliamentary delegation from New Zealand in Thailand - DVB A delegation of members of parliament from New Zealand met with officials from the Chin National Front (CNF) at an undisclosed location in Thailand to discuss humanitarian aid for those displaced by c...

A delegation of members of parliament from New Zealand met with officials from the Chin National Front in Thailand to discuss humanitarian aid for those displaced by conflict in Chinland on Sept. 28 english.dvb.no/chin-nationa...
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YouTube video by DVB English News Myanmar ethnic Karenni Deeku Festival in Thailand

A celebration of Myanmar’s ethnic Karenni culture, unity, and heritage with traditional food, music, and dance, called the Karenni Deeku Festival, was held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on Sept. 28 #WhatshappeninginMyanmar #Thailand #Karenni #culture

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The Ta’ang National Liberation Army told DVB that 3 civilians were killed and 6 were injured near Kyaukme in northern Shan State on Thursday – one day after regime forces recaptured the town following its 21-day counteroffensive english.dvb.no/taang-nation...
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