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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 13d

The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) is proud to announce the DVB Peacock Film Festival 2025, a celebration of cinema that gives voice to untold stories from Myanmar and beyond.

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DVB Peacock Film Festival 2025 in Chiang Mai, Thailand Dec. 8-10 - DVB

CHIANG MAI, Thailand—The Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) is proud to announce the DVB Peacock Film Festival 2025, a celebration of cinema that gives voice to untold stories from Myanmar and beyond. Th...

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 1h

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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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 ...

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 16h

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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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...

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 17h

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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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...

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 20h

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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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 23h

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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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)

DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 23h

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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Destruction caused by the airstrike on Namtu Township in northern Shan State on Tuesday. (Credit: CJ)

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 23h

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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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)

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 1d

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

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...

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 1d

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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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)

DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 1d

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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Kachin Independence Army troops after seizing the regime Light Infantry Battalion 319 in Bhamo Township, Kachin State, on Jan. 8. (Credit: Kachin National Organization)

DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 1d

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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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)

DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 2d

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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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...

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 2d

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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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)...

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 2d

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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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)

DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 2d

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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Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets regime leader Min Aung Hlaing at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Sept. 25. (Credit: Reuters)

DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 2d

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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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)

DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 3d

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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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” ...

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 3d

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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Sixty-four Myanmar citizens prosecuted by Naypyidaw under regime's ‘Election Protection Law’ - DVB

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 3d

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 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...

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 4d

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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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 ...

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 4d

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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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...

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 4d

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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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...

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 4d

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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Myanmar ethnic Karenni Deeku Festival in Thailand

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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 5d

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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DVB English News @dvbenglish.bsky.social · 5d

Justice For Myanmar was awarded the 2025 Right Livelihood Award, dubbed the “alternative Nobel Prize,” which recognised its “courageous and pioneering efforts to dismantle the financial networks sustaining the military regime.”

Read more in today's Daily Briefing: english.dvb.no/regime-force...