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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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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...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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More than 2,000 children cross the border monthly, with about 18,250 enrolled in Tak Province schools – 75 per cent of them concentrated in Mae Sot, a 2018 study by Help Without Frontiers showed english.dvb.no/no-hope-fals...
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No hope, false hope: Myanmar youth hit educational dead ends in Thailand - DVB
Despite expanding educational opportunities in Mae Sot, youth from Myanmar face an impossible choice: pursue costly qualifications with little hope of university access, or abandon their academic drea...
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December 6, 2025 at 3:55 AM
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Muslims in Mandalay told DVB that the regime continues to deny them permits to reconstruct their mosques over eight months after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar on March 28.
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Muslims await permission to reconstruct mosques eight months after March 28 earthquake - DVB
Members of the Muslim community in Mandalay Region told DVB that the regime administration continues to deny them permits to reconstruct their mosques damaged or destroyed over eight months after the ...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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A book called “Purple Flowers Will Bloom” by photographer Khin Sandar Nyunt was launched with an accompanying exhibition with personal diary entries and photos from the conflict zone in Karenni State on Oct. 25
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'Purple Flowers Will Bloom' book launch and exhibit in Chiang Mai - DVB
A new book called “Purple Flowers Will Bloom” by documentary photographer Khin Sandar Nyunt was launched with an accompanying exhibition showing her personal diary entries and photos from the conflict...
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October 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Exhibition “Power of Youth & Symbols of Presence: Myanmar’s Spring Revolution Lives On”

📆December 21- February 2
🕗 10 am - 8pm
📌BACC Pop-Up Gallery, 3rd Floor, MMAD, Mum Mum Srinakarin, Seacon Square Srinakarin

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December 18, 2024 at 5:26 AM
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The Ministry of Home Affairs instructed its Bureau of Special Investigation to record the personal information of aid groups providing earthquake relief in Sagaing Region
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Regime blocks aid groups from providing relief to earthquake survivors in central Myanmar - DVB
The regime Ministry of Home Affairs instructed its Bureau of Special Investigation to record the personal information of volunteers and aid groups providing earthquake relief in Sagaing Region, a sour...
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April 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Timor-Leste has dismissed Myanmar’s reported objection to it becoming the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as “inconsequential and irrelevant.”

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Timor-Leste dismisses Myanmar objection to its ASEAN membership - DVB
Timor-Leste downplays Myanmar’s objection to its full membership in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Originally published on UCA News Timor-Leste has dismissed Myanmar’s reported obj...
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July 7, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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📅September Event!

Mark calendar now!📣

1️⃣ Portraits of the Anonymous: Breaking Gender Stereotypes in Myanmar Spring Revolution (SRINAKARIN)
2️⃣'Global Battlefields: A Memoirs of Walden Bello
3️⃣ Southeast Asia Mini Book and Craft Fair
4️⃣ Bangkok Climate Action Week
5️⃣ 54th #whatshappeninginmyamar Update
September 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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The People’s Defense Force (PDF) in Mandalay Region told DVB on Friday that it took over positions in Mogok Township on Thursday after the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) withdrew

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November 1, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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The Karenni Interim Executive Council (IEC) told DVB that regime forces killed five civilians and injured three others in Pekin Kaukhu village of Loikaw Township on Friday.
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Regime attacks kill five in Karenni State since ceasefire - DVB
The Karenni Interim Executive Council (IEC) told DVB that regime forces killed five civilians and injured three others in Pekin Kaukhu village of Loikaw Township, which is located between Loikaw and M...
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April 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Kyaukme Township residents in northern Shan State told DVB that airstrikes injured an unknown number of civilians, and destroyed at least seven homes, in a residential area on Saturday.

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Myanmar Air Force strikes Kyaukme Township in northern Shan State at least three times in one week - DVB
Kyaukme Township residents in northern Shan State told DVB that airstrikes injured an unknown number of civilians, and destroyed at least seven homes, in a residential area on Saturday. This is the th...
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July 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Evacuations began after the regime’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology warned residents to move from low-lying areas as rivers overflowed in Shan State, Karen State, Mon State, as well as Bago Region, on Monday.

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Evacuations begin after floods and landslides reported in Bago Region, Shan, Karen, and Mon states - DVB
Evacuations began after the regime’s Department of Meteorology and Hydrology warned residents to move from low-lying areas as rivers overflowed in Shan State, Karen State, Mon State, as well as Bago R...
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July 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Death toll from Myanmar's earthquake on March 28 reaches 1,076 on March 29. #whatshappeninginmyamar #earthquake
March 29, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Min Aung Hlaing declared martial law in 63 townships after the nationwide state of emergency, in place since the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021, was lifted by the regime "National Security and Peace Commission" english.dvb.no/min-aung-hla...
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Min Aung Hlaing to lead 'National Security and Peace Commission'; places 63 towns under martial law - DVB
Min Aung Hlaing declared martial law in 63 townships in Shan, Arakan, Chin, Kachin, Karenni and Karen states, as well as Sagaing, Magway and Mandalay regions on Thursday after the nationwide state of ...
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August 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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Death toll from Myanmar's #earthquake on March 28 reaches 3,034 on March 31.

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March 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Attorneys for jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi told a Yangon court on May 15 that it is unprecedented for the losing party in a legal dispute over the auction of an inherited estate to propose a valuation english.dvb.no/aung-san-suu... #whatshappeninginmyamar
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Aung San Suu Kyi home in legal limbo after failed fourth auction attempt - DVB
Attorneys for jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi told the Kamaryut District Court in Yangon on May 15 that it is unprecedented for the losing party in a legal dispute over an inherited estate to...
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May 19, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Kim Aris, Aung San Suu Kyi's son, told DVB that he will travel to Houston, Texas to accept the Citizen of Burma Award 2025 – from the U.S.-based organization of the same name – on behalf of his mother on May 24 english.dvb.no/kim-aris-to-...

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Kim Aris to accept Citizen of Burma Award on behalf of Aung San Suu Kyi at ceremony in US - DVB
Kim Aris, the youngest son of jailed Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, announced on Saturday that he will travel to Houston, Texas to accept the Citizen of Burma Award 2025 – from the U.S.-ba...
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May 20, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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A source in the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) told DVB that its Adjutant General's home was attacked by a regime “suicide” drone in Wawlay Myaing town of Myawaddy Township, Karen State, on Sunday.
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Pro-military Democratic Karen Benevolent Army general’s home attacked by regime in Karen State - DVB
A source in the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA) told DVB that its Adjutant General Saw Sein Win’s home was attacked by a regime “suicide” drone, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) which explodes...
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August 6, 2025 at 3:54 AM
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Aid workers in Mon State’s Kyaikmaraw Township told DVB that 6 passengers in a vehicle were killed and 6 others were injured when a drone struck it at a checkpoint controlled by the Karen National Liberation Army on Sept. 2 english.dvb.no/conflicting-... #whatshappeninginmyamar #drone
September 6, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Residents of Kyaukpyu and Sittwe townships told DVB that at least 200 homes were destroyed by a drone strike on two villages in Arakan State on Thursday. Kyaukphyu is located 315 miles (506 km) south of the state capital Sittwe.

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March 7, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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A source in the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) told DVB that resistance forces have been engaged with regime forces near Lonekhin village of Hpakant Township, Kachin State, on Wednesday.

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Regime forces advance toward jade mining hub of Hpakant in Myanmar's northern Kachin State - DVB
A source in the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) told DVB that resistance forces have been engaged with regime forces near Lonekhin village of Hpakant Township, Kachin State, on Wednesday. Lonekhin is l...
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May 28, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Residents of Hpasawng Township told DVB that one child was injured by airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on Mawchi town, Karenni State, on Sunday.
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Civilians injured by airstrikes on hospital in Mawchi, Karenni State - DVB
Residents of Hpasawng Township told DVB that one child was injured by airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on Mawchi town, Karenni State, on Sunday. A hospital and staff housing were destro...
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August 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Myanmar’s regime has invited the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to send observers for planned year-end elections, and the regional bloc will discuss the request during a regional summit later this month
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October 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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DVB Talk Show hosted a roundtable discussion in-studio with Aung Zaw, the editor-in-chief of The Irrawaddy, as well as Sai Maung, the editor-in-chief of SHAN, on the sustainability of independent #media from #Myanmar english.dvb.no/a-qa-on-the-...
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A Q&A on the sustainability of independent media in Myanmar - DVB
DVB Talk Show host Mon Mon Myat led a roundtable discussion in-studio with Aung Zaw, the founding editor-in-chief of The Irrawaddy online news magazine, as well as Sai Maung, the editor-in-chief of Sh...
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July 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
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Officials from the region’s administration, immigration department, legal office, as well as its fire services, police, and military personnel will oversee the elections in 12 Yangon townships and report back to Naypyidaw english.dvb.no/regime-forms... #whatshappeninginmyamar
Regime forms ‘Committee on Security Supervision' for elections - DVB
Sources close to the regime told DVB that a 14-member “Central Committee of Security Supervision” was formed under its new General Elections Protection Law on Aug. 13 to oversee polls and manage lower...
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September 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM