As Malaysia’s return of Myanmar refugees approaches, Rohingya fear refoulement to the very regime that perpetrated brutal crimes against the group and denies them citizenship
Speaking at a high-level side event during the 81st United Nations General Assembly, Bangladeshi Prime Minister Tarique Rahman proposed urgent measures to address the Rohingya crisis, urging international stakeholders to shift from managing displacement to actively ending it. “The time has come to move from empathy to a search for root causes and their solutions,” [...] The post Bangladesh proposes 5-point plan to resolve Rohingya refugee crisis appeared first on DVB .
From March 2021 to September 15, 2026, at least 5,274 people were killed in 504 documented massacres carried out by the Myanmar military and affiliated forces. Explore when and where these massacres occurred—and how people were killed—through maps, charts and incident-level data in “The Data Behind Myanmar’s Massacres.” Read the full project: https://myanmar-massacres.vercel.app/ The post The Data Behind Myanmar’s Massacres appeared first on DVB .
Myanmar welcomed back its historic first national Teqball team at Yangon International Airport on Tuesday, following a medal-winning campaign at the 20th Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya 2026 in Japan. The highlight of the contingent’s return was gold medalist Khin Hnin Wai—affectionately known as “Arnold”—who secured Asia’s inaugural Asian Games gold medal in Teqball. Competing in the [...] The post Myanmar wins 3 medals in Asian Games Teqball debut in Japan appeared first on DVB .
Two civilians, including a truck driver and his assistant, were killed and two trucks were destroyed by airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force along the Mandalay-Myitkyina highway, in Indaw Township’s Sattawkone village, Sagaing Region, on Wednesday. A truck driver told DVB on the condition of anonymity that the airstrikes hit a resting place. [...] The post Two civilians killed in airstrike on transport rest stop in Sagaing Region appeared first on DVB .
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told a press conference in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday that President Donald Trump is expected to raise the cases of wrongfully detained Americans when hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping in Washington, D.C., this week. “The case of unlawfully and wrongfully detained [...] The post US to raise case of detained Myanmar scholar at summit with Chinese President appeared first on DVB .
Thai naval divers and rescue teams expanded their multi-axis search operations on Wednesday, scouring both the sea surface and the submerged wreckage of a fishing vessel that sank off the coast of eastern Chonburi Province. Five Myanmar crew members remain missing following the incident, which occurred during severe weather on Monday. Search-and-rescue teams from the [...] The post Five Myanmar fishermen missing at sea as Thai rescue teams expand search appeared first on DVB .
Ongoing armed clashes between regime and resistance forces in rural Mon State have forced legitimate microfinance institutions to withdraw operations from remote areas, leaving local farmers and small business owners reliant on predatory informal moneylenders charging extortionate interest rates. Microfinance personnel in Yangon confirmed that commercial lenders have designated conflict-affected townships across Mon State as [...] The post Conflict turns rural Mon State into microfinance ‘red zone,’ driving locals to predatory moneylenders appeared first on DVB .
