The regime is attempting to enter Rakhine State and retake territory from three locations in Magway Region—orchestrating deadly attacks on civilians in the process
At least three civilians were killed and three others were injured in military paramotor attacks and airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on two villages in Magway Region’s Mindon Township during fighting between the Arakan Army (AA) and regime forces on Oct. 8-12. A source in the AA told DVB that the regime [...] The post Military counteroffensive in Magway Region pushes toward Rakhine State amid aerial attacks appeared first on DVB .
My experience as a Rohingya lawmaker reveals why Myanmar cannot achieve lasting peace without equal citizenship, political inclusion and recognition of its diversity. Guest contributor Shwe Maung In 2010, I was elected to Myanmar’s Parliament to represent Buthidaung, a township in northern Arakan State, which was later renamed to Rahine by then-dictator Ne Win as [...] The post Myanmar let me serve in Parliament, then it questioned my citizenship appeared first on DVB .
A People’s Defence Force (PDF) member was killed during two airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force in Wuntho Township, Sagaing Region, on Tuesday. The PDF told DVB that fighting with regime forces took place in Wuntho after troops advanced from neighboring Indaw Township’s Maiza village, which was recaptured on Oct. 9 after being [...] The post Myanmar Air Force bombs Wuntho in effort to secure Sagaing–Kachin corridor appeared first on DVB .
The regime in Naypyidaw held the first meeting of its newly formed ASEAN Affairs Committee on Oct. 13, stating that it aims to restore Myanmar’s standing within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which banned all senior regime officials from high-level summits and meetings since April 2021 following the military coup. The ASEAN Affairs [...] The post Naypyidaw launches ASEAN committee in bid to restore Myanmar standing within bloc appeared first on DVB .
Myanmar’s military regime attempted to file multiple charges against five of the country’s exiled independent media outlets through the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) on October 6. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Exiled Myanmar Journalists Network (Exiled-MJN), condemn the military junta’s misguided attempts to use international cross-border policing to expand [...] The post Myanmar: Junta attempts to file international criminal cases against five exiled media outlets appeared first on DVB .
Asian countries must remind themselves about what happened during the region’s financial crisis in the late 1990s and guard against a recurrence of such shocks, the head of the Philippine central bank said on Wednesday. Before the Asian financial crisis started in 1997, regional economies saw huge capital inflows that prompted the World Bank to [...] The post Asia must guard against another financial crisis, Philippines central bank chief says appeared first on DVB .
Up to 35 political prisoners, including four women, have been rearrested and re-imprisoned under fresh criminal charges immediately after completing their formal sentences across Myanmar between January 2025 and October 2026, according to a report released on Monday by the Political Prisoners Network – Myanmar (PPNM). The systematic rearrests were highlighted by a recent incident [...] The post Myanmar regime rearrests 35 political prisoners upon release, levying fresh terror charges appeared first on DVB .
Every day, Mohammed Saber places a single rectangular solar panel on the roof of the bamboo-and-tarpaulin shack that he and his family have called home for years, the last stop on their journey after fleeing the Myanmar military’s brutal crackdown on the Rohingya in 2017. The panel is part of a portable solar kit given [...] The post From climate-driven disasters to Rohingya refugee camps, solar kits help keep the lights on appeared first on DVB .
Human rights groups sharply criticized Tuesday’s uncontested election of 15 members of the United Nations’ premier human rights body, saying it resulted in countries with poor rights records winning seats. Positions on the 47-nation Human Rights Council are allocated to the U.N.’s regional groups to ensure geographical representation. And for the second year in a [...] The post Human rights groups criticize uncontested election of 15 countries to top UN human rights body appeared first on DVB .
