TODAY, TOP 10 HOT NEWS

Junta fighter jets bombed villages in four townships across Rakhine State in a single day, including destroying a medical clinic’s maternity ward and killing an infant inside

At least 12 civilians were killed and 32 others were injured after the Myanmar Air Force launched a coordinated wave of airstrikes across Arakan State on Sunday, targeting civilian transit corridors, residential settlements, and a maternity facility across Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U, Pauktaw, and Kyaukphyu townships, the Arakan Army (AA) reported. The airstrikes hit critical infrastructure and [...] The post Airstrikes kill 12 in Rakhine State as bombs target bridge and maternity clinic appeared first on DVB .

The Karen National Union (KNU) stated that dual airstrikes carried out on Saturday by the Myanmar Air Force on its base in Karen State’s Hpapun Township, opposite Thailand’s Mae Hong Son Province, were aimed at disrupting its cross-border supply route used to procure goods from Thailand. Thai media reported that there were no casualties but [...] The post Airstrikes hit KNU base in Karen State along Myanmar-Thai border to choke off trade appeared first on DVB .

Guest contributor Ma Thida Myanmar’s military campaign since the 2021 coup can be described in many ways—but “peace-building” is not one of them. Yet that is precisely what Myanmar’s Defence Minister, Lt-Gen Yar Pyae, attempted to do when he claimed that the junta’s airstrikes are measures taken to achieve peace. The statement is not merely [...] The post Myanmar’s junta must stop rebranding war crimes as diplomacy appeared first on DVB .

In the Rakhine State capital Sittwe, military commanders have ordered the arrest of men in Rohingya communities and internally displaced persons (IDP) camps if local leaders fail to hand over a designated quota of new recruits. Elsewhere, the Arakan Army is forcibly recruiting Rohingya to fight in the battle for Sittwe. Watch the report Read [...] The post Myanmar military and Arakan Army forcibly recruiting Rohingya [AUDIO] appeared first on DVB .

In the Rakhine State capital Sittwe, military commanders have ordered the arrest of men in Rohingya communities and internally displaced persons (IDP) camps if local leaders fail to hand over a designated quota of new recruits. Elsewhere, the Arakan Army is forcibly recruiting Rohingya to fight in the battle for Sittwe. Read more The post Myanmar military and Arakan Army forcibly recruiting Rohingya appeared first on DVB .

UN Special Rapporteur labels situation in Myanmar ‘catastrophic’ United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Kelley E. Currie, has issued a comprehensive assessment during a press conference at the U.N. in New York on Thursday. She blamed the country’s “catastrophic” human rights situation on the military for intentionally terrorizing non-combatants [...] The post UN Special Rapporteur labels situation in Myanmar ‘catastrophic’; ASEAN envoy denied access to Suu Kyi appeared first on DVB .

Japan is pushing a global financial crimes watchdog to remove Myanmar from its blacklist to make it easier to do business there, the latest sign that some major countries are looking to bring the pariah state’s military-backed administration in from the cold. Japan wants the Financial ​Action Task Force to drop requirements that its members [...] The post Japan pushes to remove Myanmar from global financial watchdog’s blacklist appeared first on DVB .