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Isabel Todd, the coordinator at t he Special Advisory Council for Myanmar (SAC-M), sits down in-studio with DVB English News to discuss international advocacy on Myanmar. The SAC-M was founded by three international experts on Myanmar following the 2021 military coup. Listen to Newsroom on Spotify, Audible, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . DVB English News is available whereve...

The need for a unified National Unity Government amidst China’s meddling by Myo Yan Naung Thein. ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠Read his op-ed here⁠ ⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Listen to the Weekly Briefing on Spotify, YouTube Music, Audible, Amazon Music, or Apple Podcasts. Find DVB English News wherever you get ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for Oct. 18, 2024. In this week's briefing: Myanmar tied with China for worst internet freedom globally; India begins engaging with the anti-coup resistance; What’s really happening in Sagaing Region?; Plus, a DVB exclusive on new trains from Spain frustrating commuters in Yangon. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

It’s time for India to rethink its Myanmar strategy post-Typhoon Yagi by Shalini Perumal. ⁠⁠ Read her op-ed here ⁠⁠. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Listen to the Weekly Briefing on Spotify, YouTube Music, Audible, Amazon Music, or Apple Podcasts. Find DVB English News wherever you get ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for Oct. 11, 2024. Regional bloc discusses Myanmar crisis at summit; Former Thai diplomat calls for ASEAN engagement with the National Unity Government (NUG); U.N. Ambassador’s mandate is deferred for another year by credentials committee; Plus, a report on how record flooding in Chiang Mai, Thailand impacted the Myanmar community. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing ⁠...

Building a democratic future: The power of grassroots unity in Myanmar by James Shwe. ⁠Read his op-ed here ⁠. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Listen to the Weekly Briefing on Spotify, YouTube Music, Audible, Amazon Music, or Apple Podcasts. Find DVB English News wherever you get ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

DVB Newscast for Oct. 4, 2024. The military has carried out at least 15 airstrikes on Lashio, located in northern Shan State, over the last month. The city is home to 150,000 people who fear more retaliatory airstrikes against the Brotherhood Alliance. Its Kokang forces, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), took control of Lashio after it seized the Northeast Regional Military Co...

The civilian-led National Unity Government (NUG) Foreign Affairs Minister Zin Mar Aung speaks to DVB Bureau Chief Mon Mon Myat about the progress that it has made, along with its People’s Defense Forces (PDF), over the last three years of resistance to the 2021 military coup Listen to Newsroom on Spotify, Audible, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music or ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . DVB English News is available wh...

A dark cloud over the revolution: Sexual violence in Myanmar by Shwe Paw Mya Tin. Read her op-ed here . Subscribe to our Daily Briefing ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Listen to the Weekly Briefing on Spotify, YouTube Music, Audible, Amazon Music, or Apple Podcasts. Find DVB English News wherever you get ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for Sept. 27, 2024. In this week's briefing: Flood death toll continues to rise nationwide; UN Human Rights Council told that Myanmar is ‘an abyss of human suffering’; And 'Ek Khaale’ the Rohingya visual storytelling project and historical narrative; Plus, the National Unity Government (NUG) Foreign Affairs Minister Zin Mar Aung speaks to DVB Newsroom. Subs...

A naïve dream or daring attempt? A Myanmar feminist podcast by Nyein Chan May. Read her op-ed here . Subscribe to our Daily Briefing ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Listen to the Weekly Briefing on Spotify, YouTube Music, Audible, Amazon Music, or Apple Podcasts. Find DVB English News wherever you get ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠po...

In this week’s briefing: Over 5,000 killed and tens of thousands detained since the 2021 military coup; Min Aung Hlaing orders disaster response completed over next six months; Free Burma Rangers assist in flood relief efforts; Plus, a fundraiser for the survivors of Typhoon Yagi in Myanmar. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Lis...

An appeal to the interim leader of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus from Rohingya refugee Pacifist Farooq. Read his op-ed here . Subscribe to our Daily Briefing ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Listen to the Weekly Briefing on Spotify, YouTube Music, Audible, Amazon Music, or Apple Podcasts. Find DVB English News wherever you get ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for Sept. 13, 2024. In this week’s briefing: Two children from Myanmar die during flooding in Thailand; A political and conflict analyst calls military attacks an ‘air terror campaign’; Plus, another look at what’s happening in Sagaing Region; And, a Thai-Myanmar arts collective hosts Limbo Festival. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠news...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for Sept. 6, 2024. In this week’s briefing: Arakan Army Commander Twan Mrat Naing speaks; Min Aung Hlaing makes surprise visit to Karenni State capital; Myanmar economics specialist says regime digital currency plan won't stop inflation; Plus, a Pe Maung Same Film Fund to be established in his memory. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Myanmar documentary filmmaker Lay Thida and DVB Bureau Chief Mon Mon Myat join English News managing editor Adam Bemma in the DVB Newsroom for a roundtable discussion on the tragic death of award-winning filmmaker Pe Maung Same, and the recent life sentence handed to Shin Daewe, and what this means for documentary film in Myanmar. To learn more about the Pe Maung Same Film Fund, go to the Facebook...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing. In this week’s briefing: Fortify Rights report implicates Arakan Army in Maungdaw massacre; Rohingya 'Genocide Day' commemorated in Bangladesh and Thailand; How the controversial Telegram app is being used by both sides of the information war in Myanmar; Plus, a Karen traditional wrist-tying ceremony to connect, reflect and celebrate the community’s streng...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for Aug. 23, 2024. In this week’s briefing: Two journalists, including a DVB CJ, were killed by the military during a raid in Mon State; Family and friends mourn death of filmmaker Pe Maung Same in Yangon; And, India for Myanmar says New Delhi must reassess its relationship with Naypyidaw; Plus, what’s happening in Myanmar’s Sagaing Region. Subscribe to our Daily B...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for Aug. 16, 2024. In this week’s briefing: Aung San Suu Kyi home auction fails again to attract any bids; China officially endorses regime election plan; Freed Japanese executive returns to Tokyo; And the UN laments ‘incredible brutality’ since the 2021 military coup; Plus, a seminar on Canada’s policy engagements in Myanmar. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for Aug. 9, 2024. In this week’s briefing: Rohingya targeted in northern Rakhine State’s Maungdaw Township; Myanmar commemorates the 36th anniversary of the 1988 Uprising for democracy; Regime claims Thailand to help with its planned census and election; And a book launch sharing women’s stories; Plus, we hear from the author of a travelogue about the country’s rai...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for Aug. 2, 2024. In this week’s briefing: The regime extends the nationwide state of emergency; German Solidarity Myanmar on why the international community must not support an election under the military; Thailand task force to investigate Naypyidaw weapons purchases using Thai banks; Plus, what’s happening in northern Shan State. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for July 26, 2024. In this week’s briefing: Regional Military Command in Lashio reportedly seized by resistance forces; Regime leader Min Aung Hlaing assumes duties of presidency after Acting President Myint Swe’s medical leave; A member of the Rohingya Consultative Council on plans to make a formal announcement about its establishment; Plus, a five-day event excha...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for July 19, 2024. In this week's briefing: The first new batch of Myanmar refugees are resettled to the US; Rohingya women assist refugees in Malaysia and Indonesia; Women in Karenni State report up to 80 cases of gender-based violence in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps; And, a history of the People’s Defense Force; Plus, a retrospective of jailed...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for July 12, 2024. In this week’s briefing: Thailand parliamentary committee hears from UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar; Nearly 2,000 foreigners escape cyber scam centers in Karen State; And a podcast featuring voices from the Burmese-Canadian diaspora. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠newsletter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Listen to th...

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for July 5, 2024. In this week’s briefing: A year on since the disappearance of Thuzar Maung and her family from their home in Malaysia; 66 Myanmar refugees end 18-day hunger strike at prison in India’s Manipur State; The Interim Executive Council marks one year of provisional government in Karenni State. If you have any information about the disappearance of Thuza...