DVB English News

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for Aug. 11. In this week's headlines: Lawyers petition ASEAN to establish a fact-finding mission for Myanmar; Karenni and Kachin armed groups call for continued resistance against the military; And the NLD party expels Henry Van Thio for meeting with regime. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing by email: news.briefing@dvb.no. Listen on Spotify, YouTube, Apple &...

Chris Gunness, the director of Myanmar Accountability Project (MAP) and former BBC News journalist, talks about his time covering Myanmar's 1988 pro-democracy uprising. Listen on Spotify, YouTube, Apple & Google Podcasts. DVB English is available wherever you listen to podcasts .

Chris Gunness, the director of Myanmar Accountability Project (MAP), spoke to DVB about its upcoming war crimes case against the military in the Philippines and its other cases under universal jurisdiction in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region. Listen on Spotify, YouTube, Apple & Google Podcasts. DVB English is available wherever you listen to podcasts .

Authors Bertil Lintner and Wendy Law-Yone join DVB Bureau Chief Myat in the newsroom. Hear the conversation only on DVB English, available wherever you listen to podcasts .

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for Aug. 4. In this week's headlines: The military regime reshuffles cabinet; The international community condemns the continued state of emergency; Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint receive partial pardons; And 7,749 prisoners were released in an amnesty. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing by email: news.briefing@dvb.no. Listen to the Weekly Briefing on Spotify, App...

Yangon Thu Michelle shares her story about being a social media influencer in Myanmar before the 2021 military coup and what she's been up over the last two years. Listen to Vox Pop on Spotify, YouTube, Apple & Google Podcasts. Hear the conversation only on DVB English, available wherever you listen to podcasts .

DVB English News Weekly Briefing for July 28. In this week's headlines: Aung San Suu Kyi was moved from prison to house arrest; A Min Ko Naing painting sells online for $33,333 USD; And ethnic armed groups reject a regime-planned peace conference. Subscribe to our Daily Briefing by email: news.briefing@dvb.no. Listen to the Weekly Briefing on Spotify, Apple or Google Podcasts. DVB English is a...

Tom Andrews, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, sits down for an exclusive ⁠⁠⁠⁠interview⁠⁠⁠⁠ with DVB. This is part six of that interview. Listen on Spotify, YouTube, Apple & Google Podcasts. DVB English is available wherever you listen to ⁠⁠⁠⁠podcasts⁠⁠⁠⁠ .

Tom Andrews, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, sits down for an exclusive ⁠⁠⁠interview⁠⁠⁠ with DVB. This is part five of that interview. Listen on Spotify, YouTube, Apple & Google Podcasts. DVB English is available wherever you listen to ⁠⁠⁠podcasts⁠⁠⁠ .

Tom Andrews, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, sits down for an exclusive ⁠⁠⁠interview⁠⁠⁠ with DVB. This is part four of that interview. Listen on Spotify, YouTube, Apple & Google Podcasts. DVB English is available wherever you listen to ⁠⁠⁠podcasts⁠⁠⁠ .

August Lynn shares his story about life as a Myanmar student in Thailand. Hear the conversation only on DVB English, available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Tom Andrews, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, sits down for an exclusive ⁠⁠interview⁠⁠ with DVB. This is part three of that interview. Listen on Spotify, YouTube, Apple & Google Podcasts. DVB English is available wherever you listen to ⁠⁠podcasts⁠⁠ .

Tom Andrews, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, sits down for an exclusive ⁠interview⁠ with DVB. This is part two of that interview. Listen on Spotify, YouTube, Apple & Google Podcasts. DVB English is available wherever you listen to ⁠podcasts⁠ .

Tom Andrews, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, sits down for an exclusive interview with DVB. This is part one of that interview. Listen on Spotify, YouTube, Apple & Google Podcasts. DVB English is available wherever you listen to podcasts .

Thai academic Sirada Khemanitthathai sits down in-studio with DVB Bureau Chief Myat to discuss Thailand's next government and the role it will play in Myanmar's political crisis, which has engulfed the country since the 2021 military coup. Hear the conversation only on DVB English, available wherever you listen to podcasts.

DVB Newsroom - hosted by Bureau Chief Myat - will shine a spotlight on under-reported stories in Myanmar. Newsroom is on YouTube, Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts. DVB English is available wherever you listen to podcasts .

Htoo is a medical doctor providing health care to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Karenni State. Go here to donate to Htoo's Spring Health Team. Vox Pop is on Spotify, YouTube, Google & Apple Podcasts. Hear the conversation only on DVB English, available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Pyartho shares her story about facing discrimination during her career as a teacher in Myanmar. Vox Pop is on YouTube , Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts. Hear the conversation only on DVB English, available wherever you listen to podcasts .

While in his prison cell, journalist Wa Lone penned a children's book called Jay Jay the Journalist in 2018. It was published by Third Story Children's Books in Yangon. Reads is on YouTube, Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts. DVB English is available wherever you listen to podcasts.

Warning: graphic content. Phone Thit opens up about his arrest following the 2021 military coup and how he was tortured while being interrogated by the military. Hear the conversation only on Vox Pop. You can find it on YouTube , Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts. DVB English is available wherever you listen to podcasts .

Sandar joins Vox Pop this week to discuss how she has continued to support Myanmar's Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) as a striking teacher in Karenni State into exile, where she now works as a restaurant server in Thailand helping raise funds for other striking civil servants involved in the CDM. Vox Pop is on YouTube , Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts. DVB English is available wherever...

Part two with Su Yadanar Myint. She continues to share about her life as an activist, a performer in the Peacock Generation thangyat troupe, and her time as a political prisoner. Vox Pop is on YouTube , Spotify, Apple & Google Podcasts. DVB English is available wherever you listen to podcasts .

Su Yadanar Myint opens up about her life as an activist and performer in the Peacock Generation 'thangyat' troupe. Hear the conversation only on Vox Pop. DVB English is available wherever you listen to podcasts . This week's theme song is DickCouncil (Intro) by Rap Against Junta.

Amitav Acharya talks about his new book Tragic Nation Burma: Why and How Democracy Failed . DVB Reads is on  ⁠YouTube⁠ . DVB English is available wherever you listen to  podcasts .

David discusses his life as a university student before and after the 2021 military coup. Hear the conversation only on DVB English, available wherever you listen to podcasts . This week's theme song is Do you hear the people sing? (Burmese version of the Les Miserables song by Angry Folks).