The diplomatic missions of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden to Myanmar, are organizing their annual Nordic Day Event on 14 February. The topic of this year’s Nordic Day is Mobilization[…]
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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which marks the start of the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The diplomatic missions of[…]
Two pilots and a 10-year-old school girl have died after two fighter aircrafts crashed yesterday.
Eight Rakhine youth were released from Mrauk U prison yesterday, after they were detained for a protest in January.
Heavy rain in Kayah State has caused widespread flooding and left a path of devastation for residents. Yesterday dozens of wards in the in the capital of Kayah State, Loikaw, experienced widespread[…]
More than 200 ex-servicemen participated in a demonstration yesterday to show their support to the military and call Facebook to reinstate military Facebook accounts.
Locals from Kachin State say they are worried about their safety after a villager was injured by dynamite blasts in the Hpakant jade mines.
A Burmese soldier was shot and killed at the Wingaba field in Sittwe town, Rakhine State last night.
Three years since the jade trade was revealed to be worth 31 billion dollars, questions still abound about what improvements have been made by Aung San Suu Kyi’s government to share these revenues.
Protesters took to downtown Rangoon on Sunday calling for the public’s right to information and the freedom of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
An outbreak of flu has claimed five deaths in the Naga self-administered zone in northern Burma.
Students in Sagaing Division are angry over restrictions to distance education.
The Monday conviction of Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have triggered protests country-wide, with media denouncing the sentence of seven years jail time with hard labour.
Pan Ei Mon and Chit Su Win have demanded their convicted husbands are immediately released, after they were sentenced to seven years imprisonment under the Official Secrets Act on Monday.
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to seven years prison after being found guilty of violating the Official Secrets Act.
Protesters in downtown Rangoon were arrested on Friday morning after calling for the arrest of “murderous” military generals.
Among those displaced by war in Kachin State over the past seven years, the day-to-day struggles of life and livelihood are paramount. In this episode of DVB’s “Fix It” programme, we look at how some of the many IDPs in Kachin State labour to make ends meet in the face of prolonged war-time hardship.
In one of the most strongly worded reports yet, the United Nations has called out the military’s actions in Arakan State as evidence of “genocidal intent”. Information collected by the[…]
The Burmese government and military are “weaponising” aid access in Kachin State, which could amount to war crimes, according to a new report released by Fortify Rights.
The verdict in the case of detained Reuters journalists has been delayed, citing the assigned judge’s poor health.
A new oil refinery zone is to be built in Magwe Division, a regional government minister announced this week.
A Yangon court set 27 August as the verdict date in the case of the detained Reuters journalists, after both prosecution and defence submitted their closing statements.
88 Generation political activist Ma Mee Mee was killed in a car crash in Irrawaddy Division, after returning from a funeral in Pathein.
A fire in Rangoon’s iconic hospital forced the evacuation of patients and staff.
Commemorations of the 30th anniversary of the 8888 Uprising, which kicked off at the University of Yangon on Monday, are underway in cities and town throughout the country today.
Amid an ongoing civil war in northern Burma, some are on a different “front lines,” of sorts — facing legal consequences for protesting the conflict, or otherwise working to bring an end to the fighting.
Protesters took to downtown Rangoon on Sunday calling for the public’s right to information and the freedom of Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.
Students in Sagaing Division are angry over restrictions to distance education.
Pan Ei Mon and Chit Su Win have demanded their convicted husbands are immediately released, after they were sentenced to seven years imprisonment under the Official Secrets Act on Monday.
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were sentenced to seven years prison after being found guilty of violating the Official Secrets Act.
Protesters in downtown Rangoon were arrested on Friday morning after calling for the arrest of “murderous” military generals.
