Economic development and “trust-building” were two key topics of a DVB Business Debate held earlier this year in Thandwe, Rakhine State, where panelists discussed the fraught inter-communal dynamics still bedeviling the state.
Arakan DVB Debate Lead Story Rohingya Video
In this episode aired on 27 August, DVB Debate takes up the contentious issues surrounding political and inter-religious dynamics in Arakan State, and discusses why the state’s problems have so captured the international community’s attention.
DVB Debate Lead Story Media News Video
In this DVB Debate, our panelists trade views on the merits of the Telecommunication Law’s 66(d) defamation provision, and offer their advice to lawmakers weighing changes to the controversial legislation.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
On this episode of DVB Debate, our panellists discuss the relationship between faith, race and hate speech in Burma.
DVB Debate Lead Story Military News Video
Burma has a new civilian government, but the military remains a powerful player in the country’s politics. Our panelists discuss how and when this can be expected to change.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
On DVB Debate’s National Election Debate, senior members from across the political spectrum met at the Inya Lake Hotel in Rangoon on 4 November to champion their policies ahead of the 8 November general election.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
A new politically charged generation has the chance to vote for the first time. What will be the issues in their minds as they go to the polls?
DVB Debate Lead Story Natural Disasters News Video
A general election set for November could cap off five years of historic reform for Burma, but has disastrous flooding drowned Burma’s hopes for democracy?
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
On this special episode of DVB Debate, the panel discusses Burma’s role in the regional migrant crisis.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
In this week’s episode of DVB Debate, the panel questions the government’s motives for annulling white cards, and ponders what is next for former holders within the persecuted Rohingya minority.
DVB Debate Lead Story Natural Disasters News Video
On 2 May 2008, Cyclone Nargis swept through southern Burma, killing 140,000 people. Seven years after the worst natural disaster in Burma’s history, DVB Debate asks: ‘How would Burma manage another natural disaster?’
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
On this week’s episode of DVB Debate, the panel asks whether the police use of civilian thugs to put down protests can be legally justified.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
Exactly four years have passed since Thein Sein’s reformist government was sworn in. But has Naypyidaw lived up to its promise of democratisation?
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
This week’s DVB Debate comes at a time when Sino-Burmese relations are under the microscope.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Politics Video
On this week’s episode of DVB Debate, the panel sizes up the political and economic role for former exiles and economic migrants in a new Burma.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
On this week’s episode of DVB Debate, the panel discusses the impact that mobile technology has had on Burmese society since the sudden and widespread introduction of cheap SIM cards and smartphones.
Aung San was famed as a solider and a politician. Many current Burmese leaders wish to emulate the man, but is it possible to be a civilian leader in Burma?
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
Burma is undergoing a period of mass urbanisation. Can Rangoon and Mandalay handle the influx of people?
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
As students continue protests across the country, DVB Debate examines the National Education Law.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
Millions of Burmese households remain in the dark, with only one third having access to regular electricity. More dams will mean more electricity, but where will it flow?
Nationalism is a powerful force in Burma, but is it a positive one?
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
DVB Debate looks at the place of persons with a disability in Burmese society, and discusses what must change to ensure equal opportunities for all.
DVB Debate’s first all-female panel dissect the elements in Burmese law and society which contribute to the problem of sexual violence and gender discrimination.
In this episode of DVB Debate, the studio examines what a modernising telecommunications market means for Burma.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
Are ethnic voices being heard?
DVB Debate Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video
On this episode of DVB Debate, a panel of ethnic leaders and political analysts discuss the future of federalism in Burma.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
Education in Burma’s is ranked amongst the worst in the world.
DVB Debate Economy Lead Story News Video
In DVB Debate’s taxes and services episode, the studio asks if taxation will lead to democratisation.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
Panellists on DVB Debate discuss how to protect the millions of migrant labourers who leave Burma in search of work.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Video
Panellists on DVB Debate question whether the Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Act is being used to persecute activists.
