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The ousted National League for Democracy (NLD) party told DVB that its co-founder and leader Aung San Suu Kyi has instructed staff at her Yangon residence to send clothing to her in Naypyidaw, where’s she been held for over five years. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/aung-san-suu...

Justice for Myanmar on Monday accused the regime of bypassing international sanctions and concealing the import of U.S.-sanctioned vessels from Iran transporting over 843,000 barrels between December 2024 and November 2025. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-junt...

The Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) stated that the regime in Naypyidaw is sabotaging “union-building efforts” made by ethnic armed resistance forces during a speech to mark the 66th anniversary of the KIO on Sunday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/kio-marks-66...

Around 400 regime troops have advanced from Magway Region’s Pakkoku Township into Myaing Township since Oct. 18 to retake control of oilfields seized by resistance forces in 2024. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/hundreds-of-...

“We saw favorable prospects for reunification,” Salai Khua Uk Lian, a Chin National Front executive committee member, told DVB, following a meeting between the Chinland Council and the Interim Chin National Consultative Council Oct. 16-17. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/chin-resista...

“Today, I was finally able to speak with my mother, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, after more than five years. Hearing her voice again means more than words can express,” Aris posted to social media on Oct. 22. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/aung-san-suu...

Aung Soe Moe, a diplomat in Japan who joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) following the 2021 military coup, told DVB that Min Aung Hlaing would use the visit as another step in portraying international legitimacy for his regime. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/min-aung-hla...

“Rather than fulfilling its mandate to protect and promote human rights, the MNHRC has served as a shield for the terrorist military junta, concealing its violations,” the NUG states on Oct. 20. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/nug-accuses-...

Fourteen advocacy groups demanded the European Union (EU) sanction Myanmar’s entire oil and gas extraction industry and to forbid European companies from working on oil and gas projects in the country. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/eu-urged-to-...

A Momeik resident told DVB on the condition of anonymity that 54 Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) members defected to regime forces in neighbouring Mandalay Region’s Mogok Township on Oct. 13. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/former-tnla-...

Over 20 civilians have been killed during two separate airstrikes carried out over the course of two days by the Myanmar Air Force on a jetty and cargo terminal in Chin State’s Paletwa Township on Oct. 18-19. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-air-...

The regime in Naypyidaw released rare photographs on Monday of jailed Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, confirming that regime officials delivered books and personal correspondence sent directly by Britain’s King Charles III. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-regi...

Min Aung Hlaing invited the Karen National Union (KNU), the Chin National Front (CNF), and the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF) to participate in “peace talks” during a video message at a ceremony in Naypyidaw on Thursday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-regi...

Yar Pyae, the chairperson of the regime’s National Solidarity and Peacemaking Negotiation Committee (NSPNC), was appointed the Minister for Defence by regime leader Min Aung Hlaing on Wednesday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/min-aung-hla...

Fighting between the Arakan Army (AA) and regime forces continued on Sunday after it seized control of two regime outposts near Kyarmathauk village in the Arakan State capital Sittwe Township on Friday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/arakan-army-...

Regime leader Min Aung Hlaing invited the Karen National Union, the Chin National Front, and the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front to participate in “peace talks” on Thursday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-regi...

Born and raised in a 13-household village in Chin State’s Falam Township, Zar Li Aye was inspired to pursue a legal career after an early encounter with injustice against a relative was successfully resolved with the help of a lawyer. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-atto...

A Kyauktaw resident told DVB that cargo truck drivers, motorbike taxi drivers, and porters who carry goods to the market have all lost their main source of income after the "Indian Market" was destroyed by airstrikes on Sept. 28. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/trade-collap...

“The refinery is a vital step towards reducing foreign currency expenditure, supplying domestic energy needs and sustaining long-term economic benefits,” Min Aung Hlaing said in his opening remarks at the ceremony in Yangon on Oct. 14. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/regime-re-op...

At least three civilians were killed in military paramotor attacks and airstrikes on two villages in Magway Region’s Mindon Township during fighting between the Arakan Army (AA) and regime forces on Oct. 8-12. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/military-cou...

Up to 35 political prisoners have been rearrested and re-imprisoned under new criminal charges after completing their sentences nationwide between January 2025 and October 2026, according to the Political Prisoners Network – Myanmar (PPNM). #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-regi...

Fighting between regime forces and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) broke out along the 47-mile Momeik-Twinnge road on Oct. 8-9. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/fighting-eru...

At least two civilians were killed and nine others were injured in a series of Myanmar Air Force strikes on three Buddhist monasteries across Sagaing Region’s Shwebo, Chaung-U, and Monywa townships from Oct. 7-11. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-air-...

More than 3,000 residents living in 20 villages downstream of the Ma Mya Dam in Ayeyarwady Region’s Myanaung Township have been evacuated due to the risk of a potential dam collapse since Saturday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/over-3000-ev...

At least five civilians were killed and 23 others were injured in consecutive waves of airstrikes across Sagaing Region on Oct. 11-12, targeting civilian villages and a renowned historic Buddhist monastery. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-air-...

The General Strike Coordination Body, a coalition of anti-coup strike groups in Myanmar, was honored with the 6th Forum 2000 International Award for Courage and Responsibility alongside three pro-democracy activists, in Prague, Czech Republic, on Sunday. english.dvb.no/myanmar-pro-...

At least seven civilians were killed and 17 others were injured in airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on Pauktaw Township’s Sin Ein village in Arakan State on Saturday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/seven-civili...

The Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union (SCEF)—Myanmar’s premier resistance coalition—requested the Malaysian government not to give legitimacy to regime leader Min Aung Hlaing in a statement released on Thursday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-resi...

Out of applications submitted to ward, township, district, and regional offices for more than 70 damaged mosques in Mandalay by the earthquake on March 28, 2025, the regime has granted repair permission for only four. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-accu...

Five Myanmar nationals were sentenced to 21 years under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Law after being convicted of the human trafficking of a Belarusian national to an “online scam business” at an undisclosed location in Myanmar on Oct. 1. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/five-convict...

A source told DVB that the 60 former resistance members handed over their weapons to the regime, adding that they had “friction” with the National Unity Government Shwebo District battalions, without elaborating further. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/surrenders-a...

Residents in Shwebo, Depayin, Khin-U, Myinmu and Wetlet townships accuse the regime of deliberately attempting to deprive resistance forces of food supplies ahead of an impending regime counteroffensive in Shwebo. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/thaphan-seik...

At least six residents were killed and seven others were injured in two airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township on Sunday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-air-...

Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, joined members of the Myanmar diaspora community in New York City on Saturday, for the North American premiere of RAY: The Movie. english.dvb.no/un-ambassado...

At least seven people, including a Chinese owner, four workers and two residents, were killed and 11 were injured during an explosion at an explosives storage facility in Kachin State’s Pangwa town in Chipwi Township on Friday. english.dvb.no/seven-killed...

The Karenni Interim Executive Council (IEC) told DVB that the regime’s Eastern Central Regional Military Command (RMC) headquarters has been relocated from Shan State’s Kholam town to the Karenni State capital Loikaw Township. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-regi...

U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday that he had discussed the cases of Americans detained in China with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting in Washington, DC, Sept. 23-25. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/trump-raises...

At least one civilian was killed and eight others were injured during airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on Arakan State’s Pauktaw, Ponnagyun and Rathedaung townships on Wednesday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/airstrikes-t...

A total of 32 bodies have been recovered since rains caused flooding and landslides on Sept. 24, according to a local resistance group. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/rescue-effor...

The regime’s Ministry of Information (MOI) reported that regime troops have destroyed 866 small-scale oil wells and refineries “illegally” operated by residents in Magway Region’s Pakokku and Myaing townships since Sept. 18. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-regi...

Wai Hun Aung, a humanitarian aid worker in Kyauktaw, stated that the death toll from the airstrikes reached 50 as one man succumbed to his wounds while receiving treatment at a hospital in Kyauktaw on Sept. 29. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/internationa...

At least 49 people have been killed and 58 others injured—22 critically—following dual airstrikes by the Myanmar Air Force on a crowded public market and bridge in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township on Monday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/death-toll-r...

“Targeting a civilian area where there’s no ongoing conflict is a war crime,” a Kyauktaw resident told DVB. Under international law, a war crime constitutes the targeting or killing of civilians. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-air-...

“Phone Naing was strict in managing his soldiers but very friendly and generous outside military affairs,” Banyar Aung, Secretary-2 of the Karenni Interim Executive Council told DVB. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/karenni-army...

The 23 former resistance members had been “forcibly recruited” into the PDF, according to the regime. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/123760-2/

Search-and-rescue operations continued Monday in the Tanintharyi Region capital Dawei Township after at least 13 residents were killed by flooding and landslides Sept. 24-27. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/five-dead-an...

The coordinates of the “Special Division Command” was reportedly provided by military informants in the community and resistance forces, according to the regime. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-air-...

Two U.S. citizens—Min Zin,a scholar of Myanmar politics, and Youlin Chena, a Chinese-born American seismologist—have been listed by the State Department as wrongfully detained in China. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/us-to-raise-...

The regime’s Information Team in Naypyidaw issued a press statement strongly condemning Time Magazine and its Singapore-based editor, Charlie Campbell, over an exclusive interview with regime leader Min Aung Hlaing. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/myanmar-regi...

Microfinance personnel in Yangon confirmed that commercial lenders have designated conflict-affected townships across Mon State as “red zones” due to acute security risks to staff and field loan officers. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar english.dvb.no/conflict-tur...