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Guest contributor Nandar I wrote “Where Are You From?” after the 2021 military coup, when I had to leave my hometown in Myanmar. That was also when I started experiencing strange feelings and symptoms I didn’t understand. After struggling with them for a year, I finally built the courage to see a doctor in Thailand […] The post Where Are You From? A poem from Nandar appeared first on DVB .

Sources told DVB that Mote Thone, a senior leader of the pro-military Border Guard Force (BGF) in Karen State, has fled the Thai-Myanmar border town of Myawaddy further inland to the state capital Hpa-an following an arrest warrant reportedly issued for him by Thailand’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) on July 27. A source in […] The post Karen BGF leader Mote Thone flees Myanmar-Thai border after arrest warrant issued appeared first on DVB .

At least 88 civilians have been killed and 157 others injured in 239 airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force from Aug. 8-23, according to a report released by the National Unity Government (NUG). The intensified aerial bombardment spanned Sagaing, Magway, Mandalay, Tanintharyi, and Bago regions, as well as Arakan, Shan, Karen, Chin, Mon, […] The post NUG reports 88 civilians killed in airstrikes as military blockades aid to flood-ravaged Myanmar appeared first on DVB .

As monsoon rains pound the heartlands of war-fractured Myanmar, “spirit consorts” gather to renew their vows with a pantheon of gods hailed for their powers to protect and destroy. Drinking, dancing and swooning, the dazzling mediums communed with the 111 divine ghosts of ancient Burmese folk religion at Taungbyone Festival this week. “If you truly […] The post Myanmar’s Taungbyone Spirit Festival keeps ancient animist rituals alive appeared first on DVB .

As rescue efforts in communities buried by catastrophic flash floods along the Nepal – China border entered their fourth day Saturday, authorities were still finding survivors and transporting them to safety. At relief centers, families of missing people waited anxiously for news of their loved ones as the death toll and the number of people […] The post Nepal-China flood survivors reach safe areas as families await news of nearly 3,000 missing appeared first on DVB .

Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) Program Director Nai Aue Mon warned of a worsening human rights crisis across Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi Region, characterized by escalating standoff air attacks, widespread displacement, and forced military conscription. In an exclusive interview with DVB, Nai Aue Mon addressed the human rights conditions in southeastern Myanmar, […] The post Civilian toll mounts in southeastern Myanmar amid airstrikes and forced conscription appeared first on DVB .

Catastrophic flash floods in a border area of China and Nepal have killed at least 500 people and left more than 1,500 people missing as of Friday. Hundreds were foreigners in the area to work, take guided treks or make a pilgrimage to a sacred Hindu site. Thousands have been rescued, with some of the […] The post People from more than 30 countries are missing after flash floods in Nepal and China appeared first on DVB .

The Arakan Army (AA) has enacted a temporary nighttime curfew across the southern Arakan State townships of Thandwe, Gwa, and Toungup. Implemented for the first time in these regions since mid-August 2026, the emergency measure responds to intensifying Myanmar regime air and naval bombardments alongside growing public security risks. Region / Township Control Milestone Current […] The post Arakan Army imposes first nighttime curfew across southern Rakhine State townships appeared first on DVB .

Tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar living in dozens of camps in Bangladesh held a rally on Aug. 25 to demand their safe return to their home in Arakan State, nine years after they fled a Myanmar military crackdown. Read more Watch the Rohingya rally on Aug. 25, here The post 9th Rohingya Genocide Remembrance Day appeared first on DVB .

The Cambodian government has claimed a milestone in its ​fight against the scam industry accused of stealing billions of dollars from victims around the ‌world, with officials saying they have eradicated all scam compounds in the country. Chhay Sinarith, the senior minister in charge of combating online scams, told a gathering of foreign diplomats on Thursday that “large-scale […] The post Cambodia says no online scam compounds remain, experts skeptical appeared first on DVB .