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The political wing of the Arakan Army (AA), the United League of Arakan (ULA), stated on Wednesday that Grade 12 students living in territory under its control are now able to study the Rakhine language as a course, as well as a language of instruction, starting this academic year, which began in July. A teacher [...] The post Rakhine language curriculum offered in schools located in territory under Arakan Army control appeared first on DVB .

At least five people, including a child, have drowned in flood-related incidents Sept. 2-8 in Sagaing Region’s Kale Township after being swept away by strong currents or falling into flooded streams. “Most of the deaths occurred in rural areas. These were mountain runoff floods, so the currents were extremely strong. The victims were swept away [...] The post Five flood-related drownings in Sagaing Region as humanitarian crisis deepens appeared first on DVB .

The regime’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the U.N. Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) on Wednesday after its lead investigator Nicholas Koumjian addressed the 63rd Session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 7-9. The regime responded on Sept. 9 to the IIMM 2026 Annual Report published on Aug. 11, calling [...] The post Myanmar regime rejects UN investigation into election airstrikes and atrocities appeared first on DVB .

India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) has dropped stringent terror provisions under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) in its chargesheet filed against American security analyst Matthew Aaron VanDyke and six Ukrainian nationals accused of training Myanmar ethnic armed groups. In the chargesheet submitted before Special Judge Prashant Sharma at New Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Courts on [...] The post India’s NIA drops terror charges against US citizen and 6 Ukrainians over Myanmar drone training appeared first on DVB .

The funeral of veteran Karenni leader Steven Aung San Myint offers a rare glimpse into the people, politics, and porous frontier sustaining resistance to Myanmar’s military

The international fashion brand announced three years ago that it was pulling out of the country amid reports of human and labour rights violations

Regime troops stationed at a village in Mandalay’s Ngazun Township launch drone attacks on three nearby villages, killing four and injuring eight others

Three gyrocopters and a helicopter bombed a vehicle mechanic shop in rural Ye-U Township, killing six employees and a customer in the resistance stronghold

Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman called on Japan’s Special Envoy for National Reconciliation in Myanmar, Yōhei Sasakawa, to play an active role in securing the safe, voluntary, and dignified repatriation of Rohingya refugees to their homeland during a meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat on Monday. “Bangladesh is already a densely populated country. Hosting a huge [...] The post Bangladesh urges Japanese envoy on Myanmar to facilitate safe Rohingya repatriation appeared first on DVB .

Singapore’s ministers, already among the world’s highest paid, are getting a raise for the first time in 15 years, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said, explaining the government cannot attract top talent into politics if salaries remain unchanged. Wong told Parliament on Tuesday that under a revised salary framework, the benchmark annual pay for a minister [...] The post Singapore ministers, among world’s highest paid government officials, get first raise in 15 years appeared first on DVB .

Active employment, domestic manufacturing, and border conflict deployments across Southeast Asia have placed Myanmar and Thailand at the center of global concerns over banned weaponry, according to the Cluster Munition Monitor 2026 report released on Tuesday. The 150-page assessment, published by the Cluster Munition Coalition (CMC), comes ahead of the Third Review Conference of the [...] The post Cluster Munition Monitor highlights Myanmar bombing campaigns and Thai border conflict appeared first on DVB .