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RAY: The Movie, based on author Khat Zaw’s non-fiction novel UNSHAKABLE (Ma Yai Lae Tan), was screened at the Gathering International Church in Chiang Mai, Thailand, on Oct. 4. This comes one day after its North American premiere in New York City on Oct. 3. Read more and check out our photos from the Thailand [...] The post ‘RAY’ international tour raises funds for Myanmar appeared first on DVB .

The People’s Defence Force (PDF) in Mandalay Region has warned that regime ward and village administrators could be designated legitimate “military targets,” accusing them of forcibly recruiting males aged 18 to 35 under the regime’s conscription law in Madaya, Singu, and Thabeikkyin townships. “We have warned them against [this],” a PDF spokesperson told DVB, adding [...] The post Mandalay PDF warns ward administrators over forced conscription and extortion appeared first on DVB .

The attack on a village in Depayin Township comes amid increased targeting of civilians in Sagaing’s resistance strongholds

In both incidents, members of rival anti-junta groups are believed to have carried out the targeted killings

That attack targeted small-scale gold-mining operations that generate income for local resistance forces

For Ko Soe, a Myanmar national who fled to Thailand after his wife joined the Civil Disobedience Movement, the dream of winning Thailand’s six million baht (around US$180,000) lottery jackpot offers an escape from the financial pressures of exile. Returning to Myanmar is not an option for his family, and the costs of living in ...

The proposed export loans from two Belarusian state-owned banks would carry interest rates of up to 9.33 percent

More than two in three people living in Myanmar are either in poverty or at risk of falling into it, as armed conflict, limited access to basic services and economic instability deepen deprivation across the country, a United Nations report published on Thursday said. Almost 18 million people, or 32.6 per cent of the population, [...] The post The majority of people in Myanmar are living in poverty or at risk, UN report says appeared first on DVB .

DVB has documented 5,358 civilian fatalities in 510 massacres, including the deadliest airstrikes in Arakan State carried out by the Myanmar Air Force that killed at least 50 civilians in Kyauktaw Township on Sept. 28, allegedly committed by the Myanmar military from March 14, 2021 to Oct. 5, 2026. “The project’s aim is to preserve [...] The post DVB documents over 5,300 civilian deaths in 510 military massacres since 2021 appeared first on DVB .

The Trump administration has begun direct talks with Myanmar’s pro-military administration, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the outreach, in a sharp reversal of Washington’s efforts to isolate the regime in Naypyidaw after the 2021 coup. The U.S. Assistant Secretary of ​State for Intelligence and Research, Michael Vance, played a leading role in [...] The post US opens direct talks with Myanmar’s generals, reversing years of isolation appeared first on DVB .