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ASEAN envoy Maria Theresa Lazaro’s Myanmar visit comes as military authorities seek a return to regional summits and speculation grows over a possible meeting with detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Special Envoy on Myanmar and Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary, Maria Theresa Lazaro, will lead a two-day humanitarian mission to Myanmar starting Wednesday, ASEAN chair the Philippines announced. The itinerary includes a trip to conflict-affected Shan State alongside high-level diplomatic engagements with senior regime officials in Naypyidaw. While the [...] The post ASEAN Special Envoy leads humanitarian mission to Myanmar appeared first on DVB .

The human rights situation in Myanmar has deteriorated significantly as the military sharply escalates its reliance on aerial strikes, torture, and sexual violence, the head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) told the 81st Session of the U.N. General Assembly’s Third Committee on Tuesday. “Since I last appeared before you, the situation in [...] The post IIMM investigating escalating war crimes in Myanmar as military attacks intensify appeared first on DVB .

The General Strike Coordination Body (GSCB), which is a coalition of anti-2021 coup strike committees, marked the first anniversary of a paramotor attack that killed at least 24 people attending the Full Moon Day of Thadingyut in Sagaing Region on Oct. 6, 2025. The GSCB, which was honoured on Oct. 11 with the 6th Forum [...] The post GSCB calls out Myanmar military ‘war crimes’ on anniversary of Thadingyut attack appeared first on DVB .

A change in Danish law opens a new door for victims of atrocities in Myanmar to seek accountability from the country’s military rulers

Guest contributor James Shwe An assurance of safety is not proof of safety. For governments seeking closer relations with Myanmar’s military, that distinction should be a test of policy, not an inconvenience to be managed. Two recent reports about Malaysia’s refugee repatriation program bring that test into focus. On October 26, AFP reported that Malaysian [...] The post With Myanmar, the media can raise the cost of normalization appeared first on DVB .

Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the U.N., Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, made an emotional and solemn appeal to U.N. member states to help end the crisis in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup during an address to the 81st U.N. General Assembly Third Committee Interactive Dialogue on Tuesday. “I hold in my hand a scarf, a [...] The post Myanmar Ambassador holds up scarf bearing victims’ names in tearful address at UN appeared first on DVB .

ASEAN Special Envoy arrives in Myanmar The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 2026 Chair, the Philippines, Special Envoy on Myanmar and Philippine Foreign Secretary Maria Theresa Lazaro will lead a humanitarian delegation to Burma on Wednesday to discuss efforts to expand humanitarian access across the conflict-hit country, anonymous diplomatic sources told ThaiPBS. The sources [...] The post ASEAN Special Envoy arrives in Myanmar; Aung San Suu Kyi requests clothes from her home appeared first on DVB .

Myanmar’s military regime allowed jailed leader Aung San Suu Kyi a 20-minute phone call with her son, Kim Aris, on Oct. 22—the first time she was granted family access since being detained during the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021. Aris spoke to DVB following the call. Read more The post Aung San Suu Kyi talks to son for first time in 5 years appeared first on DVB .

The ousted National League for Democracy (NLD) party told DVB that its co-founder and leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has been detained by the regime in Naypyidaw since the military coup on Feb. 1, 2021, has instructed staff at her Yangon residence to send clothing to her in Naypyidaw, where’s she been held for [...] The post Aung San Suu Kyi requests clothes from Yangon home ahead of ASEAN envoy visit appeared first on DVB .

The Myanmar military and the ethnic Rakhine armed group, the Arakan Army (AA), have been forcibly conscripting and recruiting Rohingya and other Muslim youth in Arakan State to deploy them to active frontlines surrounding the state capital of Sittwe, according to accounts from local residents and diaspora networks. In regime-controlled territory, military commanders have ordered [...] The post Myanmar military and Arakan Army forcibly recruiting Rohingya to fight in battle for Rakhine State capital appeared first on DVB .

A Thai academic has warned that toxic social media rhetoric risks damaging ties between Thailand and Myanmar due to an online dispute surrounding the upcoming television series Scarlet Heart Thailand. The controversy erupted after Thai entertainment company GMMTV released promotional material for its adaptation of the historical fantasy franchise, prompting observers and netizens in Myanmar [...] The post Historian cautions against weaponizing ‘Scarlet Heart Thailand’ controversy appeared first on DVB .

Resistance forces say BNRA troops who defected to the junta earlier this year were among prisoners captured during recent clashes

Malaysia will seek clarification from Myanmar over reports that hundreds of migrants recently returned to the country are being held in military detention, Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said on Monday. Malaysia in late September sent back around 1,500 Myanmar nationals as it launched a scheme that rights groups say may endanger migrants by returning them ...

The Sadaung Moe Kyoe PDF, a group operating outside the NUG’s command structure, cited safety concerns in its decision to disband