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    • File photo of Rohingya in the Andaman. (PHOTO: Reuters)

      2015 Elections Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

      United States ‘deeply concerned’ over treatment of Rohingya

      The US will not turn a blind eye to shortcomings in Burma’s election next month, the top US diplomat for Asia said on Wednesday.

    • Field Office Director Sanne van den Bergh, former US president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn enter their findings into a tablet at a Cairo polling station on 24 May 2012.  (PHOTO: Carter Center)

      2015 Elections Interview Lead Story News

      The quiet Americans

      DVB INTERVIEW: A spokesperson for The Carter Center explains the team’s mission as observers fan out across Burma to observe the general election process.

    • Mi Kon Chan speaking to the public in Paung Township in Mon State. (Photo: Myanmar Now)

      2015 Elections Interview Lead Story Mon Politics

      All eyes are on the NLD, says Mon State candidate Mi Kon Chan

      Mi Kon Chan, a former businesswoman on the campaign trail in Mon State for the NLD, speaks about her political aspirations and hopes for the Mon people.

    • File photo of troops from the Shan State Army-North on patrol in Shan State. (PHOTO: Reuters)

      Ethnic issues Lead Story News Shan

      Shan bomb blast leaves 4 injured

      A bomb blast left four civilians injured yesterday afternoon in Monghsu, east of Shan State Army-North’s Wanhai headquarters in central Shan State.

    • File photo of Union Election Commission Chairman Tin Aye (PHOTO: DVB)

      2015 Elections Lead Story News

      UEC receives more than 6,000 observer applications

      More than 6,000 election observers from nine local organisations have applied to the Union Election Commission, said chairperson Tin Aye.

    • Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing addresses military officers in Naypyidaw, 21 Oct 2015. (PHOTO: Supplied)

      2015 Elections Lead Story Military News

      Top brass told to vote with military in mind

      Burma’s most senior military official instructed fellow officers on Tuesday to keep army interests in mind when casting their ballots next month.

    • Boats carrying migrants off the coast of the Thai island of Koh Lipe, Thailand (Photo: Reuters screenshot)

      Arakan Ethnic issues Human Trafficking Lead Story News Rohingya

      Thai crackdown points people smugglers to Malaysia

      People smugglers are exploring new routes to Malaysia after a Thai crackdown on trafficking, with few migrant boat departures from Burma in some six months.

    • Burmese migrant workers pass the time outside a building where they live in the port town of Mahachai, near Bangkok on 24 September 2011. (Reuters)

      2015 Elections Lead Story Migrants Issues News

      Four million disenfranchised at home and abroad

      When Burma goes to the polls on 8 November, more than 10 percent of 33.5 million people officially eligible to vote won’t be able to.

    • File photo of Rohingya in the Andaman. (PHOTO: Reuters)

      United States ‘deeply concerned’ over treatment of Rohingya

    • Field Office Director Sanne van den Bergh, former US president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn enter their findings into a tablet at a Cairo polling station on 24 May 2012.  (PHOTO: Carter Center)

      The quiet Americans

    • Mi Kon Chan speaking to the public in Paung Township in Mon State. (Photo: Myanmar Now)

      All eyes are on the NLD, says Mon State candidate Mi Kon Chan

    • File photo of troops from the Shan State Army-North on patrol in Shan State. (PHOTO: Reuters)

      Shan bomb blast leaves 4 injured

    • File photo of Union Election Commission Chairman Tin Aye (PHOTO: DVB)

      UEC receives more than 6,000 observer applications

    • Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing addresses military officers in Naypyidaw, 21 Oct 2015. (PHOTO: Supplied)

      Top brass told to vote with military in mind

    • Boats carrying migrants off the coast of the Thai island of Koh Lipe, Thailand (Photo: Reuters screenshot)

      Thai crackdown points people smugglers to Malaysia

    • Burmese migrant workers pass the time outside a building where they live in the port town of Mahachai, near Bangkok on 24 September 2011. (Reuters)

      Four million disenfranchised at home and abroad

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      DVB Bulletin: 20 October 2015

      On tonight’s bulletin:

      • Candidates set off for Coco Islands
      • EU to observe vote in military barracks
      • Election police begin basic training
      • Families homeless after riverbank erosion

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    Flood damage has caused cracks to appear in the streets of Kyaw Zin village. (PHOTO: DVB)

    Lead Story News

    Riverbank erosion leaves families homeless

    Families living on a roadside in Sagaing Division’s Kalewa Township after their riverbank houses were condemned say authorities have failed to provide them with alternative housing.

    Shan State Army-North officials sit alongside leaders of the Shan State Army South in the latter headquarters of Loi Taileng (Joseph Allchin)

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Shan

    Shan clashes claim over 30 lives

    The Burmese army and the Shan State Army-North (SSA-N) have sustained causalities amid two weeks of fighting in Burma’s northeast, according to both sides.

    U.S. deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes pictured in Rangoon on Tuesday. (PHOTO: YAMIN OO/DVB)

    2015 Elections Lead Story News

    Quell religious tension ahead of vote: US

    The United States said on Tuesday that the use of religion in politics violated Burma’s constitution, calling on the government to de-escalate religious tensions running high ahead of next month’s election.

    Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, EU's chief observer during the election. (PHOTO: DVB)

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Military guarantees conditional access to EU observers

    European Union observers will be permitted access to polling stations within military zones across the country, according to the organisation’s chief observer.

    Win Min (front row, third from right) has finally been granted access to his constituency on Coco Islands (PHOTO: DVB)

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Frustrated Coco Island candidates can finally campaign

    Non-ruling party candidates contesting the remote Coco Islands have finally been granted access to the islands, enabling them to campaign for the first time.

    VIDEO: NLD preps voters for election day video

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Video

    VIDEO: NLD preps voters for election day

    Aung San Suu Kyi’s party is pushing the slogan ‘Time for Change’ in Burma. Volunteers in their leader’s electorate say that change begins at home.

    Myat Nu Khine is currently being detained at Insein prison. (PHOTO: Myat Nu Khine/Facebook)

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Independent candidate arrested for sedition

    Myat Nu Khine, an independent candidate in Pegu constituency, has been arrested and charged for her alleged involvement in a protest last year.

    Shan villagers flee Burmese onslaught video

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Video

    Shan villagers flee Burmese onslaught

    Last week the Shan State Army North rejected an invitation to Naypyidaw to be part of a lavish declaration of peace in Burma. Now the Burmese army is paying them an unwelcome visit.

    A wide selection of news journals and magazines at a Rangoon news stand. (PHOTO: Colin Hinshelwood/DVB)

    2015 Elections Lead Story Media News Politics

    Govt warns media to follow ethics

    The Union Election Commission has issued another warning to media outlets covering the election campaign, this time singling out the BBC in their criticism.

    (PHOTO: Freepic.com)

    Business Lead Story News

    Dollar black market undermines Burma’s banks

    Lenders say they have been forced to turn to unlicensed brokers for scarce dollars to keep the wheels of trade turning.

    Hundreds of Burmese nationals camped overnight outside the embassy in Singapore to cast their advance ballot. (PHOTO: REUTERS)

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Govt denies bias after advance voting chaos

    The government has defended itself against accusations of bias at overseas advance voting sites after reports circulated suggesting chaos and mismanagement.

    Artists, activists and musicians attended the rally to support NLD, including rapper Anegga (fourth from left), Min Ko Naing (centre, white shirt) and reggae artist Saw Phoe Khwar (far right). (PHOTO: DVB) gallery

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Photos Politics Rangoon

    IN PHOTOS: NLD draws activists, musicians to Rangoon rally

    The National League for Democracy election campaign rolled into downtown Rangoon on Sunday, where crowds mixed with artists, musicians and activists against the backdrop of the Sule Pagoda.

    People exchange currency to Burmese kyat banknotes at the office of a local bank in Rangoon on 2 April 2012. (Reuters)

    Business Lead Story News

    Foreign currency licenses revoked for govt, private businesses

    The Myanmar Central Bank has announced it will revoke licenses allowing private and government businesses to accept foreign currency on 19 October.

    Kayaw woman with her child. (PHOTO: Wikimedia Commons)

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    ‘We are tired of being poor’, Kayaw villagers hope election brings change

    Htay Kho, a remote village tucked away between the valleys of this ragged strip of eastern Burma, was for decades off-limits as armed rebels fought the military before a recent[…]

    File photo of Rangoon police.

    Lead Story News Politics

    Civilian ‘special police’ to provide security during election

    The Burmese Police Force have recruited some 40,000 civilians as ‘special police’, to assist with security during the 8 November general election.

    A Kachin child stands in his family's hut in Jeyang refugee camp in Laiza, Kachin State (Hanna Hindstrom)

    Analysis Education Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    The peace process and ethnic education in Burma

    As Burma undergoes a period of political transition, ‘first language’ learning in schools is a valuable tool in the ongoing peace process.

    Suu Kyi addressed NLD supporters in Thandwe on 17 October. (PHOTO: DVB)

    2015 Elections Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics

    Muslims in Arakan State pin hopes on Suu Kyi

    Muslim supporters of Aung San Suu Kyi said on Saturday they hoped a government lead by the NLD would improve their lives in Arakan State.

    A man waits in the rain outside the Burmese embassy in Tokyo.

    2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics

    Burmese embassy in Tokyo extends advance voting deadline

    The Burmese embassy in Tokyo has extended the timeframe for Burmese nationals in Japan to cast their vote for the 8 November general election.

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        VIDEO: NLD preps voters for election day

      • Shan villagers flee Burmese onslaught video

        Shan villagers flee Burmese onslaught

      • VIDEO: Search for Mawchi landslide survivors continues video

        VIDEO: Search for Mawchi landslide survivors continues

      • EU observers fan out ahead of election video

        EU observers fan out ahead of election

      • Youth-designed election app bridges communication gap video

        Youth-designed election app bridges communication gap

      • Gun Maw pictured in the DVB Studio, 5 October 2015. video

        Burma govt two-faced with Kachin: Gun Maw

      • DKBA troops line the Asian Highway around Kawkareit on 2 July 2015. (PHOTO: DVB)

        Election 2015: Polls won’t open in Karen State’s east

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        Fire guts Coca-Cola warehouse

    • Politics

      • File photo of Rohingya in the Andaman. (PHOTO: Reuters)

        United States ‘deeply concerned’ over treatment of Rohingya

        The US will not turn a blind eye to shortcomings in Burma’s election next month, the top US diplomat for Asia said on Wednesday.

      • Mi Kon Chan speaking to the public in Paung Township in Mon State. (Photo: Myanmar Now)

        All eyes are on the NLD, says Mon State candidate Mi Kon Chan

        Mi Kon Chan, a former businesswoman on the campaign trail in Mon State for the NLD, speaks about her political aspirations and hopes for the Mon people.

      • Military guarantees conditional access to EU observers

        European Union observers will be permitted access to polling stations within military zones across the country, according to the organisation’s chief observer.

      • Frustrated Coco Island candidates can finally campaign

        Non-ruling party candidates contesting the remote Coco Islands have finally been granted access to the islands, enabling them to campaign for the first time.

      • Independent candidate arrested for sedition

        Myat Nu Khine, an independent candidate in Pegu constituency, has been arrested and charged for her alleged involvement in a protest last year.

    • Interview

      • Field Office Director Sanne van den Bergh, former US president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn enter their findings into a tablet at a Cairo polling station on 24 May 2012.  (PHOTO: Carter Center)

        The quiet Americans

      • Mi Kon Chan speaking to the public in Paung Township in Mon State. (Photo: Myanmar Now)

        All eyes are on the NLD, says Mon State candidate Mi Kon Chan

      • Hla Toe, vice chairman of Kaman National Progressive Party. (Photo: Myanmar Now)

        ‘Change cannot come from the ruling party': Hla Toe

      • Independent candidate Sai Hso Harn is contesting the regional assembly seat in Langkho, Shan State. (PHOTO: DVB)

        I speak the farmers’ language, says Shan candidate

      • Khin Ma Ma Myo, founder of the Myanmar Institute for Peace and Security Studies. (PHOTO: Myanmar Now/Phyo Thiha Cho)

        Activists should unite, says Khin Ma Ma Myo

      • Gun Maw pictured in the DVB Studio, 5 October 2015.

        Burma govt two-faced with Kachin: Gun Maw

      • Trevor Wilson, former Australian Ambassador to Burma (PHOTO: Trevor Wilson)

        Trevor Wilson: ‘I don’t think history will re-evaluate Suu Kyi’

      • File photo of Aung Thu, 88 Generation activist and independent candidate for

        ‘No country in the world can hold a totally fair election': Aung Thu

    • Business

      • (PHOTO: Freepic.com)

        Dollar black market undermines Burma’s banks

      • Foreign currency licenses revoked for govt, private businesses

      • DVB Business weekly

      • Myitsone Dam has cost us $800m, says China

      • Burmese economic growth stymied by flooding: World Bank

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    • Environment

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        Window on Burma’s frozen north

      • Burmese state-run media posted a picture showing three of the six elephants among the parade signted in central Burma this month.  (PHOTO:MOI)

        Parade of wild elephants spotted in central Burma

      • PHOTO: DVB

        Floods cause clean water shortages across Burma

      • (PHOTO: WWF)

        Karenni party bans hardwood logging

      • Video_ Flood death toll climbs to 69

        Video: Flood death toll climbs to 69

      • VIDEO_ Help arrives in Burma's disaster zones

        VIDEO: Help arrives in Burma’s disaster zones

      • Villagers protesting the damming of the Salween on International Rivers Day, 14 March 2015. (PHOTO: KESAN).

        Reward and ruin on the Salween River

      • Asia can fight climate change and poverty by investing in forest communities, says environmental NGO. (PHOTO: DVB).

        People-power can save Asia’s forests

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        • Artists, activists and musicians attended the rally to support NLD, including rapper Anegga (fourth from left), Min Ko Naing (centre, white shirt) and reggae artist Saw Phoe Khwar (far right). (PHOTO: DVB) gallery

          IN PHOTOS: NLD draws activists, musicians to Rangoon rally

        • Sunset over the Irrawaddy. (PHOTO: Colin Hinshelwood/DVB) gallery

          IN PHOTOS: Flow of the Irrawaddy

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        • Volunteers collect donations to assist flood victims (PHOTO:DVB) gallery

          Photo round-up: Burma flooding crisis

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          Flooded Kale sees daylight at last

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