Sai Se Laing (aka Sai Kyan Aung), manager of the southern branch of the Shanni Literature and Culture Association and vice-chairman of the Shanni Youth Network, was detained by PDF operatives in Sagaing on Jun. 19, the Shanni Youth Network has claimed. The young man was captured by 20 PDF members while visiting a Buddhist …
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The Weekend Briefing: Sunday, June 19, 2022
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Horrific phone evidence shows troops gloating over Ayardaw monastery massacre. Radio Free Asia on Saturday morning published a report graphically exhibiting a massacre carried out by troops from the Burma Army’s LIB 708 4th Company after files taken from a mobile phone belonging to one of the soldiers responsible were handed …
Kani’s resistance forces scupper military jade ship with mine, kill over 100 in separate attacks
A sinking military vessel has been forced to dock at Maedin village in Kani township, Sagaing, after Kani-PDF and forces allied to it spent five days attacking a fleet of 11 boats which had been carrying jade from the Myanmar Gems Enterprise (MGE), a spokesperson of Kani-PDF (KLG) told DVB. The fleet had being traveling …
Daily Briefing: September 7, 2021
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM THE DAILY BRIEFING TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2021 After months of speculation, the Acting President of Burma’s National Unity Government, Duwa Lashi La, announced that Burma’s “D-Day” began today. In a seven-minute-long rallying cry published to Facebook, he called for the commencement of “a national uprising” and a “people’s defensive war”, suggesting …
15 January 2021 News Briefing
As of 8 PM, 14 Jan, a total of 18,820 samples were tested and found 605 new cases and 10 deaths. MoHS has reported 132,865 confirmed cases including 116,100 discharged, and 2,912 deaths. Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) holds a meeting with National League for Democracy (NLD) in Taunggyi this morning for the national …
3 dead as flooding wracks Upper Sagaing
“Floodwaters have swept away 23 houses and affected more than 10,000 people,” said Dr. Zaw Win, the regional minister of social affairs for Sagaing Division.