FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Burma and Russia herald new nuclear information center in Yangon The junta unveiled its Nuclear Technology Information Center in Yangon’s Hlaing Township on Feb. 6, regime media reported. Min Aung Hlaing and officials from Russia’s Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation attended the opening ceremony. “Thanks to the cooperation of Rosatom, Myanmar …
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Thai-Burma Friendship Bridge reopens, Indonesia to create ASEAN Special Envoy on Burma office
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Thai-Burma Friendship Bridge reopens The Thai-Burma Friendship Bridge (No. 1) linking Burma’s Myawaddy and Thailand’s Mae Sot reopened on Jan. 12. This comes after being closed for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Daw Thin Thin Myat is the president of the Myawaddy Border Trade Chamber of Commerce. She told …
Indonesia and Malaysia urge junta to follow 5-PC, Over 100 Rohingya receive jail sentences
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Indonesia and Malaysia urge military council to follow Five-Point Consensus Indonesia, the current chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and Malaysia urged the military council to follow and implement ASEAN’s Five-Point Consensus. Anwar Ibrahim, the Prime Minister for Malaysia, met with the President of Indonesia Joko Windodo during …
Rohingya remain stranded at sea near Indonesia, U.S. announces new resettlement program for Rohingya
FROM THE DVB NEWSROOM Around 180 Rohingya remain stranded at sea near Indonesian coast A boat carrying 180 Rohingya has been stranded at sea, near the coast of Indonesia, for 20 days. They are facing food and water shortages, according to Aung Kyaw Moe, an adviser to the National Unity Government (NUG) Ministry of Human …
Living in limbo: Indonesia’s refugees face uncertain future
Many refugees across Southeast Asia have no access to citizenship and few rights in the country where they live.
Indonesia to propose new ASEAN intelligence sharing to track militants
Indonesia will propose a broad intelligence sharing initiative among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to deal with the rising threat of radical Islamist militants, its defence minister says.