Kan Kyi, the lead emcee of hip hop collective Triple Edge and organizer of the annual MOB Party in Chiang Mai, joins us in the DVB Newsroom to discuss music, activism, and the crisis in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup.

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The regime enacted an Election Protection Law in July to prosecute anyone criticizing its 2025-26 polls, which begin on Dec. 28 and continue into January 2026.

The law carries a minimum sentence of three years in prison to a maximum sentence of death, if convicted.

At least 194 people have been charged under this new law so far. Thirty-two have been arrested and five have been convicted, according to DVB data.

Two Yangon residents were sentenced from 42 to 49 years in prison on Nov. 19 for "disrupting the elections."

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Jue Jue Min Thu is the founder of Jue Jue's Safe Space, which offers mental health services for Myanmar communities. She joined us in the DVB Newsroom to discuss her work.

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Part two of an interview with Myanmar documentary photographer Khin Sandar Nyunt in the DVB Newsroom on her book: “Purple Flowers Will Bloom” which includes photographs taken during her work on the frontline in Myanmar’s Karenni State.

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Check out our photos from the book launch in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Myanmar documentary photographer Khin Sandar Nyunt joins the DVB Newsroom to discuss her book: “Purple Flowers Will Bloom” which includes photographs taken during her work on the frontline in Myanmar’s Karenni State.

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Check out our photos from the ⁠book launch⁠ in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Youth Line podcast host Pyartho brings us a story about three LGBTQ+ teachers who refused to work after the 2021 military coup and joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM).

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The mysterious disappearance of Myanmar refugee leader Thuzar Maung and her family from their home in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 4, 2023, and their reported re-appearance in detention in Myanmar on Oct. 18, 2025, raises more questions than it answers.

DVB is requesting proof of life from the military regime in Naypyidaw, and for Malaysia to share its police investigation into the family's disappearance it launched over two years ago with the public.

How did five U.N. registered refugees disappear without a trace? And reappear in Myanmar via an undated photo and very little information from the regime in Naypyidaw? DVB is investigating. Stay tuned.

Vicky Bowman, a British former ambassador and the director of the Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, speaks to the DVB Newsroom about the business climate in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup and her imprisonment in Yangon in 2022. Watch Newsroom on DVB English News YouTube or Spotify. Listen on Apple Podcasts, YouTube Music, Audible, Amazon Music, or wherever you get podcasts.

Myanmar’s first-ever mixed martial arts (MMA) World Champion Aung La Nsang, known as the “Burmese Python,” won his last-ever bout before retirement from MMA against Swedish fighter Zebaztian “The Bandit” Kadestam at ONE Fight Night 36 held at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Oct. 4.

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Myanmar Scot Marciel joins the DVB Newsroom to discuss his four years as America's top diplomat in Yangon and how the relationship between the two countries has changed since the 2021 military coup.

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