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DVB English News Weekly Briefing for May 24, 2024. In this week’s briefing: The third batch of military conscripts will receive training in June; A Rohingya activist calls out the National Unity Government; The United Nations expresses alarm over violence in northern Rakhine State; And the regime bolsters its drone force after a visit to Russia; Plus, over 40,000 Myanmar nationals work in a Special Economic Zone - near the border - in Laos.  

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DVB English News Weekly Briefing for May 17, 2024. In this week’s briefing: The ASEAN Secretary-General and Special Envoy are in Naypyidaw; Resistance groups are in Japan; The National Unity Government (NUG) blames the military for rising tension in Arakan State; Also, a report on Russian drones being deployed on the battlefield; And a new podcast addressing frontline ethics in Myanmar. 

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DVB English News Weekly Briefing for May 10, 2024. In this week’s headlines: Myanmar munitions used in Ukraine-Russia War; Human Rights Watch investigates the use of white phosphorus in Karen State; Military seeks to bolster its Unmanned Aerial Vehicle capabilities; Drone training underway at Yangon air defense command headquarters;  Students enroll in university to avoid conscription.

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Jane M. Ferguson, a lecturer in the School of Culture, History and Language at the Australian National University (ANU), sits down in the newsroom with DVB Bureau Chief Mon Mon Myat to discuss her new book Silver Screens and Golden Dreams: A Social History of Burmese Cinema.

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DVB English News Weekly Briefing for May 3, 2024. In this week’s headlines: Nearly 5,000 people killed by military since the 2021 coup; Amnesty International calls for the release of a trade union leader; The National Unity Government claims resistance forces control 60 percent of Myanmar; And author Jane Ferguson on the social history of Burmese cinema.

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DVB English News Weekly Briefing for April 26, 2024. In this week’s headlines: Myanmar refugees in Thailand return home as fighting in Karen State subsides; Regime airstrike kills one in Myawaddy; ASEAN expresses concern about escalating violence; Free Burma Rangers provide assistance to those evading military conscription.

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DVB English News Weekly Briefing for April 19, 2024. In this week’s headlines: Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint reportedly moved to house arrest in Naypyidaw; Thai academic says Myanmar military’s days are numbered; New Zealand unable to block invitation to regime representative; Activists say Chevron withdrawal isn’t enough and more sanctions are needed; Maung Zarni nominated for 2024 Nobel Peace Prize.

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DVB English News Weekly Briefing for April 12, 2024. In this week’s headlines: Thailand said its prepared to take up to 100,000 refugees fleeing from Myanmar; New Zealand protesters demand regime in Naypyidaw be disinvited from Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Wellington; Civil society groups on selection of UN Special Envoy Julie Bishop; Military attempts to replenish troop strength with nation's youth; And some voices of the conscripted.

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DVB Bureau Chief Mon Mon Myat speaks to Sean Turnell, the economic advisor to Aung San Suu Kyi and the National League for Democracy (NLD) government before it was ousted in a 2021 military coup. Turnell talks about his new book An Unlikely Prisoner: How an eternal optimist found hope in Myanmar's most notorious jail.

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