The E.U., Canada, Switzerland and Australia issued statements on Feb. 1, condemning the 5th anniversary of the 2021 military coup and calling the Myanmar military to “end all forms of violence” against its own citizens english.dvb.no/internationa... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #MilitaryCoupInMyanmar

Final results in the military’s 2025-26 elections were released by the Union Election Commission (UEC) on Jan. 28-29. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #election2025 Read more: english.dvb.no/myanmar-mark...

French and Burmese living in Paris, France, staged a demonstration on Friday to mark the fifth anniversary of the military coup. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #France Read more: english.dvb.no/myanmar-mark...

A public seminar was held at the Chiang Mai University (CMU) Faculty of Social Sciences called “Five Years Coup in Myanmar: Myanmar in the Midst of Geopolitics” on Feb. 1. Check out our photos here: english.dvb.no/seminar-on-f... #WhatshappeninginThailand

Fighting is reported between the Arakan Army and regime forces in four towns across Arakan State, Bago and Magway regions. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

As Myanmar marked five years since the 2021 military coup, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk deplored that the conduct of recent military-imposed elections failed to respect the fundamental human rights of the country’s citizens english.dvb.no/un-says-mili... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #UN #election

"Five years ago, on February 1, 2021, Min Aung Hlaing gambled that he could steal a nation and the world would eventually look away," writes James Shwe for DVB English News Opinion. Read more english.dvb.no/five-years-o... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #MilitaryCoupInMyanmar #election

Military proxy USDP to form next 'government' in Myanmar. Watch our special news report on DVB English News YouTube. Subscribe to stay up-to-date with the latest on #WhatshappeninginMyanmar #Militarycoup #election #revolution youtu.be/P6LGAMCVD0c

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On the 5h anniversary of Myanmar’s military coup and the beginning of the Spring Revolution, Prague hosted the second edition of the Peacock Film Festival — an evening of documentary cinema dedicated to voices of resistance #myanmar #burma #documentary #films english.dvb.no/burmas-peaco...

At least 74 political prisoners aged 18-35 have died in detention since the 2021 military coup, according to previously unreported data from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). english.dvb.no/thousands-ma... #whatshappeninginmyamar #PoliticalPrisoners #MilitaryCoupInMyanmar

Final results in the military’s 2025-26 elections were released by the Union Election Commission (UEC) on Jan. 28-29. Find everything here: english.dvb.no/military-pro... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #MilitaryCoupInMyanmar #election

A peace plan agreed on by Southeast Asian leaders five years ago has failed to end Myanmar’s civil war but it could still serve as a basis for working with the new government that will emerge from recent elections there english.dvb.no/asean-to-sti... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #thailand #ASEAN

Rohingya survivors of the 2017 military crackdown in Myanmar expect the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the United Nations’ highest court, to rule the country committed genocide against them, they said on Friday. Read more english.dvb.no/rohingya-sur... #Myanmar #Rohingya #genocide

The USDP won 231 out of 263 seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw and 56 out of 79 seats in the Amyotha Hluttaw during the military's 2025-26 elections, according to results released by the UEC on Jan. 28-29 english.dvb.no/military-pro... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #election #USDP

Myanmar’s military-backed party has completed a sweeping victory in the country’s three-phase general election, regime media reported, cementing an outcome long expected after tightly controlled polls english.dvb.no/myanmar-elec... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #election #MilitaryCoupInMyanmar

China has reportedly executed 11 people linked to Myanmar criminal gangs, including “key members” involved in online scam operations. Fraud compounds have flourished in Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, part of a billion-dollar illicit industry english.dvb.no/china-execut... #Myanmar #China #Crime

The Union Election Commission released final election results on Wednesday, reporting that the military-proxy Union Solidarity and Development Party won 231 out of 263 seats in the Pyithu Hluttaw, or lower house of parliament. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read more: english.dvb.no/proxy-party-...

The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting ended today after two days of talks on issues ranging from Burma’s conflict since the 2021 military coup, tensions in the South China Sea, and the border conflict between Thailand and Cambodia. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read more: english.dvb.no/proxy-party-...

China executed 11 people it found guilty of killing 14 Chinese citizens and running scam and gambling operations worth more than $1 billion, authorities said. Read more english.dvb.no/china-execut... #Myanmar #china #cyberscam

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) does not recognize the recently held elections in Myanmar, the first since the military seized power in 2021, the Philippine foreign secretary said Thursday. Read more english.dvb.no/asean-does-n... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #ASEAN #election

Myanmar’s Southeast Asian neighbours should adopt a “calibrated engagement” with its military-controlled post-election government while still pressing for an end to conflict, Thailand said on Thursday english.dvb.no/thailand-pro... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #thailand #ASEAN

China executed 11 criminals from gangs based in northern Myanmar that included key members of telecom fraud groups, Chinese state news agency Xinhua reported on Thursday. Read more english.dvb.no/china-execut... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #China #scams

A support rally was held in downtown Yangon on Tuesday by the pro-military Patriotic Association of Myanmar, for the Burma delegation at the second round of hearings in the International Court of Justice, Rohingya genocide case. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read more: english.dvb.no/beijing-prai...

Guo Jiakun, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson, congratulated Burma for a “steady and orderly general election with [an] active turnout” during a press conference in the capital Beijing on Monday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #China Read more: english.dvb.no/beijing-prai...

Southeast Asia’s top diplomats met Wednesday under growing pressure to push a peace plan that has so far failed to end Myanmar’s war, and to beat a deadline to conclude talks on a nonaggression pact with China this year english.dvb.no/aseans-top-d... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #ASEAN #Philippines

"A federal judge’s January 23 order postponing the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for people from Myanmar offers urgently needed breathing room—but not a final victory," writes James Shwe for DVB English News Opinion. Read more english.dvb.no/what-a-pause... #TPS #US

Myanmar appears to have adopted the tactics of Russia, Iran and North Korea by using evasive sailing routes and dodgy ships to disguise the sources of aviation fuel it uses for air attacks, Amnesty International said Monday english.dvb.no/myanmar-uses... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party claimed Monday that it had won the country’s first election since the army seized power in 2021, paving the way for a new government. Read more english.dvb.no/military-bac... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #election

Myanmar ‘s military is making increasing use of commercial paramotors and gyrocopters, low-tech flying machines that expand their capabilities to attack civilians and anti-military forces from the sky english.dvb.no/myanmar-mili... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Election #MilitaryCoupInMyanmar

As the ICJ examines genocide in the second round of hearings this week, Myanmar fans anti-Rohingya rhetoric online and at home, leaving survivors trapped between impunity and fear. Read more english.dvb.no/rohingya-gen... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Rohingya #genocide

“[Regime officials] told us those who don’t vote will be deemed supporting rebels and prosecuted,” a resident of Danubyu Township in Ayeyarwady Region told DVB. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #election

Voting began on Sunday in Myanmar in the final round of a three-stage general election, capping a nearly month-long process that has already ensured the country’s military will form next govt english.dvb.no/myanmar-hold... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #MilitaryCoupInMyanmar #election

Grace and her boyfriend were held at gunpoint in their living room and repeatedly punched. Within minutes, they were thrown into trucks and taken to the police station. Grace recalls feeling stunned english.dvb.no/a-generation... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #MilitaryCoupInMyanmar #election

"Rohingya women are told, constantly, that we should advocate, but quietly. Lead, but from behind a curtain. Be visible, but not too much. Exist, but not fully," writes Yasmin Ullah for DVB English News Opinion. Read more english.dvb.no/ai-misogyny-... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Rohingya #Arakan

A federal judge ordered President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday to delay its termination of the “Temporary Protected Status,” or TPS, for Myanmar while a lawsuit challenging the termination continued. Read more english.dvb.no/us-judge-ext... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #TPS #US

A military airstrike this week on a village in Myanmar sheltering displaced people from the northern township of Bhamo, where a final round of the country’s three-phase election is to be held this weekend, killed 21 people english.dvb.no/airstrike-on... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #kachinstate

Dozens of South Koreans allegedly involved in online scams in Cambodia were returned to South Korea on Friday to face investigations in what was the largest group repatriation of Korean criminal suspects from abroad. Read more english.dvb.no/73-south-kor... #Cambodia #southkorea #cyberscam

A total of 6,186 prisoners were granted an amnesty on Jan. 4 to mark Myanmar’s 78th Independence Day. The most high profile prisoner freed was Ye Htut, a retired military officer jailed for criticizing the military on social media in October 2023 youtu.be/B_F5vvUCHfA #burma #whatshappeninginmyanmar

A massive fire this week destroyed hundreds of makeshift homes and displaced more than 2,000 people in a Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, prompting calls Thursday for more aid english.dvb.no/fire-at-coxs... #Rohingya #Bangladesh #Refugees

Op-ed: "For thousands of Burmese in the U.S., TPS became a life‑saving bridge—enabling them to support their families...and participate openly in advocacy for Myanmar’s democracy," english.dvb.no/the-impact-o... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #TPS #US

Why a doctor joined Myanmar’s Civil Disobedience Movement after the 2021 military coup. Linn Nizho, a doctor who works on the frontline in Karenni State, joined us in the DVB Newsroom to share her story. #whatshappeninginmyanmar #burma #myanmar #CDM youtu.be/AihxmJjBVc8

At least 12 People's Defence Force members were killed in regime airstrikes in Indaw and Kawlin townships of Sagaing Region on Jan. 20-21. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #AirStrike english.dvb.no/twelve-peopl...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 2026 chair the Philippines has welcomed various political and ethnic nationality leaders from Burma to a “stakeholders’ meeting”, Manila’s foreign minister said on Thursday english.dvb.no/philippines-... #Philippines #ASEAN #Myanmar

Dozens of South Koreans detained in Cambodia for alleged involvement in online scam compounds will be sent home this week to face investigations, officials said Thursday, in what would be the largest group reparation of Korean suspects english.dvb.no/cambodia-wil... #Cambodia #southkorea #cyberscam

“There’s this strong, acrid smell, and when you walk around Kandawgyi Lake, you can’t even breathe properly,” a resident of Myanmar’s largest city told DVB. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #pollution

At least 21 people were reportedly killed and 30 others were injured by airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force in Chaungtu village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, on Tuesday. #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar english.dvb.no/regime-troop...

Kachin State’s Mansi and Momauk townships were excluded from the final round of regime's 2025-26 elections on Jan. 25, due to “a lack of conditions to hold free-and-fair elections.” #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #election

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not endorse elections in military-ruled Myanmar, Malaysia’s foreign minister said Tuesday, citing concerns over the lack of inclusive and free participation english.dvb.no/asean-wont-e... #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #election #malaysia

The Arakan Army Department of Education has been accepting applications for its first-ever medical training school in Arakan State since Dec. 24. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Rakhine