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@dvbenglish.bsky.socialMore than 3,000 residents living in 20 villages downstream of the Ma Mya Dam in Ayeyarwady Region’s Myanaung Township have been evacuated due to the risk of a potential dam collapse since Saturday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialAt least five civilians were killed and 23 others were injured in consecutive waves of airstrikes across Sagaing Region on Oct. 11-12, targeting civilian villages and a renowned historic Buddhist monastery. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialThe General Strike Coordination Body, a coalition of anti-coup strike groups in Myanmar, was honored with the 6th Forum 2000 International Award for Courage and Responsibility alongside three pro-democracy activists, in Prague, Czech Republic, on Sunday.
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialAt least seven civilians were killed and 17 others were injured in airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on Pauktaw Township’s Sin Ein village in Arakan State on Saturday.
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@dvbenglish.bsky.socialThe Steering Council for the Emergence of a Federal Democratic Union (SCEF)—Myanmar’s premier resistance coalition—requested the Malaysian government not to give legitimacy to regime leader Min Aung Hlaing in a statement released on Thursday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialOut of applications submitted to ward, township, district, and regional offices for more than 70 damaged mosques in Mandalay by the earthquake on March 28, 2025, the regime has granted repair permission for only four.
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@dvbenglish.bsky.socialFive Myanmar nationals were sentenced to 21 years under the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Law after being convicted of the human trafficking of a Belarusian national to an “online scam business” at an undisclosed location in Myanmar on Oct. 1. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialA source told DVB that the 60 former resistance members handed over their weapons to the regime, adding that they had “friction” with the National Unity Government Shwebo District battalions, without elaborating further. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialResidents in Shwebo, Depayin, Khin-U, Myinmu and Wetlet townships accuse the regime of deliberately attempting to deprive resistance forces of food supplies ahead of an impending regime counteroffensive in Shwebo. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialAt least six residents were killed and seven others were injured in two airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township on Sunday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialAmbassador Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, joined members of the Myanmar diaspora community in New York City on Saturday, for the North American premiere of RAY: The Movie.
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialAt least seven people, including a Chinese owner, four workers and two residents, were killed and 11 were injured during an explosion at an explosives storage facility in Kachin State’s Pangwa town in Chipwi Township on Friday.
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialThe Karenni Interim Executive Council (IEC) told DVB that the regime’s Eastern Central Regional Military Command (RMC) headquarters has been relocated from Shan State’s Kholam town to the Karenni State capital Loikaw Township. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialU.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday that he had discussed the cases of Americans detained in China with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting in Washington, DC, Sept. 23-25. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialAt least one civilian was killed and eight others were injured during airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on Arakan State’s Pauktaw, Ponnagyun and Rathedaung townships on Wednesday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialA total of 32 bodies have been recovered since rains caused flooding and landslides on Sept. 24, according to a local resistance group. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialThe regime’s Ministry of Information (MOI) reported that regime troops have destroyed 866 small-scale oil wells and refineries “illegally” operated by residents in Magway Region’s Pakokku and Myaing townships since Sept. 18. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialWai Hun Aung, a humanitarian aid worker in Kyauktaw, stated that the death toll from the airstrikes reached 50 as one man succumbed to his wounds while receiving treatment at a hospital in Kyauktaw on Sept. 29. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.socialAt least 49 people have been killed and 58 others injured—22 critically—following dual airstrikes by the Myanmar Air Force on a crowded public market and bridge in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township on Monday. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
@dvbenglish.bsky.social“Targeting a civilian area where there’s no ongoing conflict is a war crime,” a Kyauktaw resident told DVB. Under international law, a war crime constitutes the targeting or killing of civilians. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
