One missing during flooding in Kachin State
Residents of Kachin State’s Mogaung Township told DVB that the Thahtaykone, Namkhamka, and Nanyang creeks have overflowed due to heavy rainfall since Sunday. Aid workers in Namti town warned residents living in the low-lying wards of Shweli, Shwewah, Thahtaykone, and Thitsar to relocate, but added that only a few were able to reach higher ground before the flooding began.
A resident of Hpakant Township told DVB on the condition of anonymity that a 50-year-old resident is missing after his home was buried by a landslide after the Uru Creek overflowed on June 21. The regime’s Fire Services Department stated that it has carried out relief and relocation operations in Mogaung since June 20. No casualties have been reported in either Mogaung or Hpakant.
Mogaung and Hpakant are located 41-94 miles (65-151 km) west of the Kachin State capital Myitkyina, and 105-158 miles (168-254 km) northwest of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) headquarters of Laiza. Over 31,000 residents living in low-lying areas of Myitkyina Township were evacuated from their homes due to flooding in 2025.
Aung San Suu Kyi’s dog dies at Yangon residence
Jailed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi’s dog, Taichito, died at her family home located on 54 University Avenue in Yangon’s Bahan Township, on June 21. Her son, Kim Aris gave her the three-month-old mixed breed dog to celebrate her release from house arrest in 2010. The 16-year-old dog died due to an age-related illness. He is expected to be buried somewhere inside the lakeside villa compound, BBC reported.
“Taichito was more than a companion,” Aris stated in a post on social media on June 22. “He was a small piece of love I was able to place in my mother’s hands after one of the hardest separations of our lives.” Aris said, referring to the 15 years of house arrest his mother famously spent at the family’s 54 University Avenue residence. Aris reportedly purchased Taichito from a market in Yangon.
The dog was a close companion to Aung San Suu Kyi during her time at a secret detention facility from her arrest on Feb. 1, 2021 up until she was transferred to Naypyidaw Prison in June 2022, BBC reported. Taichito’s death came two days after Aung San Suu Kyi’s 81st birthday, which was the culmination for a “Proof of Life” campaign demanding Burma provide independent verification that she’s alive.
Meh Ya, 47, works at her sewing machine inside her home at a refugee camp in Thailand’s Mae Hong Son Province, on Aug. 27. (Credit: DVB)
Myanmar refugees in Thailand begin to receive ID cards
Refugees from Burma living in nine refugee camps located along the border in Thailand, began receiving non-national identity cards this week from Bangkok and have begun issuing official identity cards to “non-citizens.” The cards formally recognise the holders as “displaced persons from Myanmar.” The move improves inclusion, protection and self-reliance for an estimated 80,000 refugees.
“For refugees from Myanmar in Thailand, this identity card is not just a piece of paper; it is a pathway to protection, security and opportunity,” said Raoul Mazou, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) assistant high commissioner for operations. “These cards restore dignity, open new possibilities and allow refugees to build meaningful futures,” he added.
The breakthrough follows a policy shift by the Thai government in August 2025. The policy granted long-staying refugees the legal right to work, marking a departure from an approach focused largely on camp confinement. Since the policy took effect in October 2025, more than 5,500 refugees have joined the workforce in Thailand. Read more
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ARAKAN—India’s Ambassador to Burma Abhay Thakur visited a site under construction in the state capital Sittwe at the end point of the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project (KMTTP) and met with the regime’s Chief Minister Naing Oo on Friday. The project was initiated in 2010 to link India’s Mizoram State to Sittwe port.
A local political analyst told DVB on the condition of anonymity that India must engage with the Arakan Army (AA) if it wants to connect the KMTTP with territory seized by the AA from 2023. This includes 14 of 17 Arakan townships and Chin State’s Paletwa Township as the regime only controls Sittwe, Kyaukphyu, and Manaung.
KARENNI—The Interim Executive Council (IEC), a provisional government established by Karenni resistance groups in 2023, told DVB that it granted amnesty to a total of 39 inmates jailed in prisons run by the IEC to mark the 151th anniversary of Karenni National Day on Sunday.
Khu Oo Reh, the IEC chairperson, said in a June 21 statement that the release of regime prisoners was meant to uphold “humanitarian values.” Mese, Shadaw and Hpasawng townships are under resistance control. The regime controls the state capital Loikaw, as well as Demoso, Hpruso, and Bawlakhe.
MANDALAY—At least 10 civilians have been killed and 30 homes have been burnt down by regime forces during a regime counteroffensive in Taungtha Township since June 1. Taungtha, located 82 miles (132 km) southwest of Mandalay, is partially controlled by the People’s Defence Force (PDF).
The National Unity Government (NUG) Humanitarian Department told DVB that two of the 10 killed by regime forces were 18-year-old students. Over 70 homes were destroyed in Taungtha’s Paekhinkyaw village during an arson attack allegedly carried out by regime forces in December.
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