The AA has stepped up attacks in an effort to seize the Western Command, and the ethnic armed group has so far taken control of at least 10 junta camps in the township.

Fighting between the military and AA began near Satthwar Village on November 10. Clashes have continued to intensify, with the regime defending against AA attacks with aerial and naval support.

Residents of Kyauktaw Town as well as in villages along the river use water from the Kaladan River. There have been public health concerns due to the increased waste disposal into the river.

The price of 92 Ron Octane has recently declined to 12,000 kyats, but vehicle fares have not fallen commensurately.

With a lack of jobs, rising commodity prices and a lack of humanitarian aid, IDPs are faced with a food crisis and most are forced to eke out a living by doing odd jobs.

Farmers had already struggled to grow monsoon paddy due to the high prices of fertiliser and fuel. But their worries are not yet over as harvesters and workers are in short supply while labour costs are high.

The AA reportedly attacked the ordnance depot near the Western Command headquarters with rocket-propelled grenades on the night of November 10.

The civilian casualties were reported after the regime dropped 500-lb bombs on Thandwe twice on Sunday morning.

The displaced civilians were injured after a junta air assault hit Mya Sein Yaung Monastery in Ward 5 and Lanma Monastery in Ward 2 of Buthidaung on Sunday.

IDPs face livelihood hardships due to skyrocketing commodity prices and some IDPs earn a living as odd-job workers and collect cash donations from well-wishers in rural villages.

Among the detainees were civilians displaced by fighting between Myanmar’s military regime and the Arakkha Army (AA), merchants and drug traffickers.

Fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakkha Army (AA) is escalating in Arakan State’s Taungup, where the regime’s No. 5 Military Operations Command is based.

As many as 680,000 people have been displaced in Arakan State by fighting from the February 2021 coup through the end of October, according to a recent report by the Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar).

The Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok announced Friday that illegal Myanmar migrants in Thailand would be fined and barred from re-entering Thailand, with the embassy threatening to target Myanmar migrants who have overstayed their visas with legal action.

The AA seized control of the No. 374 Artillery Battalion and No. 8 Advanced Signal Battalion in Ann on November 7, according to a military source.

A beauty product shop owner from Kyauktaw Town said: "Those products are popular among women in their 30s who have melasma and dark spots. As they are high in demand, almost all the shops sell them."

Women in Arakan State are receiving less assistance and fewer opportunities as organisations promoting and defending women’s rights and empowerment have become less active in the war-ravaged state.

Since the first week of November, the regime has been using water routes to transport weapons including howitzers from Ayeyarwady Region to Gwa Township.

At often-flimsy displacement camps, people have to sleep on the floor without a bed, and they also don’t have warm clothes, which are risk factors for elderly persons.