Burglaries reported in Kyauktaw, Maungdaw townships
17 Aug 2022
Burglaries were reported in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw and Maungdaw townships in the early hours of August 17, with the wife of one homeowner attacked in the incident.
17 Aug 2022
Burglaries were reported in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw and Maungdaw townships in the early hours of August 17, with the wife of one homeowner attacked in the incident.
17 Aug 2022
More than 350,000 people in Kayin (Karen) State have been displaced post-coup as a result of fighting between Myanmar’s military regime and resistance forces in areas controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU), according to a press statement from KNU Central.
16 Aug 2022
The Arakan National Council/Arakan Army (ANC/AA) and Arakan Liberation Party/Arakan Liberation Army (ALP/ALA) have rejected recent remarks from the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) spokesman, in which he asserted that there was no need for revolutionary armed forces in Arakan State other than the AA.
16 Aug 2022
Local farmers in Magyitaw and Ahmaw villages on Taungup Township’s Pantin Island say they are unable to cultivate paddy on dozens of acres of farmland damaged by seawater.
16 Aug 2022
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year could have the unintended side effect of delaying a decision on the bid to have the ancient Arakanese city of Mrauk-U designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, according to the Department of Archaeology and National Museum.
16 Aug 2022
Local people in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township are concerned about possible food shortages as the Myanmar military has blocked off the main road linking the township with state capital Sittwe following fighting with the Arakan Army (AA) on Saturday.
16 Aug 2022
A 2-year-old toddler died and five other civilians were injured on Monday when regime troops fired artillery in response to resistance attacks on junta departments in Kawkareik Township, Kayin (Karen) State, according to locals.
15 Aug 2022
“If the ministers of the regime’s Arakan State government only indulge in their power and authority against the people, and continue to harm the people just to please the regime … we have previously warned that we would handle [them] accordingly, in accordance with the needs of the situation, our revolution, public security and the Way of Rakhita,” said U Khaing Thukha, spokesman for the Arakan Army, at an online press conference.
15 Aug 2022
Family members said that a woman from Yishin village in Arakan State’s Myebon Township died of her injuries last week after being beaten by a shaman who claimed that she was possessed.
15 Aug 2022
A woman died and three other people were injured in a road accident on Monday near Kyaukseik village in Ponnagyun Township.
15 Aug 2022
As a result of Myanmar’s political and economic crises, women are more vulnerable to violence and predation than they were pre-coup, according to Arakanese women’s activists.
15 Aug 2022
Hundreds of residents who fled their homes for safer locations after the Myanmar military clashed with the Arakan Army in Rathedaung Township over the weekend are reportedly unable to return home.
15 Aug 2022
Clashes between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) have continued for three consecutive days in Arakan State and Chin State’s Paletwa Township, the AA said on Monday, as some of the latest fighting was reported east of the Kaladan River in Paletwa Township.
14 Aug 2022
Arakanese farmers say they are facing difficulties replanting paddy fields that have been hard-hit by drought in Arakan state.
14 Aug 2022
The Myanmar military has blockaded the Angumaw-Maungdaw road since the evening of August 13, said locals and drivers.
13 Aug 2022
The domestic gold price reached a new record high of more than K2.75 million per tical for 24-K gold on Saturday, according to gold shop owners.
13 Aug 2022
Deforestation of mangroves has increased in Arakan State as a result of power cuts, according to local mangrove conservationists.
13 Aug 2022
Some 700 residents have reportedly fled their homes for safer locations as the Myanmar military and Arakan Army have been clashing in the Mayu Hills between Rathedaung Township’s Donpaik and Cheinkhali villages, with the hostilities beginning on Saturday morning.
13 Aug 2022
Six men from Khamaung Seik village in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, have been missing since Friday, according to relatives.
13 Aug 2022
Four people were injured in a landmine blast on Saturday in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, with one of the victims said to be in critical condition.