Many residents of Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township have been without electricity since Friday night after erosion brought down a power pole near Ohntaw village, according to locals.

The Arakan Army (AA) released the township administrator and his driver from its custody at a location between Yoengu and Kyaukseik villages in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township on Saturday, the ethnic armed group said in a statement. 

The Arakan State Fisheries Department has ordered 10 mud crab and lobster exporters to halt their shipments after white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) was found in their exports. 

A clash broke out between the Myanmar military and an armed group on the Taungpyo road between Tarein and Myawady villages in the northern part of Maungdaw Township.

Many students in Arakan State who must travel by boat in order to attend school are still in need of life jackets, nearly two months after the issue was raised and promises for government provision of the safety gear were made.

The Arakan Army (AA) this week urged local people to exercise caution while travelling in the state, citing the military regime’s recent arrests of dozens civilians on a variety of specious grounds.

Five people were killed and one other was injured after the boundary wall of a high school collapsed in the Mon State capital Mawlamyine on Friday morning, according to locals.

The Myanmar military has restricted access to a key road in Maungdaw Township following fighting with the Arakan Army (AA) in northern Arakan State on Monday, as local administrators expressed concerns about the junta’s recent arrests of some of their peers. 

Myanmar earned US$2.9 million in June from exports to Bangladesh through two border trade camps in Arakan State, according to the state’s chamber of commerce and industry. 

Myanmar’s currency has slumped against the Thai baht as a consequence of the Myanmar military regime’s restrictions on US dollars, according to businesses that trade with Thailand.

Family members of those killed or injured in encounters with landmines and explosive remnants of war in Arakan State require additional assistance for rehabilitation, according to the Rakhine Ethnics Congress (REC).

An official from Thayargon village in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township was detained by members of the Border Guard Force (BGF) on Wednesday, according to family members. 

A man from the Kavi Yadana camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kyauktaw, Arakan State, went missing on Tuesday night and has not been heard from since, according to family members.

Myanmar’s military regime has closed a bridge crucial for nearly 20 villages along Sammati Creek in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, severely disrupting the daily lives of locals.

Nine Kyaukphyu Township men were sentenced to three years in prison each under Section 52(a) of the Counter-Terrorism Law on Thursday, more than two years after they were arrested and accused of having illegal ties to the Arakan Army (AA). 

The Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) says dozens of civilian casualties have been reported over the past seven months in clashes between the Myanmar military and a coalition led by the Karen National Liberation Army in Kayin (Karen) State’s Dooplaya District.

Myanmar’s military regime sealed off a Buddhist monastery in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township earlier this month, citing possible threats to community tranquillity.

Internally displaced people (IDPs) sheltering at a Buddhist monastery in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, felt compelled to flee after Myanmar military troops were deployed at the monastery. 

The Sittwe District Court on Wednesday sentenced two Ponnagyun Township men accused of having illegal Arakan Army (AA) ties to three years in prison under Section 52(a) of the Counter-Terrorism Law, more than two years after the pair were arrested.