Communities of ethnic Mro people living in remote, mountainous parts of western Myanmar are reportedly planning to migrate for a chance at a better life.

Myanmar’s military regime on Friday revoked the citizenship of 17 more people including well-known opposition figures and ministers of the shadow National Unity Government (NUG), bringing the known tally of such individuals to 28. 

The illegal online trade in wildlife has boomed in Myanmar since the military coup in February 2021, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a recent report.

An Arakanese man was shot dead in Yangon’s Tamwe Township on Friday morning, according to his family, with the perpetrator reportedly still at large.

Family members are demanding answers in the case of a man who turned up dead more than a week after he went missing in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State.

A bomb exploded at a high school in Yebyu, Tanintharyi Region, at about 8 a.m. on Friday, according to a local resident.

Ten Muslims were detained at a military checkpoint on Thursday evening in Arakan State’s Ann Township.

Myanmar’s military regime has raised the official retirement age to 62, a move that many believe is an attempt to retain its dwindling workforce in the post-coup era.

Two civilians and several security personnel were killed in a clash at a security checkpoint near Moppalin intersection on the Yangon-Mawlamyine highway in Kyaikto Township, Mon State, at about 5:30 a.m. on March 31, according to locals.

Three women in Thandwe Township, Arakan State, on trial for financing anti-regime militants, were sentenced to 10 years in prison under Myanmar’s Counter-Terrorism Law on Thursday.

Five men from Kyaukseik village and its vicinity in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, who have been accused of illegal ties to the Arakan Army (AA), appeared before the Sittwe District Court on March 31.

The township-level public hospital in Arakan State’s Minbya Township is understaffed and struggling to provide healthcare services to patients.

As matriculation exams began on Thursday, 3,847 students in Arakan State failed to show up at their designated testing locations, the head of the state’s education office told DMG.

Some archeological sites and historical buildings in Mrauk-U need to be preserved in a timely manner, according to Daw Khin Than, chairperson of the Mrauk-U Cultural Heritage Conservation Association. 

The Scholar Institute, a Sittwe-based nongovernmental organisation (NGO), plans to provide financial and technical training to small and medium-sized businesses to provide job opportunities for internally displaced people (IDPs) in three Arakan State townships.

Fighting between the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) and the Myanmar military in Kayah State has left many conflict-affected civilians facing food and water shortages, according to Karenni relief groups.

Parents in Arakan State are urging authorities to guarantee the electricity supply from dusk to dawn as students prepare to sit the matriculation exam over the coming days.

Trade associations representing musicians, journalists and comedians condemned an attack this week apparently targeting a train carrying several artists on tour in upper Myanmar.

Arakan Army (AA) chief Major General Twan Mrat Naing has expressed his gratitude to the late founder and former chairman of the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), Peng Jiasheng, for his assistance to the Arakanese ethnic armed group.