Kinship gatherings are being celebrated on a grand scale in Konbaung village, part of Arakan State’s Ramree Township, from June 4-5, a second consecutive year for the long-running tradition, which was forgone in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Memorial services to commemorate the 1977 death of former Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) Chairman Khaing Moe Lun were held in the Arakan State’s capital Sittwe, on the Myanmar-India border and the Arakan State-Bangladesh border on Saturday morning. 

U Thar Tun Aung, the administrator of Abaung Thar village, Chin State, who was taken by the Myanmar military after regime forces clashed with the Arakan Army (AA) last month, has not been released since his arrest more than a week ago, according to locals. 

The road linking Angumaw from Rathedaung with Buthidaung has been recently damaged by continuous rain, creating inconveniences for travellers and other drivers. 

A local was killed and two others were wounded on Thursday when the Myanmar military fired artillery shells into villages near Loilemlay, a town on the Shan-Kayah states border, according to a local source. 

A court postponed the latest hearing in the case of six Taungup residents who were arrested and charged under the Counter-Terrorism Law in connection with the Arakan Army (AA) due to the absence of prosecution witnesses, according to a lawyer involved. 

The Matupi District Court is set to deliver a final ruling in the appeal of Ko Tin Tun Aung, a resident of Paletwa, Chin State, who has been sentenced to three years in prison for incitement, at the next hearing, according to family members. 

Ethnic Kaman high school students in the Arakan State capital Sittwe still can’t enrol for schools, according to a Kaman leader. 

JOOX Music Myanmar, a China-based music streaming app, has announced its plan to exit military-ruled Myanmar next week, after seven years of operation in the Southeast Asian nation. 

Local weaving businesses in Arakan State are struggling to maintain their operations due to the soaring prices of raw materials. 

A verdict in the case of two men from Ai Tin village in Ponnagyun Township, who were arrested on suspicion of having links with the Arakan Army (AA) in March 2020, was again postponed by the Sittwe District Court on June 2, according to the defence lawyer. 

Two ancient statues that date back to the Mrauk-U era were vandalised on Wednesday, with two Nat on the mound having their eyes torn out and noses and faces defaced, said resident Ko Khaing Min Shin.

The Arakan State Education Office under Myanmar’s military regime has said it will take action against teachers who failed to show up at schools on June 2 under the Civil Service Personnel Law.

A moderate earthquake shook Arakan State’s Gwa and Thandwe townships late Wednesday night, according to locals. 

Local civil society organisations (CSOs) in Arakan State’s Ramree have called for cooperation between concerned departments and residents in order to develop a proper garbage disposal system in the town. 

The Myanmar military regime’s Ministry of Health has waived the mandatory requirement for pre-flight Covid-19 screening test for those who have received three doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, according to an official from the Arakan State Public Health Department. 

A verdict in the case of five men from Kyaukseik village, Ponnagyun Township, and nearby who were detained in 2020 and charged on suspicion of having illegal ties to the Arakan Army (AA) was postponed by the Sittwe District Court on Wednesday, according to a lawyer involved. 

Ground sources say the rising number of internally displaced people (IDPs) at camps in five territories controlled by the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), has made adequate provisioning of shelter, medicine and food difficult. 

Fighting broke out between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army near the village of Abaung Thar in the west of Paletwa Township, Chin State, with locals concerned for their safety.