Locals in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township are worried that some villages will be flooded next monsoon season as the Kyaukphyu Creek is being blocked to build a road leading to a sub-power station.

As many as 30 youths were arrested at the Kyein Chaung security checkpoint in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, on Thursday, according to locals and other eyewitnesses.

Humanitarian aid workers say they face difficulty accessing internally displaced people (IDPs) in northwest and southeast Myanmar.

A 4-month-old baby was found to have been infected with Covid-19 at Kyaukphyu Airport in Arakan State on Wednesday.

An officer of the local election subcommission in Ann Township, Arakan State, has filed a lawsuit against a woman for allegedly casting more than one ballot in Myanmar’s 2020 general election.

The Department of Archaeology and National Museum will use the force of law if necessary to conserve the ancient city of Mrauk-U in northern Arakan State, which is being considered for designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. 

There have been almost no clashes between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army (AA) in Arakan State for more than a year, so the continuing military presence at historical pagodas in the state has locals voicing their displeasure. 

Coconuts from the Arakan State townships of Thandwe, Gwa and Manaung are being exported to Bangladesh via the Maungdaw and Sittwe border trade camps.

Three unnecessary parts from a Chinese spacecraft fell into the sea off the coast of Arakan State on Wednesday morning.

Fighting broke out between a coalition of armed groups led by the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and junta forces on Tuesday in Kyaikto Township, Mon State.

The tax regime includes levies on several categories of commercial activity at the economic zone, including fees for road use, parking, sanitation, electricity, water, storage, and jetty access. 

A court in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township on January 25 again postponed an expected verdict in the case of more than 20 residents of Lekka village who have been charged under the Counter-Terrorism Law, according to a lawyer involved in the case.

Residents of five townships in northern Arakan State are being prioritised in the latest regional Covid-19 inoculation campaign, with the Arakan Army (AA) administering vaccine doses allocated by Myanmar’s military regime, said AA spokesman U Khaing Thukha. 

Junta forces used an attack helicopter in clashes with a coalition of Karenni armed groups in Kayah State’s Demoso Township on Monday, forcing hundreds of locals to flee their homes.

The Arakan Army (AA) has more than 30,000 troops, approximately 5,000 to 6,000 of whom have been deployed to “allied areas,” with the rest in Arakan State, Major General Twan Mrat Naing recently told Asia Times.

The status of a 24-year-old resident of Saittara village in Arakan State’s Myebon Township, who was arrested last year and accused of ties to the Arakan Army (AA), is raising concerns among family members who have not spoken to him for nearly three months. 

A local man from Paletwa, Chin State, who was detained by the Myanmar military late last month and faces charges under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code, has reportedly been transferred to Paletwa Township police station from the Arakan State capital Sittwe. 

Illegal logging is rampant in Bawin Chaung village-tract, part of Arakan State’s Gwa Township, according to local sources and evidence obtained by DMG.

Local entrepreneurs in Arakan State say daily power outages are hurting their businesses. That includes electricity-reliant commercial and industrial operations having to be slowed or stopped altogether at times, with the power outages sometimes lasting several hours.