Seven IDP camps are under construction at the industrial zone in Ponnagyun Township, Ywar Thit Kay and Thaung Da Rar villages in Rathedaung Township, Mrauk-U Airport, Nidin village in Minbya Township, Myaung-Nar village in Buthidaung Township and Myothit ward in Kyauktaw Township, according to the government.

“We went to the area in the morning and had to take time to search for villagers. We arrived back in the afternoon,” said U Kyaw Myint Wai, head of Buthidaung Township Red Cross Association.

Six men from Kyauktan village in Rathedaung Township who have been detained and accused of involvement with the Arakan Army appeared in the Sittwe district court on 7 October.

The Arakan National Party (ANP) will investigate civilian deaths caused by the ongoing clashes in Arakan State and to issue a report, U Pe Than, member of the ANP’s policy-leading committee, told the DMG.

The Tatmadaw detained and questioned three people, including a monk, from Ohe Htein village in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan, Brig-Gen Zaw Min Tun, secretary of the Tatmadaw True News Information Team, said at a Tatmadaw press conference on September 28.

While a couple from Ingyin village of Sanyin village tract in Myebon Township, Arakan State, were strolling around in the forest to chop firewood, the wife stepped on a landmine and suffered injuries to her legs.

Eight men and three women got stuck near Thayat Pyin village in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, because of fighting between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army (AA), locals said.

The Arakan State Hluttaw has submitted an appeal to the King of Thailand for Arakan migrant workers Win Zaw Tun and Zaw Linn who have been sentenced to death in Thailand.

Bamboo entrepreneurs face difficulties because they cannot easily obtain bamboo from Saidin Mountain Range due to clashes between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army in Buthidaung Township, Arakan State ....

An owner of a construction company and a driver were shot by two unidentified gunmen in Sittwe on Friday night, according to No.1 Police Station in Sittwe, Arakan State.

The manageable-sized fishing ponds operated by residents in Ann Township, Arakan State have been affected by privately-owned fishing lakes, according to local people.

Two Buddhist monks who have been sued under Anti-Terrorism Law were released by a district court in Sittwe, Arakan State on 4 October before being charged but one of them was remanded in custody for driving an unlicensed car.

Some houses in Kuntaung Village, Buthidaung Township in Arakan State have been set on fire by the Tatmadaw at about 2 p.m. on 4 October, U Shwe Hla Aung, Township Administrator confirmed.

Some detainees are suffering from fever and healthcare services are poor because there is no doctor in Sittwe prison, said Ko Mayu Tun who helps the accused.

The contaminated water from Thanzit River in 2018 was found to have lead levels 10 times higher than normal and phenol compounds 26 times higher than the standard level, the Alarm Myanmar announced its lab finding.

Buthidaung Township’s Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee has requested the State government on September 1 to stop the Tatmadaw from setting up camps in the compound of historic Thone Sat Thit Bone pagoda in Sango Htaung village.

The Tatmadaw has confirmed its forces were targeted by a remote controlled mine on the morning of October 3 near a jetty in Aung Seit village, Ponnagyun township, Arakan State.

Three people, including a head monk from Ohm Htein village, Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State, were detained by the Tatmadaw on September 20 near Linn Mhyne Taung village, the families of the detainees said.

A Police force is carrying out security of Arakan State by collaborating with the Tatmadaw and civil organizations, Police Chief Colonel Kyi Lin, head of Arakan State Police Force, told the media after the ceremony of 55th Myanmar ...