Nearly 400 Muslims, including people travelling by boat from Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Kyauktaw townships as well as residents of Sittwe, remain in the custody of Myanmar’s military regime in the Arakan State capital, according to Muslim community sources.

Myanmar migrants in Thailand say they are increasingly worried about their safety as Thai authorities intensify arrests and crackdowns on undocumented workers.

A Myanmar military jet fighter dropped at least four bombs on a public internet access point near Phetkhwetseik Village in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township at around 1:30 am on January 27, local sources said.

Nine civilians were injured and polling stations were forced to close after intense fighting between Myanmar’s military regime and a coalition led by the Kachin Independence Army in Hpakant, Kachin State.

U Nay Min Tun, representing the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party, has won the Arakanese Ethnic Affairs Minister post in Yangon Region in the junta-organized election.

Artillery fire, multiple launch rocket systems and small arms fire were heard from the morning of January 25 near the border of Sittwe and Ponnagyun townships, as well as close to the Regional Command Headquarters and junta battalions. Fighting was reported to be ongoing.

The United League of Arakan will provide cash rewards and certificates of honour to local residents who discovered ancient artifacts in Mrauk-U, Arakan State.

The Arakan Army is accelerating its administrative functions after establishing judicial, education and healthcare departments across 14 townships in Arakan State and Paletwa Township in Chin State.

Traffic safety measures and regulations are being increasingly tightened in areas controlled by the Arakan Army in Arakan State, according to local residents.

Captured junta soldiers have revealed that Myanmar’s military regime is deploying newly-recruited conscripts, who were forcibly drafted, as “human waves” on frontlines across the country against revolutionary forces.

The United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) has issued an order banning illegal two-digit (2D) and three-digit (3D) lotteries and all forms of gambling in areas under its control in Arakan State, local residents said.

Indiscriminate plastic waste disposal is increasing in Arakan State, raising concerns about environmental pollution, according to environmental activists, who stress the need for systematic waste management.

The price of Mitragyna speciosa leaves has reportedly risen to as high as K200,000 per viss in Arakan Army-controlled townships in Arakan State, amid growing use of the leaves as a narcotic.

Myanmar’s military regime is changing its airstrike tactics, deploying different types of air weapons depending on local conditions and target types, according to a recent airstrike study by the Myanmar Defense & Security Institute (MDSI).

Health professionals and parents say children in Arakan State, controlled by the Arakan Army, are increasingly suffering from pneumonia, phlegm, and seasonal flu this winter, a trend they attribute to climate change.

Investigations have revealed that Muslim militiamen forcibly recruited into military camps in Sittwe are fleeing because they can no longer endure oppression within the Myanmar military.

Fishing activities in Thandwe Township have come to a halt due to Myanmar Navy operations in coastal waters and the arrest of local residents, according to locals.

Myanmar’s military regime carried out an airstrike on a detention centre holding prisoners of war (POWs) and their family members near Chaungtu Village in Kyauktaw Township, Arakan State, killing 21 people and injuring 30 others, according to local sources.

Military observers say the Arakan Army (AA) has made visible efforts this month to expand its territorial control in Sittwe Township, the capital of Arakan State.