Tobacco farmers in Arakan State say the industry is struggling due to a lack of market access and declining demand.

Hundreds of pigs have reportedly died of an unknown illness in villages including Khwasone, Taungmyint, Okkan, Tinhteinkan and Simoung in Mrauk-U Township since early November.

Junta soldiers are reportedly massing in large numbers ahead of a planned re-entry into Momeik in northern Shan State and Mogok in Mandalay Region.

Myanmar's military regime has continued arresting civilians in Sittwe this month for various reasons, heightening concern among local residents.

Myanmar's military regime has launched an offensive against Arakan Army (AA)-controlled areas in Ayeyarwady Region in recent days, sparking intense clashes in Pathein and Thabaung townships.

Residents and people close to the ULA report that, in addition to cleaning pagodas and temples, the moats and ditches around Mrauk-U are being systematically dammed, and ancient sites are being restored to their original states.

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Rakhine Nationalities Party (RNP) Chairman U Ba Shein has pledged to expand and renovate the defunct airport in Manaung Township, Arakan State, and to provide electricity through a solar plant.

India has reopened the Paletwa-Mizoram trade route after more than two weeks of closure aimed at containing a diarrhea outbreak, according to local traders.

Monasteries and homes were reduced to ashes in Myanmar's military regime's artillery and drone attacks in conflict-hit Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State.

Consumption of Mitragyna speciosa leaves - widely used by both adults and children in Arakan State - is reportedly on the rise again, according to local residents.

Four civilians, including a child, were killed and eight others injured as the Myanmar military regime carried out airstrikes on Arakan Army-controlled areas in Ponnagyun, Kyaukphyu, Gwa and Mrauk-U townships from November 16-22, according to a DMG tally.

Data For Myanmar has reported that more than 110,000 homes have been burned down during fighting and military conflict across the country in the nearly four years since Myanmar's coup.

Ethnic Mro people in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, who have fled their homes due to threats posed by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), are currently facing food and shelter shortages and are in urgent need of assistance.

The Department of Law Enforcement and Public Security (DLEPS) of the Arakan Army (AA) has arrested a man suspected of raping a 16-year-old minor in AA-controlled Paletwa Township, Chin State. The suspect is being investigated under Section 376 of the Penal Code.

Farmers in Arakan State say they are facing heavy losses during the paddy harvest season as buyers have disappeared from the market and prices have slumped.

Myanmar's military regime has claimed that resistance fighters have defected to its side, saying they were given financial support, weapons rewards, and featured in ceremonies and photo opportunities.

Myanmar is grappling with multiple crises caused by military conflict, floods, and earthquakes, leaving the humanitarian situation alarmingly dire.

Social workers say children in Arakan State face ongoing threats from airstrikes, food and nutrition shortages, and a loss of access to education, healthcare and basic rights to life. Many are also denied essential health protections such as full vaccination.