Salt farming, once a major industry in Arakan State, is facing a sharp decline due to market instability, weak demand and soaring production costs, according to local salt farmers.

Thousands of residents have been forced to flee their homes and several villages have been set ablaze as the Myanmar military regime carries out large scale offensive operations in Mindon Township of Magway Region, according to local residents and ground sources.

Social organizations in Arakan State are calling for increased mental and physical rehabilitation, as well as the creation of safe spaces, for children affected by ongoing military conflict.

The regime is increasingly using paramotors and gyrocopters in aerial operations, leading to rising civilian casualties, according to a report released by Fortify Rights.

Villagers near Phetkhwetseik Village in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township have fled their homes after the regime carried out two airstrikes on the same location within a single day.

Myanmar’s military regime is deploying newly recruited conscripts to frontlines bordering Arakan State, including Ayeyarwady, Magway, and Bago Regions, where clashes with a coalition led by the Arakan Army (AA) are intensifying.

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.

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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.