The Myanmar military junta says work on the proposed Mandalay to Kyaukphyu railway, part of China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has been temporarily suspended in some areas because of security concerns.

A 39-year-old woman from Kyauktaw Town, Daw Than Yee, has won the first prize of K50 million in the Arakan Laungpaw (Arakan Lottery), which was launched for the first time by the Lottery Branch of the Revenue Department under the United League of Arakan (ULA).

Initial reports indicate that Myanmar’s military regime launched airstrikes using fighter jets and a Y-12 aircraft on Kyeinchaung Village and surrounding areas in Arakan Army-controlled Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, at around 2:00 PM on July 2.

Farmers in Arakan State say they are facing heavy losses as glutinous paddy prices have fallen sharply and buyers have disappeared, leaving large quantities of unsold crops.

The Myanmar military junta launched a heavy aerial assault using jet fighters and Y-12 aircraft on Maungdaw and surrounding areas late Wednesday night, local sources reported.

At least 1,083 children have been killed and 639 minors arbitrarily arrested in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup, according to data documented by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) on Wednesday.

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has launched an emergency messaging network to reconnect displaced people and relatives separated by a communication blackout in Sittwe, humanitarian officials said Wednesday.

A 13-year-old boy was critically injured on Wednesday after the Myanmar military junta carried out fresh airstrikes in Buthidaung Township, an area under the administrative control of the Arakan Army.

More than 200 displaced civilians fleeing ongoing conflict remain stranded under difficult humanitarian conditions on Maday Island, a key location along China-backed energy corridors off western Myanmar, local administrative sources said Wednesday.

Military campaigns in Myanmar could intensify as the junta seeks to regain control of strategic trade routes and infrastructure areas linked to major Chinese and Indian investment projects, the Institute for Strategy and Policy Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar) said in a report released Tuesday.

The United League of Arakan (ULA) has issued a new administrative order restricting the sale, subdivision and transfer of agricultural land across Arakan State, raising concerns among local farming communities, regional sources said Tuesday.

Heavy fighting has intensified around a strategic naval installation in western Myanmar’s Arakan State, with junta forces launching daily aerial bombardments and drone strikes on nearby civilian areas amid an ongoing siege, local security sources said Tuesday.

Residents of Maday Island in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State, have raised concerns over suspected industrial leakage and chemical odors from a Chinese-backed oil terminal, according to local residents and monitoring groups on Tuesday.

Seven people have been confirmed dead following a mining waste dump collapse in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, with all victims identified as Arakanese migrant workers, according to local rescue groups on Monday.

The family of a Grade-12 student who died under suspicious circumstances in Pauktaw Township is demanding a formal homicide investigation, accusing local law enforcement authorities of failing to properly investigate the case, family members and local monitors said Monday.

At least five jade scavengers have been confirmed dead and more than ten others remain missing after a mining waste dump collapsed in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, following heavy monsoon rains, local residents and rescue teams reported Monday.

Heavy fighting has intensified across multiple fronts as the Myanmar military junta launches coordinated offensives to regain control of territories near Arakan State, according to operational updates and field sources on Monday.

Military officers and junta department officials in the junta-controlled port town of Kyaukphyu have allegedly established a monopoly over import channels, driving up food prices and worsening economic hardship for local residents, sources reported Saturday.

A severe subsistence crisis worsened by a prolonged military blockade has triggered an unprecedented rise in begging among residents in junta-controlled Kyaukphyu, independent local monitoring sources confirmed Friday.