The prices of oysters produced in Arakan State have dropped due to a decline in demand from markets outside the state, according to business owners engaged in oyster farming.

Using the occasion of Human Rights Day on Saturday, local civil society organisations (CSOs) in Arakan State called for allowing local and international nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) and CSOs to carry out humanitarian operations without restrictions.

Myanmar’s military regime is planning to restart the Nayputaung marble stone production project in Taungup Township, Arakan State, drawing criticism from local residents. The project was suspended under the now ousted National League for Democracy (NLD) government.

Local people have called on Myanmar’s military regime to lift the nighttime curfew in Arakan State.

Kyetsin Bridge on the Minbya-Myebon road, which was blocked off by the regime amid renewed hostilities between the military and Arakan Army (AA), was reopened to traffic on Saturday morning, according to local residents and bus drivers.

More than 200 residents of Kontha Village in Namhsan Township, northern Shan State, are still reportedly trapped by ongoing fighting between the military and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA). 

Four local people were injured and two homes were damaged after mortar shells landed and exploded in Lekku Village, part of Palaw Township in Tanintharyi Region, on the morning of December 9, according to villagers.

Fifty-one civilians died and 143 others were injured in four months of renewed fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army (AA) in Arakan State and Chin State’s Paletwa Township, according to a DMG tally.

Myanmar’s military regime is still restricting deliveries of pharmaceuticals into Arakan State in western Myanmar, despite its recent ceasefire with the Arakan Army (AA).

Myanmar’s military regime and seven signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) will reportedly hold informal talks on the issue of sustainable peace-building in the coming days.

Some construction sites in Arakan State have suspended operations due to the high prices of building materials, according to construction companies.

The military council has yet to provide any assistance to those whose homes were destroyed by artillery strikes and junta arson attacks in Arakan State during its renewed hostilities with the Arakan Army (AA) in Arakan State, according to local residents.

Two men who were detained by junta soldiers early last month at the military’s Kyee Kan Pyin security checkpoint in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, have been charged under Section 17(1) of the Unlawful Associations Act, according to family members of the accused. 

The Rakhine Thahaya Association (Yangon) is once again preparing to provide stipends for students who have passed this year’s matriculation exams and are having difficulty continuing to attend university.

With Tanintharyi Region plagued by fighting between junta troops and anti-regime forces, there is a shortage of workers to pick oil palm fruit, leading some oil palm farmers to abandon their plantations and affecting the local economy.

Myanmar’s military regime has lifted travel restrictions on some Arakan State roads and waterways in the wake of an informal ceasefire with the Arakan Army (AA), but the Ponnagyun-Rathedaung and Minbya-Myebon roads remain blockaded nearly two weeks after the truce was reached.

Fierce fighting between the military and the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) was reportedly ongoing as of Thursday in Namhsan Township, northern Shan State, with the military using attack helicopters.

People with disabilities called for greater legal protections and economic opportunity on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls annually on December 3.

Seasonal flower growers in Arakan State are operating at a loss this year because of adverse weather patterns.