Representatives of seven ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) have reportedly met the new Chinese special envoy to Myanmar, Deng Xijun, in China’s Yunnan Province in recent days.

The school fee for distance learners at Sittwe University for the 2023 academic year has more than doubled, according to Sittwe University staff.

A man from Minbya Township, Arakan State, has been detained for about one year, but a ruling in his case has yet to be delivered by the court, according to family members.

A new port in Sittwe that is part of the Kaladan Multi-Modal Transit Transport Project will be opened soon to allow direct trade between Myanmar and India, according to the Arakan State military council.

More than 844 tonnes of illegal timber were seized in Arakan State from January 1 to December 15 of 2022, according to data from the Arakan State Forest Department.

More than 3,000 Arakanese people who were recently evicted from Defence Ministry-owned land in Yangon are struggling to make ends meet.

Internally displaced people (IDPs) from Abaungthar Village in Chin State’s Paletwa Township who have recently been forced to return to their village by Myanmar’s military regime are in need of food supplies.

Family members have called for a speedier trial in the case of a man and woman in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu arrested on suspicion of having links to the Arakan Army (AA) and facing incitement charges under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code. 

A Buddhist monk was killed and four people, including two other monks and a novice, were injured by artillery strikes in Kayin (Karen) State’s Kawkareik Township on December 26, according to local residents.

The ABC Foundation is struggling financially to continue running its orphanage in the Arakan State capital Sittwe due to high commodity costs and a decline in donations.

Locals in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township are calling for repairs to a gravel road connecting several villages including Hnetgyikyun, Padetha, Tankhoe, Aungdula, Nyaungpinwaing, Ai Tin and Kywlhtoe.

A new bridge crossing Gwa Creek and connecting Gwa Township with the Magyingu area in Ayeyarwady Region is slated to open to traffic this month, according to businesspeople in Arakan State, who have high hopes for the benefits that the new road link could bring to the area.

A teenage girl went missing after a boat sank in the Laymyo River in Arakan State at around 9 a.m. on December 25, according to local residents.

Thousands of vehicles are still trapped by fighting along a section of the Asian Highway linking Myawaddy and Kawkareik townships in Kayin (Karen) State.

Local manufacturers in Arakan State are experiencing lengthy delays in registering trademarks and getting health certificates for their products.

Thousands of Arakan State residents from about 15 villages in Minbya Township’s Kudoseik Village-tract are facing difficulties because a bridge over a creek used frequently by locals is damaged.

Myanmar’s military regime is pushing internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State to return to their homes, but those uprooted say they dare not do so for the time being.

Seven ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) that are signatories to the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) will hold talks with Myanmr’s military junta on amending the military-drafted 2008 Constitution. 

Ko Zeyar Kyaw, a resident of Taungup, Arakan State, who had been detained by the military for more than a month, was released on December 23, according to sources close to his family.