Thandwe’s tuk-tuk drivers under pressure to register vehicles

Admin 25 Feb 2023

A private vehicles supervisory committee in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township, under the junta-controlled Thandwe District transportation department, is pressuring tuk-tuk (autorickshaw) drivers to register with it and join a tuk-tuk association to be formed by it.

ALD decides not to contest regime-sponsored election

Admin 25 Feb 2023

The ALD central committee meeting held in Kyaukphyu was attended by the party’s central executive committee members, central committee members and township committee members, totaling 31 in all.

Passport office in Sittwe remains closed 

Admin 24 Feb 2023

The passport office in the Arakan State capital Sittwe remained closed on Friday though the junta’s Information Ministry said passport offices across the country would reopen on February 24.

QR code scheme introduced to facilitate border trade via Arakan State

Admin 24 Feb 2023

A QR code system has been introduced to the border trade with Bangladesh through Arakan State, aiming to facilitate legal trade, systematically monitor trucks carrying goods under export licences, and facilitate inspection of goods, according to Myanmar’s Ministry of Commerce.

Chinese envoy meets leaders of three northern Myanmar ethnic armed groups

Admin 23 Feb 2023

Chinese special envoy to Myanmar Deng Xijun recently visited the headquarters of powerful ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) in northern Myanmar and met the leaders of the United Wa State Army (UWSA), Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA).

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