Thailand has shown an interest in investing in rice milling and livestock farming in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township, according to the junta-controlled Myanma Alin newspaper.

The price of 24K gold hit over 2.94 million kyats per tical (0.576 oz) in Arakan State on Thursday, according to gold shop owners.

People with disabilities living in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State regularly have difficulties in finding jobs and reportedly need assistance.

The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) has called on ASEAN to enact legislation that enables universal jurisdiction over Myanmar’s military regime, which has been perpetrating crimes against humanity since its February 2021 coup.

Mrauk-U residents have criticised the Myanmar military regime’s plan to supply water from a local lake to townspeople during the hot season, calling on authorities to properly treat the water first.

The Sittwe Township municipality is planning to relocate vendors along Shu Khin Thar Street in the Arakan State capital.

Four political parties in Arakan State have registered with the junta-appointed Union Election Commission (UEC) for the regime-organised elections slated for later this year.

Arakan State residents have warned of an alarming rise in the availability of stimulants and other illicit narcotics despite the fact that, unlike other parts of the country, there are no poppy fields or large-scale drug production facilities to speak of.

Local people in Arakan State’s Myebon Township are experiencing inconveniences in money matters as the only private bank in the town has been closed since late last year.

The going rate to apply for passports through middlemen in Arakan State stands at around 500,000 Kyats, according to passport applicants.

Local people in Bawlakhe Township, Kayah (Karenni) State, are facing travel trouble after a suspension bridge on the Bawlakhe-Hpasawng road near Yay Ni Pauk Village was damaged by an explosion.

Dozens of homes in five camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw, Ponnagyun and Rathedaung townships were damaged by strong winds on the evening of March 20, according to displacement camp officials.

A fire outbreak at the Jay Yang camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kachin State’s Laiza, the capital of the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIA), on Sunday resulted in losses of more than 30 shelters and left 177 IDPs homeless.

Three displaced people living in Kyauktaw, Arakan State, are receiving medical treatment after being electrocuted on Monday, according to a local social organisation.

Some pregnant women in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State are reportedly having difficulties giving birth due to malnutrition.

Two border guard troops from a border guard outpost deployed at the Ahtet Nan Yar Che Win Pagoda compound near Zedipyin Village in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township reportedly deserted on Sunday evening.

“In UNHCR’s assessment, conditions in Myanmar’s Rakhine [Arakan] State are currently not conducive to the sustainable return of refugees,” said the UNHCR statement.

The grassroots in Arakan State are reportedly facing livelihood hardships as rice prices have been on the rise since February.

About 2,000 people who were displaced by fighting between the military and Arakan Army (AA) and are currently sheltering in Samee town, part of Chin State’s Paletwa Township, were reportedly told by the regime to return to their homes by the end of this month.