Over 800 tonnes of illegal timber seized in Arakan State this year
28 Dec 2022
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.
28 Dec 2022
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.
27 Dec 2022
More than 3,000 Arakanese people who were recently evicted from Defence Ministry-owned land in Yangon are struggling to make ends meet.
27 Dec 2022
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.
27 Dec 2022
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.
27 Dec 2022
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.
26 Dec 2022
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.
26 Dec 2022
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.
26 Dec 2022
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.
26 Dec 2022
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.
26 Dec 2022
Thousands of vehicles are still trapped by fighting along a section of the Asian Highway linking Myawaddy and Kawkareik townships in Kayin (Karen) State.
24 Dec 2022
Local manufacturers in Arakan State are experiencing lengthy delays in registering trademarks and getting health certificates for their products.
24 Dec 2022
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.
24 Dec 2022
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.
24 Dec 2022
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.
24 Dec 2022
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.
24 Dec 2022
The Arakan Army (AA) is monitoring junta troop movements closely, AA spokesman U Khaing Thukha told DMG, saying the regime is taking advantage of the lull in fighting to reinforce its positions in Arakan State, AA spokesman U Khaing Thukha told DMG.
23 Dec 2022
Family members said they had not been in contact with a social activist from Arakan State’s Taungup Township since his arrest by the military on November 8. Ko Zeyar Kyaw, 47, was arrested by four junta soldiers in a civilian vehicle near Taungup’s U Ottama Park and had not been seen or heard from since.
23 Dec 2022
The well-known Arakanese composer Ko Doe Maung died on Thursday night, according to family members. He was 77.
23 Dec 2022
Myanmar will start exporting 160,000 tonnes of rice to Bangladesh this month, according to the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF).
23 Dec 2022
Faced with water shortages annually during the hot season, local residents in Arakan State’s Minbya have called on authorities to supply water from all three reservoirs in the town.