The Saung Oo Festival will be held for the second time at Ngapali Beach in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township on November 21 as part of a tourism promotion campaign, according to the Arakan State Directorate of Hotels and Tourism. 

The United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) has vowed revenge for the Myanmar military regime’s alleged killing of several civilians in Sin Inn Gyi Village, part of Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, this week. 

Two junta fighter jets unleashed rounds of strafing fire near Yan Aung Pyin Village in northern Maungdaw Township at around 1 p.m. on Saturday, according to local residents.

Junta soldiers on Saturday detained four residents in Tankhoe Village, part of Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, local sources close to the matter told DMG. 

Junta troops detained nine civilians from two Buddhist monasteries in Sittwe’s Danyawaddy Ward during nighttime raids on Friday.

Family members are concerned about the fate of two men who went missing after being interrogated by junta soldiers at the military’s Kyee Kan Pyin security checkpoint in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, as the pair has not been seen or heard from in a week. 

A Buddhist monk and two businessmen were arrested by the military in Minbya, Arakan State, at around 10 p.m. on November 11, according to locals.

Two residents including a preteen boy were wounded by an artillery strike in Kyaungtaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township, on Saturday morning.

An ethnic Mro woman from Jeitchaung Village, part of Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township, was killed in a landmine blast on Friday evening, according to local villagers.

Porters at Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, better known to foreign visitors as Golden Rock and one of the most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar, are having hard days as few people have been visiting the pagoda since last month.

Seven residents of Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township who were arrested by junta troops on Tuesday night were released at around 11 a.m. on Friday, according to family members. 

Some 200 vehicles including passenger buses are pinned down in Ponnagyun Township due to ongoing military tensions between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA), according to locals. 

At least seven residents including two 7-year-olds were reportedly injured after artillery shells landed and exploded in Shwepyithit Village, part of Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township, at about 1 p.m. on Friday.

Two men were killed by an artillery strike in Diparyon Village, part of Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, on Friday morning, according to local residents.

Nine residents were killed and at least 10 homes reduced to ashes in Hsininngyi Village, part of Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, on November 10, according to villagers.

Renewed fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army is negatively affecting not only the people of Arakan State, but also hundreds of monkeys that have made Thaylar GiriMawra Patta Mountain, a well-known pilgrimage site in Kyauktaw Township, their home. 

The Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) on Thursday alleged that the Arakan Army (AA) abducted one of its central committee members earlier this week.

The Myanmar military carried out airstrikes and fired artillery shells into multiple Ponnagyun Township villages after one of its trucks was attacked by the Arakan Army (AA) at a location between Padetha and Hsininngyi villages on Thursday morning, locals said.

House rents have surged in Sittwe amid steadily rising property prices in the Arakan State capital, according to lessees.