A guesthouse and three homes in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw were damaged by an artillery shell at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, according to locals.

Two local men were taken from their homes in Taungup Township, Arakan State, by the Myanmar military at about 4 p.m. on September 23, according to family members of the detainees.

Deputy commander-in-chief of the Arakan Army (AA) Dr. Nyo Twan Awng on his website wrote that the time was now for a decisive and final battle, a statement widely viewed as a battle cry against Myanmar’s military regime.

The environmental and social impact assessment for the US$1.3 billion Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project is scheduled to be completed in July of next year, according to Myanmar Survey Research (MSR), which is conducting the assessment.

The plaintiff in the case of two youths who have been detained in Kyaukphyu Prison to face trial on incitement charges could not attend a court hearing on Thursday due to security issues, according to a lawyer involved. 

A Muslim man and woman were injured by a junta artillery strike in Thabeik Taung (North) village in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township on Friday morning.

Forty-three Myanmar media agencies and organisations advocating for press freedom released a joint statement on Thursday urging Facebook’s parent company not to introduce a modified form of its “News Feed” feature in Myanmar, saying it would be detrimental to the country’s information ecosystem.

With renewed hostilities between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) in Arakan State and Chin State’s Paletwa Township, scores of civilians have been detained on suspicion of having ties to the AA over the past few months.

The Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) clashed for about an hour near Kun Thee Pin Village in northern Maungdaw Township on Thursday, according to locals. 

Measures will be taken to reduce plastic pollution in the sea off the coast of Arakan State’s Thandwe and Gwa townships, according to environmentalist Dr. Maung Maung Kyi.

The Myanmar military has closed a border trade camp since the first week of September due to fierce fighting along the Dawei-Htee Khee Road in Dawei, the capital of Tanintharyi Region, according to merchants. 

Myanmar’s military regime has detained two people in Ramree town, two villagers in Minbya Township and three underage youths in Kyaukphyu Township over the past two days as junta arrests in Arakan State for alleged Arakan Army (AA) affiliations have accelerated in recent weeks.

Three new Covid-19 variant cases were reported between September 10 and 20 in Arakan State after several months of no reported cases in the state, according to the junta-controlled Ministry of Health. 

The Myanmar military regime’s Arakan State Administration Council on Tuesday warned some business owners in Arakan State not to financially support the Arakan Army (AA), according to business owners. 

The Myanmar military reportedly took Ko Zaw Myo Tun aka Nga Pwa, a resident of Kai Shay Ward in Arakan State’s Taungup, and U Myint Hlaing, chairman of Kai Shay social organisation, for questioning on September 19. 

The Myanmar military has arrested at least 13 people over a two-week period in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu, Manaung, Taungup and Ann townships on suspicion of having ties to the Arakan Army, according to U Khaing Thukha, a spokesman for the ethnic armed group. 

Local residents in Arakan State have complained about skyrocketing air fares as ticket prices have as much as doubled for domestic air travel.

The United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) has urged the members of fellow Arakanese parties and armed organisations to work under its umbrella, while hinting that it would not accept a merger.

Myanmar military and police personnel detained Ko Mrat Thu Tun aka Ko Phoe Thiha, a former reporter, near Latkauk bazaar in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U at about 1 p.m. on Tuesday.