Many students in Arakan State who must travel by boat in order to attend school are still in need of life jackets, nearly two months after the issue was raised and promises for government provision of the safety gear were made.

The Arakan Army (AA) this week urged local people to exercise caution while travelling in the state, citing the military regime’s recent arrests of dozens civilians on a variety of specious grounds.

Five people were killed and one other was injured after the boundary wall of a high school collapsed in the Mon State capital Mawlamyine on Friday morning, according to locals.

The Myanmar military has restricted access to a key road in Maungdaw Township following fighting with the Arakan Army (AA) in northern Arakan State on Monday, as local administrators expressed concerns about the junta’s recent arrests of some of their peers. 

Myanmar earned US$2.9 million in June from exports to Bangladesh through two border trade camps in Arakan State, according to the state’s chamber of commerce and industry. 

Myanmar’s currency has slumped against the Thai baht as a consequence of the Myanmar military regime’s restrictions on US dollars, according to businesses that trade with Thailand.

Family members of those killed or injured in encounters with landmines and explosive remnants of war in Arakan State require additional assistance for rehabilitation, according to the Rakhine Ethnics Congress (REC).

An official from Thayargon village in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township was detained by members of the Border Guard Force (BGF) on Wednesday, according to family members. 

A man from the Kavi Yadana camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Kyauktaw, Arakan State, went missing on Tuesday night and has not been heard from since, according to family members.

Myanmar’s military regime has closed a bridge crucial for nearly 20 villages along Sammati Creek in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, severely disrupting the daily lives of locals.

Nine Kyaukphyu Township men were sentenced to three years in prison each under Section 52(a) of the Counter-Terrorism Law on Thursday, more than two years after they were arrested and accused of having illegal ties to the Arakan Army (AA). 

The Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) says dozens of civilian casualties have been reported over the past seven months in clashes between the Myanmar military and a coalition led by the Karen National Liberation Army in Kayin (Karen) State’s Dooplaya District.

Myanmar’s military regime sealed off a Buddhist monastery in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township earlier this month, citing possible threats to community tranquillity.

Internally displaced people (IDPs) sheltering at a Buddhist monastery in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, felt compelled to flee after Myanmar military troops were deployed at the monastery. 

The Sittwe District Court on Wednesday sentenced two Ponnagyun Township men accused of having illegal Arakan Army (AA) ties to three years in prison under Section 52(a) of the Counter-Terrorism Law, more than two years after the pair were arrested.

A Chin State court on Wednesday reduced by one year the prison term of Ko Tin Tun Aung, a resident of Paletwa Township who had been sentenced to three years in prison for incitement.

A combined contingent of Myanmar military troops and Border Guard Force personnel detained an administrator and two other men from Kyeinchaung village in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township early Wednesday morning, according to family members.

Local residents in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township have called for the soonest possible opening of a technical institute being built near Kutoe Seik village, with construction on the education facility having begun some four years ago.

A free monastic school run by a Buddhist monk in Khamaung Taw village, Ann Township, is seeking donations to pay its teachers and feed the students.