Myanmar’s opposition civilian National Unity Government (NUG) and the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) had a virtual meeting on Monday, wrote NUG Vice President Duwa Lashi La on his Facebook page. 

Fighting has been reported in villages near the Dawei-Hteekhee road in Tanintharyi Region, and locals are fleeing. 

Twenty-four local youth organisations, including the Arakan Students’ Union, on May 15 issued a joint statement condemning the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP)’s participation in the peace talks being organised by the military junta. 

The Arakan Army (AA) warned that clashes could take place at any time in Arakan State due to growing military tensions between it and Myanmar’s military regime.

An elderly man was killed in a landmine explosion near Thaboh Zarphet village in Arakan State’s Minbya Township on Sunday morning, according to family members of the victim. 

An Arakan National Party (ANP) central committee meeting was held in Gwa Township, Arakan State, from May 12-13 to discuss internal affairs and strengthening the influential Arakanese political party. 

An ancient sitting Buddha stone sculpture was unearthed near Pyuma Creek, about one mile from the village of Kyar Nat Kan in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township.  

Local farmers in Arakan State’s Manaung Township said peanuts have been damaged due to incessant rains since the beginning of this month. 

Following in his predecessors’ footsteps, junta leader Min Aung Hlaing has blamed external interference for instability in Myanmar. 

The junta’s Ministry of Health has required all those who have graduated from universities of medicine in 2020 and 2021 to work at public hospitals. 

The Matupi District Court on May 13 accepted the appeal of Ko Tin Tun Aung, a man from Chin State’s Paletwa Township who was sentenced to three years in prison for incitement, according to family members. 

A list of university students who will receive their third (booster) dose of Covid-19 vaccine is being compiled, according to a Sittwe University official. 

Even as junta leader Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing invites Myanmar’s ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) to renewed peace talks, the regime has stepped up its arrests of civilians on suspicion of having ties to the Arakan Army (AA) in recent months.  

Myanmar’s military regime has limited the supply of palm oil to the market due to declining stocks. 

Locals in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State, are concerned about possible flooding in the rainy season after the bank of a diverted creek eroded recently due to rains. 

Fighting continued for a second consecutive day on Wednesday in Kyaikto Township, Mon State, after coalition troops headed by the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) attacked a military convoy, according to locals. 

Military regime spokesman Major General Zaw Min Tun has chided ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) that so far refuse to attend peace talks proposed by junta chief Senior-General Min Aung Hlaing last month. 

The Arakan State Consumer Affairs Department has again warned shops against selling tainted meatballs and sausages, urging consumers to report to the department when they see shops selling dubious meats that fit the description. 

Authorities have said new houses will be built this year for the relocation of internally displaced people (IDPs) from Kyauktalone displacement camp in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township.