Distance learners stay at monasteries as cost of living rises
14 Jun 2022
High costs of living have forced some distance learners that come from other parts of Arakan State to study at Sittwe University to stay at monasteries.
14 Jun 2022
High costs of living have forced some distance learners that come from other parts of Arakan State to study at Sittwe University to stay at monasteries.
14 Jun 2022
Myanmar’s military regime has tightened security and conducted interrogations of residents in Mon State’s Kyaikto Township since Monday, following an attack on a police outpost last week, according to locals.
14 Jun 2022
Internally displaced people (IDPs) are calling for more effective healthcare services in Arakan State’s displacement camps due to the rising dengue fever, malaria and diarrhoea caseloads that accompany the arrival of the monsoon season each year.
14 Jun 2022
Hundreds of Myanmar military soldiers have defected to the Arakan Army (AA) since last year’s coup, said U Khaing Thukha, a spokesman for the ethnic armed group, at a press conference on Tuesday.
14 Jun 2022
The Myanmar regime’s second in command, Vice Senior General Soe Win, has called on his troops in Arakan State to be ready to fight, as the Arakan Army’s spokesman on Tuesday accused the junta of preparing to wage a full-scale war.
14 Jun 2022
An internally displaced person (IDP) was killed and another injured in a landmine explosion near Sanyin village in Arakan State’s Myebon Township on Tuesday morning.
14 Jun 2022
The Arakan Army and National Unity Government are on friendly terms, the AA spokesman said at a press conference on Tuesday, during which he also criticised the NUG’s adversary, Myanmar’s military regime, and junta efforts to disrupt the parallel administration that the AA is spearheading in Arakan State.
13 Jun 2022
Kyaukphyu Airport in Arakan State is set to undergo renovations during the current fiscal year, with runway and parking lot upgrades expected.
13 Jun 2022
Coalition troops headed by the Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) reportedly occupied a police outpost on the Myanmar-Thai border in Kayin State early Monday morning.
13 Jun 2022
More than 2,100 people have been displaced by heavy artillery fire from the Myanmar military in Kyaukkyi Township, Bago Region, over recent days, with scores of junta troops entering villages in the area, according to locals.
13 Jun 2022
A farmer in Arakan State’s Pauktaw Township was struck dead by lightning on Monday morning, according to locals.
13 Jun 2022
The Sittwe Township municipality has instructed residents to dump their garbage only between the hours of 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.
13 Jun 2022
The Department of Archaeology and National Museum in Mrauk-U has not yet been able to begin removing illegal settlements from the ancient city, ahead of the expected visit of experts evaluating the former Arakanese royal capital’s bid for UNESCO World Heritage status.
12 Jun 2022
As the Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) becomes the latest ethnic armed group to meet with Myanmar’s military regime for rebooted peace talks this week, observers continue to view the junta-led process dubiously.
12 Jun 2022
The industry has been in decline for a decade, with the number of salt farmers plummeting from more than 1,000 across 12 Arakan State townships to just 50 or so today, according to the Arakan State Salt Department.
12 Jun 2022
Grade 11 students at a high school in Arakan State’s Minbya Township are reportedly struggling to learn due to the lack of a school building to accommodate them.
12 Jun 2022
Arakanese political analysts say the military junta’s ostensible efforts to repatriate Muslims from Bangladesh are unlikely to succeed as long as political instability prevails in Myanmar.
11 Jun 2022
Local residents in Sittwe have complained about the condition of thoroughfares and other heavily trafficked streets in the Arakan State capital that are riddled with large, deep potholes now filled with water since the onset of the monsoon season.
11 Jun 2022
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, the current chair of ASEAN, has called on the Myanmar junta to rethink its plans to execute political dissidents including 88 Generation student leader Ko Jimmy and Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw.
11 Jun 2022
Arakan Army (AA) spokesman Khaing Thukha has called the military regime’s arrest of local administrators in Chin State’s Paletwa Township a human rights violation amid rising military tensions between the two sides.