Two children wounded in ERW blast in Mrauk-U Twsp
17 Jan 2022
Two children were injured when an explosive remnant of war (ERW) exploded outside Paung Toke Ywar Thit village, in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township, on Monday afternoon.
17 Jan 2022
Two children were injured when an explosive remnant of war (ERW) exploded outside Paung Toke Ywar Thit village, in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township, on Monday afternoon.
15 Jan 2022
Boats providing transportation services along the Sittwe-Buthidaung waterway have to load and unload both passengers and cargo in the middle of the Mayu River as there is no pier for them at Oakpho village in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township.
15 Jan 2022
The reserve is the second largest mangrove forest in Southeast Asia, but environmentalists point out that it is shrinking rapidly due to logging for firewood and charcoal.
15 Jan 2022
Residents of Yay Kauk and Payit, two villages in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township that have been relocated because they were previously in the Thahtay Chaung hydropower project area, have not yet received full compensation.
14 Jan 2022
With a lack of physicians at cottage hospitals in some Arakan State townships, residents want authorities to promptly assign doctors where necessary as Myanmar’s public health sector faces unprecedented challenges amid the Covid-19 pandemic and post-coup difficulties with hospital staffing.
14 Jan 2022
A healthcare worker who told local media that a white flag was raised on a hill where the Myanmar military is stationed in Paletwa Township, Chin State, has been held on remand for further investigation, according to family members of the accused.
14 Jan 2022
Former Arakan State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu and a former municipal minister for the state, U Min Aung, who have been facing additional election-related charges, appeared before the Sittwe Township Court on January 14 via video conferencing.
14 Jan 2022
Clashes between the Myanmar military and the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) have forced residents of Kayah State’s Loikaw, Demoso and Hpruso townships to seek refuge in nearby displacement camps.
13 Jan 2022
Myanmar’s junta issued a letter on January 12 ordering the arrest of education workers who have joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) in Kyaikto Township, Mon State.
12 Jan 2022
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, leader of the military junta that seized power last year on the grounds that Myanmar’s November 2020 general election was rigged, has said that another election will be held in August 2023.
12 Jan 2022
The Myanmar military conducted airstrikes in clashes this week with the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the armed wing of the Karen National Union (KNU), in Kawkareik Township, Kayin State, according to local sources.
11 Jan 2022
About K17 billion ($9.6 million) will be spent in a budget appropriation this year to repair roads and bridges in Arakan State, according to the state’s Road and Bridge Department, which is part of the Ministry of Construction.
11 Jan 2022
Locals say the water level at Latsay Lake, which supplies water to Mrauk-U, Arakan State, has changed due to silt and trash, and the water is no longer suitable for drinking.
11 Jan 2022
Dozens of motorists have been fined for failing to heed road rules accompanying the recent implementation of a one-way traffic scheme in the Arakan State capital Sittwe, police said.
10 Jan 2022
The World Food Programme (WFP) mainly provides food for the IDP camps and they have not received food since the second week of December 2021.
10 Jan 2022
Explosions were reported at a local high school, injuring a female student and security at the entrance of the school, as well as a member of junta forces.
08 Jan 2022
According to Thant Myanmar, the consumption of plastic has doubled during the Covid-19 pandemic in Myanmar.
08 Jan 2022
A hillside dam is being built in Gwaychaung village-tract in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township, according to the Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Department.
07 Jan 2022
More than 150 villages in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township do not have access to 24-hour electricity, despite the township playing host to large-scale oil and gas extraction projects.
07 Jan 2022
With fierce clashes since January 6 between the Myanmar military and Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF) in Loikaw and Demoso townships, Kayah State, residents at internally displaced person (IDP) camps have had to relocate, said people assisting Karenni IDPs.