The Institute for Strategy and Policy-Myanmar (ISP-Myanmar) said on August 11 that the military junta’s election process is being supported by China.

According to the Arakan Farmers Union, floods destroyed some 15,000 acres of paddy fields in Kyauktaw, some 10,000 acres in Mrauk-U and some 25,000 acres in Minbya.

Locals want two collapsed bridges on the Maungdaw-Kyeinchaung-Bandoola road in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, to be repaired as soon as possible.

Heavy rains have caused damage along the Maungdaw-Angumaw road, and a road section between Kainggyi Village and Udaung Village is particularly badly damaged, residents said.

The junta-controlled Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation Ministry’s fertiliser committee has deregistered 71 fertiliser brands imported into Myanmar.

The policy of the Arakan Students Union is to protect the interests of Arakanese people, ensure genuine justice and peace, introduce federal democratic education, protect the rights of students, ....

The graduated ethnic language teachers said that they have attended a 25-day primary teacher training course at Kyaukphyu Education College, but they have not yet been appointed as permanent staff.

Two China-Myanmar joint ventures have been granted permission to invest in three agricultural projects in Kachin State, northern Myanmar, according to the state investment committee.

“We don’t need to follow the NCA now, because [the regime] has trampled over the basic principles, which is the heart of the NCA,” KNU general secretary Padoh Saw Tar Doh Mu told

At least 370 shelters in some camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw and Mrauk-U townships were destroyed by flooding triggered by continuous rains, 

Demand for seawater shrimp from Kyaukphyu, Thandwe, Taungup, Gwa and Sittwe that is shipped to Yangon has been falling since last month, shrimp traders said.

The road section linking Myawaddy and Kawkareik townships in Kayin (Karen) State was blocked after heavy rains triggered landslides on Monday morning.

Nearly 100 lakes used to store drinking water for more than 40 villages in Arakan State’s Minbya and Kyauktaw townships were flooded by heavy rain and swollen creeks and rivers, according to locals.

Two people drowned and two people went missing in Arakan State in the three days from August 5-7 due to continuous rains that brought rising tides in rivers and creeks, according to local people.

“The cattle were gathered on a small island, but all cattle were swept away by floodwaters. Some cattle were found alive. Now the water has receded,” said U Saw Than, the administrator of Layhnyintaung Village.

The bodies of 11 more Muslim victims of a boat capsize on Monday off the coast of Arakan State were recovered on Wednesday, bringing the total reported death toll to 13, with 34 people still missing. 

All the boat services along the Sittwe-Kyaukphyu-Ramree-Taungup route have also been suspended since Tuesday due to heavy rain accompanied by floods and strong winds.

Local residents in Sittwe, the administrative seat of Arakan State, are concerned about their safety following a rise in crimes from theft and mugging to murder.

Muslims from Buthidaung, Rathedaung and Maungdaw townships were heading to Malaysia, and their boat capsized near Barsar Village in Sittwe Township due to bad weather.