Development Media Group

Displaced Arakanese residents fleeing conflict, pictured in 2025.
August 28, 2026
An intensifying campaign of military junta airstrikes across Thandwe Township in Arakan (Rakhine) State has triggered a new wave of displacement,...
Photo: AP / A troop column of Light Infantry Division 55 seen in an undated photo.
August 27, 2026
The Myanmar military has deployed hundreds of troop reinforcements to Mindon Township in the Magway Region in recent days, preparing a fresh ground...
Photo: AA Info Desk / A school building destroyed by an airstrike on Seinnyinwa Village, Paletwa Township, on August 24.
August 26, 2026
At least 33 civilians have been killed and 78 others wounded in a wave of Myanmar military airstrikes targeting opposition-held areas in Rakhine...
August 25, 2026
Myanmar's military junta has deployed around 1,000 additional troops to defend Sittwe, its last remaining major stronghold in northern Rakhine State...
August 24, 2026
The United League of Arakan (ULA), the political wing of the Arakan Army (AA), has established a special court to expedite maximum sentences for...
August 22, 2026
Women account for 57 percent of the more than 500,000 people displaced by ongoing military conflict in Myanmar’s Rakhine (Arakan) State, where they...
APM (Arakanese, Hindu and Muslim residents alongside ULA/AA members clean a flood-damaged drinking water pond in Gaungni Village, Buthidaung Township, on August 15, 2026.)
August 21, 2026
The United League of Arakan (ULA), the political wing of the Arakan Army (AA), is expanding community-level social harmony initiatives alongside...
August 20, 2026
Heavy fighting between the military junta and opposition forces continues in Yekyi and Thabaung townships in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Region, as the...
Photo: AA Info Desk / Junta personnel who surrendered to the Arakan Army during the battle for Ann.
August 19, 2026
A Myanmar military column of approximately 200 troops suffered heavy casualties. It was forced to retreat after being ambushed by the Arakan Army (AA...
Health officials conduct a field inspection during a previous diarrhea outbreak in Yangon’s Tamwe Township. (MOI)
August 18, 2026
A severe outbreak of cholera and acute diarrhea is spreading across Myanmar's commercial capital, Yangon, resulting in at least one death and more...
Residents scale a hill to catch mobile phone signals following telecommunications blackouts in the wake of Cyclone Mocha in May 2023.
August 17, 2026
Digital rights violations and telecommunications restrictions remained widespread across Myanmar between May and July, affecting regions controlled...
Photo: (DMG) Kyauktaw Town, pictured in 2022.
August 15, 2026
A surge in burglaries and vehicle thefts across several townships controlled by the Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine (Arakan) State has left residents...