Development Media Group

 The body of U Thein Maung was brought to Rathedaung hospital. Photo: Kane Thar (Soe Thein)
April 9, 2020
A 57-year-old man was killed by a landmine on the evening of April 5 in Rathedaung Township, Arakan State, while he was looking for his buffaloes. U...
Arakan State IDPs fret as unseasonal rains expected
April 9, 2020
Myat Swe — An unseasonal weather forecast is causing concern for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State, where more than 150,000 people...
April 9, 2020
Khin Tharaphy Oo — Nearly 2,300 people sheltering at the Nyaung Chaung IDP camp in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township are in need of water supplies and...
Photo ; Office of the Commander-in-Chief.
April 7, 2020
Aung Htein — A man and a woman from two villages in Paletwa Township, Chin State, have been detained by the Tatmadaw and stand accused of having ties...
April 7, 2020
Min Tun — It has been almost 10 months since the government cut off mobile internet access in eight townships of Arakan State and Paletwa Township in...
April 6, 2020
Khaing Roe La — A former Arakan State minister for security and border affairs, Colonel Htein Lin, has been appointed as a peace advisor for the...
Daw Phyu Thein Chay, wife of a Tatmadaw corporal, succumbed to gunshot wounds on April 3.( Photo: CJ)
April 6, 2020
Myo Thiri Kyaw — The wife of a corporal from a Tatmadaw battalion based in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township was fatally shot on April 3, according...
The victim U Saw Naing Win was being taken to Sittwe Hospital on Friday morning.( Photo: Aung Htein / DMG)
April 6, 2020
Aung Htein and Zaung (Ponnagyun) — A local man was reportedly injured when an artillery shell landed near Letwei Sartaik village in Ponnagyun...
April 4, 2020
Hnin Nwe — Five civilians were killed and eight were injured on Wednesday evening when heavy weapons and small arms fire tore through the town of...
April 4, 2020
Hnin Nwe — More than 2,000 people have recently fled their homes in Ponnagyun Township due to fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army,...
April 2, 2020
Khaing Roe La — The editor-in-chief of the Sittwe-based Narinjara News agency has been charged under a terrorism law and three reporters from the...
Those returned from Thailand receive medical checkups at Aung Mingalar highway bus station in Yangon. (Photo: Minister U Zaw Aye Maung)
April 2, 2020
Myo Thiri Kyaw — Migrant workers returning from abroad to some villages in Mrauk-U Township are being forced to stay outside their villages for 14...