Development Media Group

December 23, 2025
ARSA’s military activities raise security concerns among ethnic...
December 18, 2025
19-group coalition SRA emerges, accelerating Myanmar revolution
December 17, 2025
Mrauk-U Hospital bombing deepens healthcare crisis for Arakan people
January 16, 2020
Muslims detained by navy brought back to Arakan State
A total of 172 Muslims detained in waters off Kawthaung town in Tanintharyi Region were brought back to Arakan State by helicopter on the afternoon...
Soldiers seen at the 72nd Anniversary of Independence Day (Photo - Toe Myat)
January 16, 2020
Dozens of villages in Ann Township face hardship as water transport is...
Kyaw Thu Htay — About 40 villages in Ann Township, Arakan State, are facing difficulties because their residents are unable to use water transport...
January 16, 2020
Mrauk-U displacement camp with over 3,000 IDPs facing water shortage
The Tin Nyo camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township, where nearly 3,200 IDPs are sheltering, is facing a...
Chinese Special Envoy for Asian Affairs Sun Guoxiang and Arakan Army leader Major General Twan Mrat Naing at a meeting held on January 10. (Photo : The Kachin Net )
January 16, 2020
Chinese envoy urges AA leaders to de-escalate hostilities
Chinese Special Envoy for Asian Affairs Sun Guoxiang met with leaders of the Arakan Army (AA) and urged the ethnic armed group to reduce clashes and...
January 14, 2020
Two men in custody over alleged child rape in Kyaukphyu
Khaing Min — A 7-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two men in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State, on January 10, according to a source from the...
Photo - Lin Lin
January 14, 2020
Infant killed by stray bullet in Minbya Township
Kyaw Thu Htay — A 10-month-old boy was reportedly hit and killed by a stray bullet in a village of Minbya Township, Arakan State, over the weekend...
One of the abductees, Headmaster U Ar Bay La. Photo - Khumi Media)
January 14, 2020
Three in Paletwa found dead after abduction by unidentified armed group
Min Tun — Three locals including a teacher from Hsee Pha Laung village in Paletwa Township, Chin State, were found dead on January 10, three days...
January 14, 2020
Child abduction spooks parents in Sittwe
Khin Tharaphy Oo — The recent abduction of a 7-year-old girl in Sittwe has some parents in the Arakan State capital reevaluating their childcare...
January 13, 2020
Three injured in explosion blamed on wartime refuse
A blast in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township on January 11 injured a woman and two children, according to the victims’ families. The explosion...
January 13, 2020
Maungdaw vegetable farmers hit by higher labor costs, less support
Farmers who grow winter vegetables in Maungdaw Township, northern Arakan State, say they are losing money because they don’t have any government...
January 13, 2020
Authorities seal off restaurant with financial ties to AA chief’s brother
Authorities have sealed off a restaurant in Yangon that counts among its investors the brother of Arakan Army (AA) chief Twan Mrat Naing. Phoenix...
January 13, 2020
1-year-old, three others injured by shelling in Mrauk-U
Four people including a 1-year-old girl were injured when an artillery shell hit Okphokan village in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State, at around 3 p.m...