Development Media Group

February 26, 2026
Junta arrests Muslim villagers in Sittwe over alleged links to AA
February 25, 2026
Airstrikes leave deep psychological scars on Arakan State children
February 24, 2026
Chinese-owned power plant in Kyaukphyu being relocated amid rising conflict
February 1, 2023
Rural Development Department to build free homes for disaster victims,...
Free homes will be built in some Sittwe Township villages for poor people affected by natural disasters, according to the Department of Rural...
January 31, 2023
Hundreds of IDP returnees from Arakan State and Chin State’s Paletwa Twsp...
More than 600 internally displaced people (IDPs) who returned home at the arrangement of the Arakan State military council after the military and...
January 31, 2023
Case against university student, taxi driver heard for first time three...
The case against a distance university student and a motorbike taxi driver from Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, charged under Section 17(1) of the...
Opinion
January 26, 2023
Resource-Cursed Arakan State
Maung Khaing Tun (Pyi Thit) — Wedged between the Bay of Bengal and the Arakan Yoma mountain range, Arakan State is rich in forest and marine...
January 26, 2023
43 complaints on labour rights abuses filed in Arakan State last year
The labour affairs support centre in Arakan State says it only received 43 complaints last year about violations of labour rights in the state. The...
January 26, 2023
Muslim IDPs in Sittwe Twsp face increasingly cramped quarters
Muslims who have been living in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Sittwe Township, Arakan State, for a decade are reportedly facing...
January 23, 2023
Arakan State-based political parties look ahead to 2023 elections with...
The military seized power on February 1, 2021, on the grounds that there had been widespread voter fraud in Myanmar’s 2020 general election, a claim...
January 19, 2023
Aid agencies still can’t operate freely in Arakan State
Myanmar’s military regime has lifted its travel ban on local and international nongovernmental organisations (NGOs), but aid agencies are not yet...
January 19, 2023
Brickmakers grapple with increased licence fees, production costs
Brickmakers in Arakan State are struggling due to increased production costs and licence fees, while at the same time demand is declining. The...
A sporting event for disabled people held in Sittwe in November 2022.
January 19, 2023
Calls for vocational training courses benefitting disabled people in...
Disability rights activists say the majority of disabled people in Arakan State are supported by their family members, and that there is a need to...
Features
January 19, 2023
Danger Descendant From Arakan’s Mayu Mountain Range
Written by Gaung — The Buddhist monk U Sarana became upset when he noticed the flattened rice plants, which were nearly ready to be harvested. Large...
A salt farm in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State. (Photo: Tun Kyawl)
January 17, 2023
Arakan State to resume salt exports to Bangladesh
Salt produced in Arakan State will be exported to Bangladesh this year for the first time in more than a decade, according to those engaging in salt...