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
December 20, 2022
Trash clogs Minbya creek
Zaychuang Creek, near the central market in Arakan State’s Minbya Township, is getting shallow and clogged due to littering. The creek is a tributary...
Darletchaung Village-tract seen from a distance.
December 20, 2022
Ann Twsp villagers still suffering from junta restrictions
Myanmar’s military regime has not lifted its restrictions on deliveries of food, medicines and building materials to nearly 50 villages in...
December 19, 2022
Sittwe residents worried about fire risk posed by roadside petrol pumps
Local residents in Sittwe have expressed concerns about the fire risk posed by roadside petrol pumps. Roadside petrol pumps have proliferated across...
December 17, 2022
Family still unable to contact detained Taungup social activist
Family members say they have not been in contact with a social activist from Arakan State’s Taungup Township since his arrest by the military more...
December 17, 2022
Local attendance sparse at Arakan State Day celebration in Sittwe
Local people were not interested in the 48th anniversary of Arakan State Day event organised by the military regime and only civil servants under the...
Manual workers in Sittwe
December 16, 2022
Junta chief says K10 billion allotted for development of Arakan State
Myanmar’s military regime has granted K10 billion from national economic development funds for development works in Arakan State, according to a...
The state-owned vessel plying a water route between Kyauktaw and Paletwa. (Photo: Arakan Daily)
December 15, 2022
Regime still restricting supply of medicines, commodities into Chin State’...
Despite the latest ceasefire, Myanmar’s military regime continues to restrict the supply of medicines from Arakan State’s Kyauktaw to Paletwa...
December 15, 2022
With local economic prospects dim, overseas jobs continue to draw Arakan...
Local residents continue to leave Arakan State for foreign countries to work amid continuing instability and high unemployment in the region. “They...
A meeting of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) signatories in 2022. (Photo: NCA-S EAO)
December 14, 2022
Regime not ready to hold informal talks with seven NCA signatories
Myanmar’s military regime is reportedly not ready to hold informal talks on the issue of sustainable peace-building with seven signatories to the...
Many residents of Yadanarbon Village relocated to a village in Thailand. (Photo: CJ)
December 14, 2022
Tanintharyi Region village forced to relocate by military regime
Residents of Yadanarbon Village, part of Tanintharyi Region’s Bokpyin Township on the Myanmar-Thai border, were reportedly forced to relocate by the...
December 14, 2022
Two Kyauktaw Twsp men arrested for alleged AA ties charged under Unlawful...
Two men from Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township, who were arrested by the military in October on suspicion of having ties to the Arakan Army (AA), have...
December 13, 2022
Military reinforcing troops and supplies in Arakan State, residents say
Despite the latest ceasefire, reached on November 26, the Myanmar military has dispatched reinforcements to some townships in Arakan State over...