Development Media Group

August 11, 2022
Junta troop deployments in villages and tightened security checks are severely affecting the livelihoods of local residents in Arakan State. Many...
August 11, 2022
Junta-appointed ward and village administrators in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township, where junta troops and the Arakan Army (AA) have exchanged fire...
Caption: The mangrove forest near Kyaytaw village, Sittwe Township, has protected the village in the years since it was planted. (Photo: Ko Hla Tun)
August 11, 2022
Residents of Kyaytaw village, Sittwe Township, are seething after a poultry farmer cut down dozens of acres of mature mangroves that were planted to...
The Maungdaw border trade centre. (Photo: Arakan State Chamber of Commerce and Industry)
August 11, 2022
Myanmar and Bangladesh authorities are taking steps to run a coastal shipping line to promote direct trade between the two countries, according to...
August 10, 2022
The residents of Taung Pauk village in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township have fled their homes after junta troops entered the village on Tuesday...
August 10, 2022
Family members say they have not been in contact with four men in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township since they were arrested by the Myanmar military...
August 10, 2022
The Myanmar military seized a villager in Arakan State’s Ann Township on Tuesday morning, alleging that he had illegally transported Muslims,...
August 9, 2022
Rice merchants and businesspeople have said the prices of rice in Arakan State may continue to rise. The price of a sack of Paw Hsan Mwe rice...
The ALP’s Lt-Col Khaing Paw Lin is seen in Sittwe.
August 9, 2022
The Arakan Liberation Party (ALP) has detained a Sittwe resident on suspicion of having been involved in the detention of Lieutenant Colonel Khaing...
August 9, 2022
Words about ethnic rights, equality and federalism that come from the mouth of the Myanmar military regime are hollow and will fool no one, critics...
A guard post at Palin Pyin village in Sittwe.
August 8, 2022
Myanmar’s military regime has forced residents of Muslim villages in Sittwe, the capital of Arakan State, to keep alternating overnight watches in...
August 8, 2022
Ko Tin Myo Tun, a 24-year-old man from Sabeichaung village near Sanae town in Arakan State, who was detained by the Myanmar military, has been...