Development Media Group

June 22, 2022
Mud crabs and crayfish without white-spot syndrome virus (WSSV) have been allowed to re-export from Arakan State to China, according to the state’s...
Myoma High School in Kyauktaw was among the schools closed on June 21. (Photo: DMG)
June 22, 2022
Schools in urban areas of Kyauktaw were closed on Tuesday after junta soldiers questioned and detained residents across the town. The Arakan Army (AA...
Photo: RVA Pwo Karen
June 21, 2022
The Karen National Union (KNU), one of the oldest ethnic armed groups (EAOs) in Myanmar, said the regime has twice now invited EAOs to peace talks...
IDPs from Wah Taung displacement camp in Kyauktaw Township are seen. (Photo: Ma Hla Win)
June 21, 2022
Internally displaced people (IDPs) driven from their homes by past military conflict in Arakan State — and kept in displacement camps by fear of...
June 21, 2022
Arakan Army (AA) spokesman U Khaing Thukha has confirmed that the ethnic armed group has detained junta soldiers in retaliation for the regime’s...
June 21, 2022
The Arakan Army detained three policemen from Kyauktaw Myoma police station at about 6 p.m. on Monday, according to locals. The three policemen were...
June 20, 2022
Dr. Zaw Myint Maung, a former Mandalay Region chief minister who was ousted along with the rest of the leaders of the National League for Democracy...
In accordance with considerations for the dignity of the victim and DMG’s editorial ethics policy, the name of the nurse has not been disclosed.
June 20, 2022
Myo Chay — It was around 7 p.m. on May 10 at a cottage hospital in Zeditaung village, part of Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township. A 23-year-old nurse...
Abbot of Thazigon village monastery
June 20, 2022
A couple from Thazigon village in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township were injured in a landmine explosion on Friday, according to the villagers. The...
June 20, 2022
A primary school principal and a female school teacher from Thinbawhla village in Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township went missing at around 1 p.m. on...
Myanmar and Bangladeshi officials discuss on June 14 the repatriation of Muslim refugees. (Photo: Ministry of Information)
June 17, 2022
A fifth meeting of the Myanmar-Bangladesh joint working group on repatriation of Muslim refugees was held via video conferencing on Tuesday,...
A ceremony to mark the start of the supply of power to Warr Bo village in Sittwe from the national grid on February 4. (Photo: Ministry of Information)
June 17, 2022
Nearly three years after the installation of power cables, over 40 villages in Manaung Township still do not have access to electricity, according to...