Development Media Group

April 29, 2026
Criticism grows as AA detains traders and young people at Paletwa...
April 28, 2026
Junta airstrikes escalate across Arakan State
April 27, 2026
Uptick in junta naval movements off Arakan State
February 17, 2020
Two monitored for coronavirus in Arakan State pending blood test results
Myo Thiri Kyaw — Blood samples from two people in Arakan State who are under observation as potential coronavirus cases have been sent to Thailand...
Photo - Cha Lu Aung
February 15, 2020
Several children hurt as artillery shell strikes school in Buthidaung
Myat Swe — Twenty-one students were injured on February 13 when an artillery shell hit a primary school in Buthidaung Township’s Khami Chaung village...
A mangrove swamp in Nga Pyi Kyun village. (Photo_ DMG)
February 15, 2020
Complaint filed over alleged mangrove removal in Pauktaw Township
Su Mon — Residents have lodged a complaint with police and local administrators alleging that a prawn farmer was wantonly cutting down and selling...
February 14, 2020
Children are 90% of single-day casualty count in Kyauktaw Township
Kyaw Thu Htay and Aung Htein — Two children were killed and eight other civilians — nearly all of them also children — were injured in a single...
February 14, 2020
Sittwe University peace envoys to present IDP students’ woes to NRPC
An accounting of the struggles faced by students from IDP camps in Arakan State will be submitted to the National Reconciliation and Peace Center (...
February 14, 2020
Three Muslims killed, two others injured by artillery shell in Buthidaung
Phadu Tun Aung, Cha Lu Aung — An artillery shell landed in Yay Chan Pyin Muslim village of Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township at about 3 p.m. on...
February 13, 2020
Interview with a wounded teacher urging peace in Arakan State
Khaing Roe La — Daw Khin Htay Win, a 28-year-old primary school teacher from Pyein Daw Kone Dan village in Arakan State’s Rathedaung Township,...
February 13, 2020
Fierce fighting between Tatmadaw and AA in three townships
Fighting flared between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army on February 10 in Paletwa Township, Chin State, and Arakan State’s Buthidaung and Kyauktaw...
February 13, 2020
Arakan State government orders halt to establishment of new IDP camps
The state government has ordered that no new camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) be set up in six Arakan State townships, members of the...
Authorities slow to implement Arakan State Hluttaw proposals, speaker says
February 13, 2020
Authorities slow to implement Arakan State Hluttaw proposals, speaker says
Arakan State Hluttaw Speaker U San Kyaw Hla said authorities have been very slow to implement proposals approved by the regional legislature,...
February 13, 2020
Youths oppose internet shutdown in Arakan and Chin states
The internet blackout affecting nine townships of Arakan and Chin states was the topic of conversation at a discussion organised by the Arakan Youth...
February 12, 2020
Armed group detains NLD official from Ramree Township
A financial officer for the National League for Democracy (NLD) in Ramree Township, Arakan State, was detained by an armed group at about 6 p.m. on...