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
January 25, 2020
Farmlands survey gathering data on Arakan State cultivation
Aimed at promoting the interests of farmers in Arakan State, a farmland survey is being conducted, according to a source from the Arakan State...
January 25, 2020
Ruling expected for 13 people facing Unlawful Associations Act charges
The Sittwe District Court will rule on January 24 in a case involving 13 people who have been on trial for more than nine months, facing charges...
January 25, 2020
AA denies Tatmadaw claim that it set vehicle ablaze in Ann Township
The Arakan Army has denied an accusation made by the Tatmadaw that the ethnic armed group this week set fire to a motor vehicle and abducted the...
(Photo - Myanmar State Counsellor Office)
January 24, 2020
ICOE report sent to C-in-C for further probe into Arakan violence of 2016-...
The President’s Office has forwarded a final report of the Independent Commission of Enquiry (ICOE) to the Office of the Commander-in-Chief so that...
Photo - Arakan Army
January 24, 2020
Arakan Army releases NLD lawmaker U Hawi Tin
The Arakan Army (AA) has released U Hawi Tin, a National League for Democracy lawmaker in Chin State’s Paletwa Township, after holding the MP in...
January 24, 2020
India donates foodstuffs worth over US$200,000 to Arakan State IDPs
Kyaw Thu Htay — The Indian government handed over food supplies worth more than US$200,000 to internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Arakan State on...
January 23, 2020
Arakan State security woes affect fishing licensure and livelihoods
Authorities are struggling to issue fishing licenses in strife-torn Arakan State, according to U Soe Naing, head of the Department of Fisheries in...
January 23, 2020
Tatmadaw announces arrest of AA sergeant
The Tatmadaw arrested a sergeant-level Arakan Army (AA) officer in Arakan State’s Mrauk-U Township, the Office of the Commander-in-Chief announced on...
January 23, 2020
Landmines blamed for nine injured in two Arakan townships
Landmine blasts in the Arakan State townships of Minbya and Ponnagyun on January 19 injured nine people, including three children, residents said...
January 23, 2020
Four people killed, six injured in Ramree bus accident
A passenger bus running from Yangon to Kyaukphyu overturned near Kalar Pone village in Ramree Township at about 5 a.m. on January 20, killing four...
Interview
January 22, 2020
If the 2020 general election is not held in some Arakan State...
Khaing Roe La — Fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army has plagued Arakan State for more than a year, raising questions as to whether the...
Analysis
January 22, 2020
Third-party thinking toward a potential path to peace
Aung Kyi Moe (Thin Bone Dan) — In Myanmar, it is necessary to have equality and self-determination for the different ethnic races to live peacefully...