Development Media Group

April 1, 2026
Mizoram fuel export ban hits Arakan traders hard
March 31, 2026
Artillery exchanges intensify in Sittwe
March 30, 2026
India’s export curbs raise fuel supply concerns in Arakan State
Light Infantry Battalion No. 539 seen from the road.
November 30, 2022
Family members unable to meet seven Kyauktaw Twsp detainees
Family members are concerned about the safety of seven people detained on Friday at a junta security checkpoint near the village of Kansauk in...
Ponnagyun Township administrator’s office (Photo: Supplied)
November 28, 2022
Dozens of ward and village administrators resign amid heightened military...
More than 70 out of approximately 90 junta-appointed ward and village administrators in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, where the military and...
November 28, 2022
Junta detains Kyaukphyu administrator
The Myanmar military detained a ward administrator in Kyaukphyu Township on Friday, according to locals. U Naing Zaw Lin, 35, the administrator of...
Features
November 26, 2022
Barbarity Unleashed Upon a Ponnagyun Township Village
Nay Myo Linn — Faced with the dilemma of whether to wait for her husband who had entered the burning village or flee with their three children, Daw...
Ma Aye Mya Sandar (Photo: Aye Mya Sandar / Facebook)
November 26, 2022
Families unable to contact student, taxi driver detained at Maungdaw...
Family members are worried about the well-being of a university student and a motorcycle taxi driver who were detained at the Kyeinchaung security...
Motorboats moored at Mi Zan Jetty in Sittwe
November 25, 2022
Junta imposes limits on delivery of vital items into Pauktaw
Myanmar’s military regime has imposed limits on the amount of fuel, cement and pharmaceuticals that ferry boats operating on the Sittwe-Pauktaw route...
November 25, 2022
Arson, artillery strikes destroy 23 houses in Arakan State since August
Since renewed fighting erupted between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) in August, 23 houses were razed by artillery strikes and junta...
November 24, 2022
Indian, Myanmar governments discuss pledged US$25m for Arakan State...
A coordination meeting on development projects in Arakan State, which are being carried out under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the...
November 23, 2022
One week, 70 civilian casualties reported in Arakan State
At least 70 civilians were killed or injured by artillery strikes, gunfire and a landmine encounter blamed on Myanmar’s military regime over a one-...
November 23, 2022
Eight Arakanese among recipients of junta’s honorary titles
Myanmar’s military regime conferred honorary titles on eight Arakanese individuals last week, according to junta-controlled newspapers, amid months...
Former Arakan State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu was sentenced to prison on October 8, 2021.
November 22, 2022
Imprisoned former Arakan State chief minister needs eye surgery
Former Arakan State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison by Myanmar’s military regime, is reportedly suffering from a...
Sittwe Prison pictured on November 17.
November 22, 2022
Regime’s mass prisoner release intended to win hearts and minds ahead of...
The Myanmar military regime’s recent release of dozens of political prisoners and members of ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) serving time in...