Development Media Group

November 3, 2022
Nay Myo Linn and Cho Mar Win — “May you never meet a terrible fate like this in your next lives, my little daughter,” cried the grief-stricken mother...
November 1, 2022
Arakan State’s agriculture industry has suffered significant setbacks this year, including an anticipated drop in the state’s rice production, making...
November 1, 2022
Min Htee — An environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the Kyaukphyu deep-sea port project, a key strategic component of China’s Belt and Road...
Visitors climb Bay Ngar Rar Mountain in 2021.
October 31, 2022
An annual pagoda festival at Bay Ngar Rar Mountain near Yoke Tayoke Village in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township will not be held this year due to...
October 31, 2022
A Grade 10 student was injured when an artillery shell landed and exploded in Hsinmakyaw Village, part of Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township, on...
A market in Maungdaw town is pictured in 2019.
October 31, 2022
Myanmar’s military regime has blockaded roads in northern Maungdaw Township since August following escalating military tensions with the Arakan Army...
October 30, 2022
Written by Gaung Daw San Aye Than and her family fled their home after her husband was detained by the Myanmar military more than two years ago. They...
October 30, 2022
Family members say they have not been in contact with 13 Arakanese from Haigyi Island in Ayeyarwady Region for more than a month, after they were...
October 30, 2022
The Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF) has reached a deal to send 200,000 tonnes of rice to Bangladesh, of which Arakan State will supply 2,500 tonnes,...
Malaysia hosts a significant population of migrant workers from Arakan State. (Photo: Reuters)
October 30, 2022
Eighteen people who were detained by Malaysian authorities during a raid on the office of the Arakan Refugee Relief Committee (ARRC) in Kuala Lumpur...
October 28, 2022
More than 1.6 million people in Myanmar have been displaced over the past 18 months, since last year’s military coup, according to the Institute for...
October 27, 2022
An informal ceasefire between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) circa November 2020, after two years of often-intense fighting between...