Development Media Group

February 27, 2026
Arakan State residents call for airstrike early warning systems
February 26, 2026
Junta arrests Muslim villagers in Sittwe over alleged links to AA
February 25, 2026
Airstrikes leave deep psychological scars on Arakan State children
August 30, 2022
Kyauktaw and Ponnagyun IDP camps face persistent food shortages
Internally displaced people (IDPs) at some displacement camps in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw and Ponnagyun townships are facing food shortages as there...
August 29, 2022
IDPs in Arakan State call on regime to lift restrictions on aid delivery
War-displaced civilians in Arakan State have called on Myanmar’s military regime not to impose restrictions on local and international organisations...
August 29, 2022
Detained Sittwe man with mental disability being treated in prison
A mentally ill man arrested by the Myanmar military is in poor health and undergoing treatment in Sittwe Prison, according to family members. U Maung...
August 26, 2022
Past Conflict Leaves Lasting Hardship for War-Wounded
Myat Swe — Ko Shwe Tun Thein’s life was turned upside down when his house was hit by an artillery strike in fighting between the Myanmar military and...
Displaced people in Samee town, Paletwa Township, in 2020. (Photo: Khumi Media)
August 26, 2022
Latest displaced in Chin State add further strain to Paletwa’s broken...
Around 1,000 villagers from over 200 households in Chin State’s Paletwa Township have fled to Paletwa town due to recent fighting between the Myanmar...
August 26, 2022
Contact not had with several Arakan State residents detained by military...
Some of the more than 50 locals arrested by the Myanmar military were released in July, but the rest were charged with incitement under Section 505(a...
August 26, 2022
Woman killed in Paletwa Twsp landmine blast while searching for missing...
A woman from Abaungtha Village in Chin State’s Paletwa Township, where fighting between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army has flared in recent...
August 25, 2022
Freshwater shrimp pilot project shows promise
Shrimp indigenous to Arakan State will be sold in markets in other parts of Myanmar after the test breeding of a local species was successful. The...
August 24, 2022
AA releases statement addressing rising military tensions in Arakan State
Military tensions are escalating day by day and the theatre of war is expanding in Arakan State, the United League of Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA)...
U Maung Hsan Win, a resident of Sittwe’s Theintan village, was arrested by the Myanmar military on August 22 on suspicion of being in contact with the Arakan Army.
August 24, 2022
Military arrests Sittwe Twsp man over alleged AA links
The Myanmar military arrested an elderly man from Theintan village in Arakan State’s Sittwe Township on suspicion of having ties to the Arakan Army...
U Than Hlaing and Daw Khin Ohn Ngwe have been accused of raising funds for the Arakan Army (AA).
August 23, 2022
Half of 10 prosecution witnesses examined so far in case against...
Five prosecution witnesses including the plaintiff have been examined in the case of a man and woman in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu charged with...
August 23, 2022
Assessing Round One of Junta-Sponsored Peace Talks
Gaung — A first round of peace talks between Myanmar’s military regime and 10 ethnic armed organisations (EAOs) have ended with junta leader Min Aung...