Development Media Group

December 18, 2025
19-group coalition SRA emerges, accelerating Myanmar revolution
December 17, 2025
Mrauk-U Hospital bombing deepens healthcare crisis for Arakan people
December 12, 2025
Junta bombs Kyaukphyu a day after Mrauk-U hospital airstrike, killing eight
January 5, 2022
Military tightens security checks on travellers in some Arakan townships
Junta troops have recently set up checkpoints on roads used by locals in some Arakan State townships to check on travellers. The Myanmar military has...
January 5, 2022
Curfew order extended for two months in Ann Township
An ongoing curfew order under Section 144 of the code of criminal procedure, imposed in Ann Township, Arakan State, has been extended for another two...
January 5, 2022
Final proposal to designate Mrauk-U as UNESCO World Heritage Site submitted
A final proposal seeking to designate Mrauk-U a UNESCO World Heritage Site was submitted on December 30 to the World Heritage Committee in Paris,...
January 4, 2022
AA’s deputy C-in-C invites intellectuals, technicians to serve Arakan State
Brigadier-General Nyo Twan Awng, deputy commander-in-chief of the Arakan Army (AA), has invited intellectuals and professionals to serve Arakan State...
January 4, 2022
Residents seek electricity backup for Sittwe’s traffic lights
With stoplights going dark in the Arakan State capital Sittwe during power outages — leading to traffic congestion and safety concerns — residents...
January 3, 2022
KNLA tightens traffic controls on Myawaddy-Kawkareik Asia Highway amid...
With fighting reported near the Asia Highway in Kayin State’s Myawaddy and Kawkareik townships, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) has...
January 3, 2022
Over 1.1 million people vaccinated against Covid-19 in Arakan State
A total of 1,131,172 people in Arakan State — more than half of the state’s eligible population — had received at least one dose of the Covid-19...
January 3, 2022
Rash of pig deaths in Arakan State blamed on swine virus
A recent spate of pig deaths in some Arakan State townships is due to an outbreak of porcine circovirus 2 (PCV-2), said U Win Soe, assistant director...
December 24, 2021
Ponnagyun’s Khami Kyein Chaung reservoir yet to supply surrounding...
Construction work on the Khami Kyein Chaung reservoir, located about 11 miles from Ponnagyun town in Arakan State, began in 2014-15, but it has yet...
December 24, 2021
CDM nursing student’s home sealed off in Yangon; detained midwife released...
Regime forces sealed off the home of a second-year nursing student who is also a Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) participant in Nyaung Kone village...
December 24, 2021
Dozens of Maungdaw Muslims bound for Yangon arrested in Taungup Twsp
Seventy-seven Muslims, including children, from Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township who were reportedly heading to Yangon were arrested in Taungup...
December 23, 2021
KNU asks UN to impose ‘no-fly zone’ in wake of Kayin State airstrikes
The Karen National Union (KNU) on December 20 asked the United Nations to designate a “no-fly zone” in Kayin State, saying the Myanmar military had...