Development Media Group

December 23, 2025
ARSA’s military activities raise security concerns among ethnic...
December 18, 2025
19-group coalition SRA emerges, accelerating Myanmar revolution
December 17, 2025
Mrauk-U Hospital bombing deepens healthcare crisis for Arakan people
July 2, 2021
Bad roads make trading difficult at Maungdaw Twsp’s Kanyin Chaung economic...
Trade at the Kanyin Chaung economic zone in Maungdaw town, Arakan State, is being hampered by damaged roads in the area, according to traders. “The...
June 30, 2021
Cache of unexploded weapons raises concerns in Rathedaung Twsp
Explosive remnants of war (ERWs) should not be concentrated in one place, said Ko Zaw Zaw Tun, general secretary of the Rakhine Ethnics Congress (REC...
June 29, 2021
First fatality of third-wave reported as Arakan’s Covid-19 cases rise to...
Arakan State recorded its first fatality linked to Myanmar’s third wave of coronavirus infections as the total number of cases over recent weeks rose...
June 29, 2021
Virus’s spread affecting banking, police and court system in Arakan State
A bank employee, a police lance corporal and four staff from the Thandwe Township Court are among the latest cases of Covid-19 reported in Arakan...
June 28, 2021
Human rights groups call for end to torture by Myanmar military, justice...
Eight human rights groups have called on the international community to take action on behalf of victims of torture by the Myanmar military, using...
June 28, 2021
Parents worry about sending children to school as virus spreads in Arakan...
As more and more cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Arakan State, parents are worried about their children’s health, according to students’...
June 28, 2021
Ex-chair of Arakanese group in Japan arrested at Yangon airport: family
Ko Kyaw Than Hlaing, a former chairperson of the Arakan Social Association-Japan (ASAJ), was arrested at Yangon International Airport on Friday upon...
June 25, 2021
Six more virus cases reported across three Arakan State townships
Six cases of Covid-19 were reported in Sittwe, Taungup and Maungdaw townships on June 23, according to the Arakan State Department of Public Health...
June 25, 2021
Arakan IDP children suffer skin diseases, dengue fever and other maladies
Some children from camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Arakan State are suffering from skin rashes, redness and dengue fever, as well as...
Third virus case reported among GAD staff in Maungdaw Twsp
June 24, 2021
Third virus case reported among GAD staff in Maungdaw Twsp
The deputy commissioner of the Maungdaw District General Administration Department and one of his staff members have tested positive for COVID-19,...
June 24, 2021
Kyaukphyu Twsp villagers left to self-fortify against riverbank erosion
Kone Bwe village in Arakan State’s Kyaukphyu Township has been experiencing riverbank erosion for decades, according to locals. Locals say because...
June 22, 2021
Can Junta Succeed at Kyaukphyu Where Previous Governments Have Stumbled...
The Kyaukphyu Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project is an amalgam of many interests. It is geopolitically sensitive and will help give rise to the...