Development Media Group

November 20, 2024
Medicine prices skyrocket in Rathedaung Twsp
November 19, 2024
Thousands of IDPs face food shortages in Thandwe
A child labourer in Arakan State is pictured in November 2024.
November 18, 2024
Child labour on the rise in Arakan State
The state-owned vessel plying a water route between Kyauktaw and Paletwa. (Photo: Arakan Daily)
December 15, 2022
Regime still restricting supply of medicines, commodities into Chin State’...
Despite the latest ceasefire, Myanmar’s military regime continues to restrict the supply of medicines from Arakan State’s Kyauktaw to Paletwa...
December 15, 2022
With local economic prospects dim, overseas jobs continue to draw Arakan...
Local residents continue to leave Arakan State for foreign countries to work amid continuing instability and high unemployment in the region. “They...
A meeting of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) signatories in 2022. (Photo: NCA-S EAO)
December 14, 2022
Regime not ready to hold informal talks with seven NCA signatories
Myanmar’s military regime is reportedly not ready to hold informal talks on the issue of sustainable peace-building with seven signatories to the...
Many residents of Yadanarbon Village relocated to a village in Thailand. (Photo: CJ)
December 14, 2022
Tanintharyi Region village forced to relocate by military regime
Residents of Yadanarbon Village, part of Tanintharyi Region’s Bokpyin Township on the Myanmar-Thai border, were reportedly forced to relocate by the...
December 14, 2022
Two Kyauktaw Twsp men arrested for alleged AA ties charged under Unlawful...
Two men from Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township, who were arrested by the military in October on suspicion of having ties to the Arakan Army (AA), have...
December 13, 2022
Military reinforcing troops and supplies in Arakan State, residents say
Despite the latest ceasefire, reached on November 26, the Myanmar military has dispatched reinforcements to some townships in Arakan State over...
December 13, 2022
Arakan State’s saltwater shrimp hatcheries fail to satisfy local demand
The saltwater shrimp hatcheries in Arakan State cannot even meet local demand due to a lack of technological footing, local shrimpers say. Domestic...
Locals protest the Nayputaung marble quarry in 2014. (Photo: Arakan Social Network/ Taungup)
December 12, 2022
Junta pushes for resumption of controversial marble quarry in Taungup Twsp
Myanmar’s military regime is planning to restart the Nayputaung marble stone production project in Taungup Township, Arakan State, drawing criticism...
December 12, 2022
Humanitarians urge end to travel ban on aid organisations in Arakan State
Using the occasion of Human Rights Day on Saturday, local civil society organisations (CSOs) in Arakan State called for allowing local and...
Demolished homes in Jaithar Village and the scene of a beach near the village.
December 9, 2022
Relocated Thandwe Twsp villagers face livelihood hardships
Residents of Jaithar village in Arakan State’s Thandwe Township, whose homes were forcibly relocated by the Myanmar military, are reportedly facing...
December 8, 2022
Junta updates IDP returnees list in Mrauk-U Twsp
Myanmar’s military regime is updating a list of internally displaced people (IDPs) who wish to return home in Mrauk-U Township, Arakan State. Two...
December 7, 2022
Classrooms remain empty in parts of Arakan State despite ceasefire
Some schools remain closed in parts of Arakan State despite an informal ceasefire recently reached between Myanmar’s military regime and the Arakan...