Development Media Group

Photo: U Hla Saw Khaing (Ponnarmyay)
December 7, 2022
Fruit trees are being planted to prevent food shortages for more than 1,000 monkeys living on Thaylar Giri Mawra Patta Mountain, a well-known...
December 7, 2022
Arakan State has reported zero new Covid-19 cases since late September, according to the state’s health department. “The daily infection rate is zero...
Kyarinntaung cottage hospital in Myebon Township, Arakan State.
December 6, 2022
Local people in parts of Myebon Township, Arakan State, are experiencing hassles gaining access to public healthcare services as doctors have not yet...
December 6, 2022
Police have detained a civil servant from the township General Administration Department (GAD) in Maungdaw, Arakan State, according to reliable...
U Soe Moe Kyaw and Ma Aye Mya Sandar were detained at military security checkpoints in Kyauktaw and Maungdaw townships, respectively, in November. (Photo: Supplied)
December 3, 2022
Family members are worried about the well-being of three people who were detained at security checkpoints in Arakan State’s Kyauktaw and Maungdaw...
Vehicles trapped on the Sittwe-Ponnagyun road on November 11.
December 2, 2022
Though the Myanmar military and Arakan Army (AA) agreed to observe an informal ceasefire nearly a week ago, major roadways and water routes in Arakan...
IDPs in Arakan State.
November 30, 2022
Despite the latest ceasefire between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army (AA), displaced people say they dare not return to their homes for the time...
November 30, 2022
Kandawgyi Lake, a major source of water supply for the Arakan State capital Sittwe, is drying up as 2022 comes to a close, and the lake is expected...
Light Infantry Battalion No. 539 seen from the road.
November 30, 2022
Family members are concerned about the safety of seven people detained on Friday at a junta security checkpoint near the village of Kansauk in...
Ponnagyun Township administrator’s office (Photo: Supplied)
November 28, 2022
More than 70 out of approximately 90 junta-appointed ward and village administrators in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, where the military and...
November 28, 2022
The Myanmar military detained a ward administrator in Kyaukphyu Township on Friday, according to locals. U Naing Zaw Lin, 35, the administrator of...
November 26, 2022
Nay Myo Linn — Faced with the dilemma of whether to wait for her husband who had entered the burning village or flee with their three children, Daw...