A local man from Thamin Chayyar Village in Arakan State’s Minbya Township was severely wounded in a landmine explosion on Sunday. 

Transport authorities have instructed the Shwe Pyi Tan express boat line to suspend its operations between the Arakan State capital Sittwe and Mrauk-U since August 29, according to manager U San Maw Thein. 

Eighteen unexploded bombs, believed to date back to World War II, were unearthed within the compound of the Myanmar Posts and Telecommunications office in Arakan State’s Buthidaung Township on Friday morning. 

A child was killed and three civilians were injured in a shelling after junta troops clashed with a coalition led by the Karenni Nationalities Defence Force (KNDF) in Moebye town, southern Shan State, on September 8 and 9, according to locals.

Thirty-three independent Myanmar media organisations released a joint statement on Friday condemning the organisers of a recent regional media forum for allowing Myanmar’s military regime to speak at the forum.

Family members of the suspect in a high-profile murder case in the Arakan State capital Sittwe have expressed concerns as they have not yet been allowed to see him nearly one month after he was detained.

Family members have not been in contact with two village administrators from Buthidaung Township, Arakan State, who were arrested by the Myanmar military a week ago.

A local man from Ngapwee Village in Chin State’s Paletwa Township was seriously injured in a landmine blast on the morning of September 9. 

The Arakan Army has occupied a military camp of the Myanmar military’s Light Infantry Battalion No. 352 about three kilometres southeast of Jeitchaung Village in northern Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, the ethnic armed group said in a statement on September 10. 

A civilian was injured when junta troops at a military checkpoint fired shots at two motorcycle riders near Yar Maung Bridge in Arakan State’s Minbya Township on Saturday morning. 

The Myanmar military has restricted travel and transportation of goods at the entry and exit of Dawei, Tanintharyi Region since September 7 due to fierce clashes between the regime forces and resistance groups, according to residents.

Myanmar’s military regime is hunting for a brother of the Arakan Army (AA) spokesman U Khaing Thukha, according to his neighbours.

Myanmar’s military regime is hunting for a brother of the Arakan Army (AA) spokesman U Khaing Thukha, according to his neighbours.

Police are still searching for the gunman who killed their colleague near Sittwe Hospital in the Arakan State capital on Thursday evening, said a police officer from the Arakan State Police Force.

Fighting flared between the Myanmar military and Arakan Army near Mee Taik Village in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, on September 9 morning, according to locals.

Two charity workers were injured after their ambulance came under mine attack in Mon State’s Thanbyuzayat Township around 1 a.m. on Friday morning, according to local residents.

Family members have not been allowed to see a man from Htan Chaung village in Arakan State’s Ann Township, who was arrested by the Myanmar military a month ago. 

Renewed fighting and rising military tensions between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army (AA) have reportedly forced the closure of about 50 public schools in three Arakan State townships.

One civilian was killed and five others were injured last month in clashes between junta troops and resistance forces in Kayin (Karen) State’s Papun, a territory controlled by Brigade 5 of the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA).