News About Myanmar

A Myanmar Navy warship off the coast of Arakan State in Pauktaw Township on Oct. 7. (Credit: ANP) Two Myanmar Navy vessels were hit by artillery fired by the Arakan Army (AA) from a village in Pauktaw Township, Arakan State, on Wednesday. Pauktaw is located 15 miles (24 km) east of the state capital Sittwe. “We saw smoke rising from the two damaged vessels from a distance,” a local source in Pauktaw told DVB on the condition of anonymity. No casualties were reported and the e

A junta warship pictured at sea. Photo: CINCDS DMG Newsroom 9 October 2026, Myebon Two local fishermen remain missing after military junta forces detained, severely tortured, and cast six fishermen into the open sea off Myebon Township, Arakan State, within a single week, according to local sources. On October 6, junta warships stationed near Hnakhaungpauk Village in Kyaukphyu Township intercepted and seized a local fishing boat operating in the offshore waters of Myebon Town

DMG Special Analysis Territorial control has shifted dramatically across much of Arakan (Rakhine State). Yet for civilians, being far from an active front line no longer necessarily means being safe. From April 2024 through September 30, 2026, Myanmar military airstrikes in Arakan killed at least 667 civilians and injured 1,302 others, according to records compiled by Development Media Group (DMG). Altogether, at least 1,969 civilians were killed or injured during the period.

Several Malaysian companies—including government-backed entities—are supplying aviation equipment, drone components, and maintenance services to Myanmar’s military regime as it escalates lethal airstrikes against civilians, according to investigation group Justice for Myanmar (JFM). The report, released on Oct. 7 as Malaysia prepared to host junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, identified three Malaysian-based firms facilitating logistics and supplies for the regime’s air

CINCDS / Junta forces pictured during a naval exercise Heavy clashes erupted along the Kaladan River near the Rakhine State capital of Sittwe after Arakan Army (AA) forces repelled repeated junta amphibious assaults on strategically vital Ngapyi Island, striking at least one junta warship, local military sources reported. Junta forces launched amphibious landing attempts on the AA-controlled island, located roughly one mile east of the regime’s Shwe Min Gan Naval Base in Sitt

Individuals subjected to forced military conscription / Note: This is a file photo More than 200 ethnic Rakhine nationals recently deported from Malaysia have been transferred to a military facility in Yangon, where they are being held incommunicado and interrogated over alleged ties to the Arakan Army (AA), according to local sources and family members. The 220 Rakhine detainees were among a first batch of 1,476 Myanmar nationals repatriated by sea from Malaysian immigration