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Breaking News Global Arakan Network November 27, 2025 Illegal Fishing Boat and Fishermen Bangladeshi fishing boats frequently trespass into Arakan (Rakhine) territorial waters to poach fish. To crack down on such illegal activities, a coastal security patrol was dispatched from the Ngakhuara (Nga Khu Ra) coastal area at 5:30 AM today. While on patrol, at approximately 6:34 AM, the team intercepted and arre

News Global Arakan Network November 27, 2025 It has been reported that the Military Council (junta) is repeatedly firing heavy artillery from navy vessels towards various townships in Rakhine State, including Gwa Township. From November 20 to November 25, junta navy ships reportedly fired heavy weapons into Gwa Township a total of 38 times. On the night of November 25, at around 11:45 PM, the junta navy fi

News Global Arakan Network November 26, 2025 In the town wards of Maungdaw, Rakhine State, from May to August 2024 (a period of four months), at least 64 innocent civilians – including Buddhist monks – were brutally killed through the collaboration of Myanmar Military Council forces and members of the extremist group ARSA, according to field investigations conducted by AB News. Troops from the Military

Breaking News Global Arakan Network November 25, 2025 Today, 25 November, at approximately 12:10 p.m., Myanmar Air Force jet fighters carried out airstrikes on Taung Kyi Yin village and Chaung Phya village in Kyaukphyu Township, local sources reported. As a result of the bombing, a 48-year-old man who had been taking shelter as an internally displaced person in Chaung Phya village sustained injuries. The a

Report Analysis Global Arakan Network November 25, 2025 Cover of BROUK's Report and Webinar About It The Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) recently released a report entitled “The Rohingya genocide: starvation and forced labour as tools of erasure.” The title is deliberately emotive, yet the content is markedly thin on verifiable evidence, independent sourcing, and contextual balance. The docum

News Global Arakan Network November 25, 2025 In one of the largest single blows to transnational arms trafficking in recent years, Thai border security forces on Wednesday, 19 November 2025, captured 36 foreign nationals — among them 11 Pakistani citizens — as they attempted to illegally cross the Thaungyin River from Myanmar’s Myawaddy Township into Tak Province, Thailand. GAN cannot independently veri

Twan Naing, Contributing Author Global Arakan Network November 25, 2025 The Kaladan River cuts through Rakhine like a vein, carrying dreams of trade from distant ports to quiet villages. For years, it promised a lifeline: India's grand plan to link Kolkata's bustle to Mizoram's hills, bypassing the choked roads of the northeast. Sittwe's port gleams with fresh concrete, ready for ships heavy w

News Global Arakan Network November 24, 2025 Members of the Border Guard Police (BGP) and a soldier from the Myanmar military commission (Photo - Independent Television) Five Myanmar security personnel—four members of the Border Guard Police (BGP) and one soldier from the Myanmar military commission—were detained inside Bangladesh on November 23 after they were found wandering near the border,

News Global Arakan Network November 24, 2025 Monastery of Sinboke Rwarma Village (photo - APM) A monastery in Kyaukphyu Township was reduced to ashes, and a high school along with several homes sustained damage, after the Myanmar military commission carried out artillery and suicide-drone attacks on Sinboke Rwarma Village and Kyun Gyi Village on November 22, according to local residents. At ar

News Global Arakan Network November 23, 2025 Investigations indicate that military commission forces in Kyaukphyu, Arakan State, are using local residents—along with Rakhine travelers returning from abroad and other parts of Myanmar—as human shields amid escalating conflict. According to an anonymous source, fighting between the Arakan Army (AA) and junta forces has intensified around Kyaukphy

News Global Arakan Network November 22, 2025 An illegally operating fishing boat belonging to Bangladeshi nationals (photo-ABN) The Arakan Coast Guard (ACG), operating under the Arakan People’s Revolutionary Government, is continuing to seize Bangladeshi fishing boats illegally entering and operating inside Arakan territorial waters along the Arakan–Bangladesh maritime border, according to sou

News Global Arakan Network November 22, 2025 An initial report by Arakan Princess Media on the junta’s jet-fighter bombing of Kyaintali that took place after 1 a.m. on November 21 stated that three people had been injured. However, after further investigation, it has been confirmed that one child was killed  and four others were wounded  in the attack. The deceased child has been identified as M

News Global Arakan Network November 21, 2025 In Teknaf Township, Cox’s Bazar District, Bangladesh, local media reported that on the night of November 20, the Islamist extremist militant terrorist group ARSA kidnapped a local businessman again. At around 9 p.m. on November 20, in West Leda village, near the Muslim refugee camp in the Nila Union of Teknaf town, members of the Islamist extremist mili

Aung Naing Lin, Opinion Global Arakan Network November 19, 2025 ARSA Terrorists and Laughing Refugee Children The sun sets red over the Naf River. Another day ends without boats carrying families home. Dhaka talks of elections and fresh starts. Across the water, guns speak louder than promises. Textbooks call Bangladesh a rational state. Reality shows a house divided—calm voices drowned by th

News Global Arakan Network November 18, 2025 Victims of Junta Air Attacks from Taung Ngo Village, Kyaukphyu Rakhine State – Three women, including one elderly woman, were killed and at least five other people – among them two schoolgirls – were wounded when Taung Ngo village in Kyaukphyu Township was hit by airstrikes, local sources confirmed. The deceased have been identified as: Daw Ma Aung Tha

Breaking News Global Arakan Network November 18, 2025 Bangladeshi fishing boats have been repeatedly trespassing into Arakan territorial waters to illegally catch fish. In order to take strict action against such violations, the Arakan Coastal Security Patrol, operating from its base in Nga Khura (Nga Yant Chaung), departed at 05:30 AM to conduct a maritime patrol towards the Ngui Maw (Ingyaw) coa

News Global Arakan Network November 18, 2025 School buildings in Lait Tin Village, Kyaukphyu Township, were destroyed by junta airstrikes. (Photo – AA Info Desk) The Myanmar military has conducted a series of air and naval attacks on two towns in Arakan State amid escalating clashes with the Arakan Army (AA), according to reports. The Arakan Army stated that the military launched airstrikes a

News Global Arakan Network November 17, 2025 Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (photo - msn) Bangladeshi media outlets report that former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, along with another former senior official, was sentenced to death today, November 17, by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) for crimes against humanity. They were convicted for ordering and directing the violent suppress

News Global Arakan Network November 17, 2025 U Abul Lar Chein, 55 (Photo - APM) A local Muslim man in Maungdaw Township lost his right leg after stepping on a landmine reportedly planted by the extremist Islamist militant groups ARSA/RSO. The explosion occurred at approximately 4:00 p.m. on November 17. The victim has been identified as U Abul Lar Chein, 55, a resident of Nganchaung Mrauk Vil