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News Global Arakan Network December 20, 2025 Migratory Birds in Arakan It has been learned that, starting from this winter season, the Arakan People's Revolutionary Government is taking measures to prevent the capture and sale of winter migratory birds in townships and villages across the Rakhine (Arakan) region. In the townships controlled by the Arakan Army (AA), the Arakan People's Revolutionary G

News Global Arakan Network December 18, 2025 Illegal Fishermen Nine Bangladeshi nationals who illegally entered Arakan territorial waters to poach fish, along with two fishing trawlers, have been arrested again by the Arakan People's Revolution Government’s Coast Guard Security Force (ACG). The arrests occurred this morning around 7:00 AM near the shore of Alel Thankyaw in Maungdaw Township, wh

News Global Arakan Network December 17, 2025 A Major is among those killed when an Arakan Army artillery shell hit a group that was taking commemorative photos inside the Kyaukphyu Township's Minpwin Radar Station compound. It has been learned that among those killed by a direct hit from a heavy weapon fired by the Arakan Army while they were taking commemorative photos inside the Minpwin Radar Station

News Global Arakan Network December 16, 2025 A coalition of ethnic armed organizations, Three Brotherhood members, has issued a stark condemnation of Myanmar's military junta on December 16, accusing it of committing war crimes through deliberate airstrikes on civilian infrastructure across Rakhine State, including a devastating attack on a public hospital. In a joint statement released today, the Myan

News Global Arakan Network December 16, 2025 A victim of the airstrike in Ngalunzu Lower Village (Photocrd: AMP) The death toll from an airstrike on Ngalunzu Upper and Lower villages in Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State, has risen to nine after one of the injured civilians died while undergoing medical treatment, according to local sources. The victim was identified as U Maung Than Kyi (41), a

Kyaw Zan, Opinion Global Arakan Network December 15, 2025 Women Fighter and Voter in Myanmar (photocrd) The junta in Naypyidaw wants to stage an election. They call it a roadmap, a return to civilian rule, a way out of the mess they created when they tore up the 2020 results. From where we sit in the hills and along the coast, it looks more like a desperate trick to paint lipstick on a corpse

News Global Arakan Network December 15, 2025 In Rakhine State, within Maungdaw Township, Arakan Bay News has observed that the Arakan People's Health Department is conducting on-the-ground field activities to provide free vaccinations to young children. It has been learned that the Arakkha Health Department is administering vaccinations to children in Maungdaw Township from the age of 2 months up to 5 years. The

News Global Arakan Network December 15, 2025 I slamist Militants and Locaiton of the Attack The Arakan Army (AA), the armed wing of the United League of Arakan (ULA), issued a statement on December 15 mentioning Islamist extremist militants of launching a surprise attack on one of its border security posts along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border. According to the statement from the AA's News and Informa

News Global Arakan Network December 15, 2025 The United League of Arakan (ULA), the political wing of the Arakan Army (AA), released a formal letter of gratitude on December 14 , expressing profound thanks to international bodies, governments, and organizations for condemning Myanmar's military junta over a devastating airstrike on a civilian hospital. The attack occurred on December 10—International Hum

News Global Arakan Network December 14, 2025 Newly Built Bridge and Paletwa Areas It has been learned that the Arakkha People's Revolutionary Government constructed a bridge on the road to the middle school in Myitwa Village, Paletwa Township, for public use. According to the village administrator of Myitwa Village, construction of the bridge took from December 5 to 13. He said the bridge is 54 feet long and 8 feet

Opinion Global Arakan Network December 13, 2025 Junta Spokeman and Press Statement on Mrauk-U Hospital Killing Yesterday, on December 12, the generals in Naypyidaw rushed out a press statement. They tried hard to defend the bombing of Mrauk-U General Hospital just two days earlier. Their excuses boiled down to two weak claims. First, they said the hospital had closed after they lost control of the t

News Global Arakan Network December 12, 2025 Civilians Killed by Junta Air Strikes The Arakan Army (AA) announced today that 8 people were killed and about 10 others injured when the Military Council carried out another airstrike using a jet fighter on Upper and Lower Ngalunzu village cluster in Kyaukphyu Township. The statement said that on 11 December 2025 at 7:34 p.m., in the same manner as the bombing of Mrauk-U

News Global Arakan Network December 11, 2025 On December 10, 2025 — International Human Rights Day — a Myanmar junta fighter jet dropped bombs on the 300-bed Mrauk-U General Hospital in Rakhine State, completely destroying the facility and killing at least 33 civilians (mostly patients) while injuring more than 70 others, according to witnesses, aid workers, and the Arakan Army (AA). The UN High Commission

Breaking News Global Arakan Network December 11, 2025 Destroyed Hospital Infrastracture and Dead Bodies In Rakhine State, the terrorist Myanmar Air Force brutally and inhumanely bombed Mrauk-U Public Hospital in Mrauk-U town on December 10, 2025, killing 31 innocent civilians, including patients who were receiving treatment inside the hospital, and injuring more than 60 others. On December 10, 2025, at approxi

News Global Arakan Network December 10, 2025 Marking the 77th International Human Rights Day, the Humanitarian and Development Coordination Office (HDCO) of the United League of Arakan (ULA)/Arakkha Government issued a damning statement accusing the Myanmar military junta and Islamist extremist groups of killing at least 1,152 civilians and injuring 2,153 others across Arakan (Rakhine State between 13

News Global Arakan Network December 10, 2025 The Union Election Commission (UEC), under the military council, has disqualified U Tin Htoo Aung, the candidate for Rakhine Ethnic Affairs Representative in the Yangon Region legislature, according to sources. On November 21, the UEC notified the Yangon Region Election Sub-commission that it had disqualified U Tin Htoo Aung as a candidate. He was removed from

Aung Naing Lin, Opinion Global Arakan Network December 10, 2025 Photo Credit to Arakan Bay News Arakan has never been a land for one people only. It is the shared home of Arakanese Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Chin, Mro, Thet, Khumi, Khumei, Daingnet, and Mramagyi. Temples, mosques, and shrines sit side by side. Children of different faiths play in the same streets. This diversity is not a problem; it i

News Global Arakan Network December 9, 2025 Child Receiving Vaccination and AHD Logo In Paletwa Township and Sami Township within Paletwa District, the Arakkha Health Department is providing the second round of free vaccinations to children (both from military and civilian families) aged from 2 months to 5 years old, according to the health department. This vaccination campaign started on December 7 this mon

Article Translation Global Arakan Network December 8, 2025 Deputy Township Administrator, La La Mya (photocrd) A 59-year-old man with deep black eyes, brown skin, a somewhat short stature, and an ordinary appearance has now taken up the position of Deputy Township Administrator in Buthidaung Township, Maungdaw District, which is under the control of the Arakan Army (AA). His name is U La La Mya.

Aung Naing Lin, Opinion Global Arakan Network December 5, 2025 Muslim Women in Northern Arakan, Then and Now (photocrd) A few weeks ago, a photo series called “Once Upon A Time” went viral. Old black-and-white pictures showed Muslim women in northern Arakan wearing the same ein-phyit htapin and tiny blouses that Arakanese women loved. Same hairstyle, same thanaka on cheeks, same easy smile. No one