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Residents of Rakhine State’s Kyaukphyu Township are grappling with food and medicine shortages amid a junta blockade as the rebel Arakan Army approaches. [1]

The ethnic Arakan Army (AA) has advanced to within 5 kilometers of Kyaukphyu, a Chinese investment hub and one of only three towns in Rakhine State still under Myanmar junta control. (confirmed by 2 sources) [2]

Myanmar’s junta is racing to assure Chinese officials that it can ensure security on the border and elsewhere in the country since the Arakan Army encircled the site of a US$ 8 billion investment project in Rakhine State considered to be the pearl of... [3]

Mizzima The Myanmar junta carried out an airstrike on Kyaung Phi village, Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State on 28 November morning, killing seven people, including one child, and injuring 14 others. [4]

Mizzima Heavy fighting around Kyaukphyu in Rakhine State has caused heavy losses among junta troops, with the Arakan Army (AA) reportedly gaining the upper hand, according to military sources. [5]

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[1] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-12-04 · 100% match

Food, Medicine Shortages Hit Rakhine’s Kyaukphyu

Residents of Rakhine State’s Kyaukphyu Township are grappling with food and medicine shortages amid a junta blockade as the rebel Arakan Army approaches.

[2] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2025-06-11 · 100% match

Myanmar Junta Reinforces Kyaukphyu as AA Nears China-Backed SEZ Hub

The ethnic Arakan Army (AA) has advanced to within 5 kilometers of Kyaukphyu, a Chinese investment hub and one of only three towns in Rakhine State still under Myanmar junta control.

[3] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2024-04-02 · 100% match

Myanmar Junta Scrambling to Hang on to Pearl of Economic Partnership With China

Myanmar’s junta is racing to assure Chinese officials that it can ensure security on the border and elsewhere in the country since the Arakan Army encircled the site of a US$ 8 billion investment project in Rakhine State considered to be the pearl of

[4] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-11-30 · 100% match

Myanmar junta airstrike kills seven and injures dozens in Rakhine State

Mizzima The Myanmar junta carried out an airstrike on Kyaung Phi village, Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State on 28 November morning, killing seven people, including one child, and injuring 14 others.

[5] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-11-22 · 100% match

AA gains upper hand over Myanmar junta in heavy fighting near Kyaukphyu

Mizzima Heavy fighting around Kyaukphyu in Rakhine State has caused heavy losses among junta troops, with the Arakan Army (AA) reportedly gaining the upper hand, according to military sources.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-07-20 · 100% match

Chinese-backed Power Plants Cease Operations in Western Myanmar

Three of four Chinese-backed liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plants in Rakhine State’s Kyaukphyu Township in western Myanmar have ceased operation.

[7] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2026-01-10 · 100% match

Arakan Army advances on Kyaukphyu town, seizes strategic supply routes

Mizzima Intense fighting between the Arakan Army (AA) and junta forces has escalated significantly in Kyaukphyu Township, with the AA reportedly gaining control of the critical road linking the town to the Dhanyawadi Naval Base.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2013-05-14 · 100% match

When the Lights Go Out in an Arakan Township, Is Corruption to Blame?

Despite Kyaukphyu Township in Arakan State being granted US $10 million to improve its electricity supply by a Chinese firm, the area suffers regular blackouts, Narinjara News reported on Tuesday.

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-03-19 · 95% match

Rohingya among worst-hit during clashes in Arakan State

File Photo Mizzima In its latest Burma Coup Watch for the month of February ALTSEAN Burma highlighted the suffering of the Rohingya under the Myanmar junta On 12 February, the Rohingya Human Rights Initiative (ROHRingya) reported that fighting betwee

[10] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2015-04-30 · 87% match

Madae Islanders Claim Premature End to Pipeline Development Assistance

RANGOON — Residents of Madae Island in Arakan State have criticized Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE) and the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), claiming that regional development assistance promised to local communities has been premat

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