The site lies in Rakhine state, an isolated region at the western corner of Myanmar, with poor infrastructure and, in recent years, terrible headlines. Mrauk U's history helps explain why Rakhine ...

At least 735 civilians have been killed and more than 1,500 injured by Myanmar's military junta and its allies in Rakhine State over the past year, according to a report by the United League of Arakan ...

The UNDP is warning of an "unprecedented disaster" for the people of Rakhine, as fighting between the Arakan Army and the Myanmar military drags on. Relatively free from foreign influence ...

A fresh outbreak of violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state has caused hundreds of thousands of Rohingya civilians to flee to Bangladesh. The exodus began on 25 August after Rohingya militants ...

Myanmar’s Rakhine state, home to the Rohingya minority and engulfed in conflict between government forces and a powerful ethnic group, could face an imminent acute famine, the United Nations ...

Myanmar's junta is pushing back with a new tactic after sustaining heavy losses in the western state of Rakhine. Military forces have found themselves cornered by the Arakan Army, an ethnic ...

Starting in November last year, Myanmar's ethnic rebel group Arakan Army (AA) has gained control of 11 of Rakhine's 17 townships in Rakhine, with the latest being Maundaw, a major township of the ...

As the situation in Myanmar's Rakhine state has become somewhat peaceful, there has been no loud sound of shells from the Myanmar side for the past few days near the Teknaf border in Cox's Bazar. From ...

The capture by the Arakan Army makes the group’s control of the northern part of Rakhine state complete and marks another advance in its bid for self-rule there. Rakhine has become a focal point ...

After six months, the township of Maungdaw has fallen to the AA, while fighting continues in the south of the state. The ethnic Buddhist militia seems set to establish its own state and many fear ...