An Indian construction worker died while being taken hostage with several compatriots by insurgents in Myanmar's conflict-scarred Rakhine state, rebels and the government said Monday.

Indian worker dies in Myanmar rebel operation

A Plan International aid worker was shot by Myanmar security forces in Rakhine state, the army said Tuesday, the first time an NGO employee has been swept up in violence plaguing the area.

Myanmar NGO worker shot in restive Rakhine state

An internet blackout in parts of Myanmar could be cover for "gross human rights violations" in an area where a brutal army crackdown has already forced hundreds of thousands of Rohingya to flee, a UN rights investigator said.

United Nation fears Myanmar human rights abuses in internet shutdown

Seven people were killed when artillery rounds slammed into a monastery where they were sheltering from firefights between military and insurgent forces in Myanmar's Rakhine state, witnesses said Tuesday.

Seven killed in Myanmar monastery shelling: Witnesses

The United Nations said about 2,500 people had been driven from their homes since early December when clashes broke out with the Arakan Army.

Myanmar says police attacked as western fighting displaces thousands

Unlike the Rohingya Muslims who live in the same state, the Rakhine are recognised by the government as an ethnic group but are often marginalised under a system that favours the dominant Bamar (Burmese)

Who are Myanmar's Rakine?