Currently, the military junta is in deep trouble in Rakhine.

The United Nations (UN) calls on the Myanmar government to allow “rapid and unimpeded” humanitarian access to Rakhine State, where fighting between government troops and autonomy-seeking rebels has displaced thousands of people.

The Rakhine State government has banned all humanitarian assistance groups from villages in northern Rakhine State where renewed violence recently has sparked security concerns, reports Myanmar Times.

Myanmar police shoot dead seven demonstrators, while 12 are injured in troubled Rakhine State, after a local gathering celebrating an ancient Buddhist Arakan kingdom turns violent.

The two Reuters journalists who were detained in Myanmar on December 12 have appeared in court and been remanded in custody, a police spokesman says.