Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 21, 2025 Evening
📌📌 1. Summary Report on PRF International Contributions: Singapore, Myanmar, the United States, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Japan ranked as the largest contributors
August 21
According to the PRF International Support Forces’ country-by-country contribution summary, Singapore, Myanmar, the United States, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and Japan stand at the top as the countries providing the highest levels of financial support.
Just as PDFs exist across the whole nation, PRF has a global presence with support members located worldwide. Among these support forces, PRF has identified and highlighted the countries with the largest number of contributing members and the highest financial contributions during July 2025.
PRF announced that the contributions made during July 2025 will be allocated to sustain PDF battalions/columns, covering their operational and general expenses. Once these resources are delivered to the People’s Defense Forces, detailed reports will also be published on PRF platforms for accountability.
In July 2025 alone, there were 22,451 contributing members, and the total financial support reached USD 657,083.
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📌📌 2. Myanmar Communities in Melbourne to Stage Demonstration for the Release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and All Political Prisoners
August 21
It has been learned that Myanmar communities in Melbourne will organize a demonstration calling for the release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners.
The protest demanding the freedom of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners will take place in Melbourne, Australia, on August 24.
Alongside this demand, participants will also demonstrate against ongoing military airstrikes in ethnic regions, voice support for U Kyaw Moe Tun to continue serving as Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and protest against the junta’s sham elections and its campaign of terror.
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📌📌 3. Justice For Myanmar Urges Europe, Canada, the UK, and the US to Impose Sanctions on the Junta’s Newly Created “National Security and Peace Commission” Designed to Evade International Sanctions
August 21
Justice For Myanmar (JFM) has called on Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States to impose sanctions on the junta’s newly created National Security and Peace Commission (NSPC), which was deliberately established to bypass existing international sanctions.
According to JFM, the illegal Myanmar military junta dissolved its so-called State Administration Council (SAC)—which had combined executive, legislative, and judicial powers—and reconstituted it as the National Security and Peace Commission (NSPC). JFM highlighted that this maneuver was a calculated attempt to create an alarming loophole that would enable the junta to circumvent international sanctions.
The NSPC is chaired by junta leader Min Aung Hlaing with Soe Win as deputy chair. Both are sanctioned military criminals under measures imposed by Canada, the EU, the UK, the US, and Australia. JFM noted that all ten members of the NSPC are already subject to at least one form of sanction or designation by international jurisdictions.
JFM further revealed that the creation of the NSPC has already provided the junta with a loophole to engage in lobbying activities abroad. The junta reportedly hired the US-based public relations firm DCI Group under a one-year contract worth USD 3 million in an effort to rebuild relations with the US government and launder its international image.
Although the junta signed the agreement with DCI Group on July 4, when the SAC was still formally in place, the NSPC was only created on July 31. JFM underlined that this timing suggests the junta deliberately dissolved the SAC to exploit a sanctions loophole, allowing the DCI contract to remain valid under the newly renamed body.
JFM stressed that the international community must not allow the junta to escape accountability simply by rebranding the SAC as the NSPC. Sanctions are a critical tool to hold human rights violators, perpetrators of international crimes, and aspiring dictators to account. Governments must ensure that sanctions cannot be evaded through technical maneuvers.
JFM spokesperson Yadanar Maung stated:
“It is essential that Canada, the EU, the UK, and the US act swiftly to sanction the NSPC, oppose the junta’s sham election, coordinate targeted sanctions, and enforce a global arms embargo. They must also block the junta’s access to funds, weapons, technology, and aviation fuel supply chains.”
JFM also recalled that:
- The US sanctioned the SAC on May 17, 2021,
- The UK on June 21, 2021,
- The EU on November 8, 2022,
- And Canada on October 31, 2023.
Those sanctions covered all entities under SAC control, including illegally seized ministries and state-owned enterprises.
Since renaming the SAC as the NSPC on July 31, the junta has intensified its campaign of terror against the people of Myanmar—escalating indiscriminate airstrikes, bombings, arbitrary arrests, torture, and widespread scorched-earth offensives that have devastated entire communities. JFM warned that the junta’s atrocities are worsening under the new NSPC structure and urged immediate international action.
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📌📌 4. “Royal Road” at Dagon University Renamed as “Wut Yay Road” in Honor of Fallen Student Leader Ma Wut Yay Aung
August 21
The Interim Council of Dagon University has officially designated that “Royal Road” within the university campus be renamed as “Wut Yay Road.”
Former Central Executive Member (Joint Secretary) of the Dagon University Students’ Union, Ma Wut Yay Aung, died with dignity on June 20, 2025, inside Insein Prison as a result of the unlawful oppression and torture inflicted by the military dictatorship and its machinery, while actively working for the eradication of tyranny and the building of a new democratic state.
According to the Dagon University Interim Council, Ma Wut Yay Aung, with her revolutionary spirit and commitment, stood together with students and the wider public, bravely carrying the banner of the Students’ Union and fighting resolutely against the military dictatorship.
The Interim Council stated that they will forever remember and honor the sacrifice of Ma Wut Yay Aung. In recognition of her courageous death, her revolutionary conviction, and her unwavering spirit, the Council announced the renaming of “Royal Road” to “Wut Yay Road” within Dagon University.
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📌📌 5. Bridge Successfully Constructed in Yinmarbin Township Through Local Taxes, Community Efforts, and Donor Contributions
August 21
It has been reported that a bridge has been successfully constructed in Yinmarbin District, Yinmarbin Township, Sagaing Region through the combined use of township tax revenue, the collective efforts of local villagers, and the support of donors.
According to the Yinmarbin Township Administration Committee, a budget of 10,828,000 kyats from township tax revenue and 50 bags of cement were supplemented with the voluntary participation of local residents, enabling the successful completion of the bridge.
The bridge now allows motorcycles and emergency health vehicles to pass year-round, regardless of seasonal weather conditions.
This report was contributed by Radio NUG correspondents Tharki and Ko Khant.
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