Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Aug 29, 2025 Morning
📌📌 1. NUG Condemns the Terrorist Military’s Bombing and Destruction of Gote Htate Bridge
August 28
Radio NUG
The Interim Board of Heritage Administration (IBHA) under the National Unity Government (NUG) announced that after the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) had taken control of the Gote Htate Bridge located on the Mandalay–Lashio railway in northern Shan State, the terrorist military carried out consecutive attacks using aircraft and heavy artillery.
The IBHA further stated that on August 20, 2024, the bridge had already been officially designated in its Northern Shan State Interim Heritage List–1 as part of the industrial and natural heritage under Declaration No. 6/2024.
Reports emerged on August 24, 2025, that the Gote Htate Bridge had been bombed and destroyed. Following this, TNLA officials clarified that they deeply valued the heritage site, intended only to maintain and preserve it, and had not violated any prohibitions outlined in Declaration No. 6/2024. They stressed that the destruction was instead carried out by the terrorist military for its own military and political purposes.
In addition, the terrorist military had earlier destroyed several heritage structures in northern Shan State in June 2024, including the Koleit Railway Bridge, the Mansan Suspension Bridge, the Manpwe Bridge, and the Swutlan Bridge. Between February 28, 2022, and August 15, 2024, a total of 231 cultural and religious heritage sites were destroyed in 231 attacks. This included burning down villages in the ancient Pyu heritage cities listed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, conducting airstrikes in the Bagan Cultural Zone, bombing monasteries in Sagaing Region, Mandalay Region, and Mon State, and, most recently, carrying out bombings in the heritage areas of Mrauk-U on August 25, 2025.
The IBHA expressed deep regret over the destruction of the Gote Htate Bridge, strongly condemned the terrorist military’s acts of cultural devastation, pledged to implement protective measures as laid out in Declaration No. 6/2024, and reaffirmed that it would work together with allied organizations to safeguard heritage sites.
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📌📌 2. Central Committee Meeting on Interim Local People’s Administration Implementation Convened under the Leadership of the Union Prime Minister
August 28
Radio NUG
The National Unity Government’s Central Committee for Interim Local People’s Administration Implementation held its 30th meeting of 2025 on August 28 at 10:00 a.m.
At the meeting, the Chairperson of the Central Committee and Union Prime Minister, Mahn Win Khaing Than, delivered the opening remarks.
Subsequently, committee members presented progress updates on the tasks set in meeting 29/2025, discussed the remaining processes still to be implemented, and ministry representatives attending the session provided extensive reports on their respective administrative undertakings.
The meeting was chaired by Union Prime Minister Mahn Win Khaing Than and attended by Union Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, Associate Permanent Secretaries, and other departmental officials. It concluded successfully at around 12:00 noon.
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📌📌 3. 17 Myanmar Workers Dismissed from Employment Receive a Total of 130,000 Baht in Compensation with the Support of MHAC Alliance and NUG
August 28
Radio NUG
According to Ko Ye Min of AAC, in a factory in Nakhon Pathom Province, Thailand, a Thai female clerk who was not an official scribe had collected 3,000 baht from each worker along with their documents at the time of recruitment, claiming that it was for transferring them to a new employer.
Although payment had been made, on July 15 the factory had not processed any employer transfers, and consequently the work permits of 17 workers expired. Nearly four months later, all 17 workers were dismissed from their jobs.
The affected workers sought help from the MHAC Alliance Group, led by Ko Ye Min of AAC, which then coordinated with officials from the NUG Ministry of Labour to provide assistance.
As a result, legal complaints were filed at the local labor protection offices concerned. On August 26, the workers recovered not only the money previously taken from them for employer transfers but also 130,000 baht in compensation and supporting documents.
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📌📌 4. Justice For Myanmar and ICJ Norway File Complaint Against Telenor in Norway for Breaching Myanmar Sanctions
August 28
Radio NUG
Justice For Myanmar (JFM) announced that together with ICJ Norway, it has filed a complaint against Telenor and the Telenor Myanmar management team for violations of Norway’s Myanmar-related sanctions between 2018 and 2022.
The complaint was formally submitted to the Norwegian police on December 19, 2024. It states that if Telenor has breached the “Myanmar regulations” (Myanmarforskriften) of Norway, the company will be held accountable in court.
Norwegian broadcaster NRK has widely reported Telenor’s role—including allegations that after the attempted military coup in Myanmar, the company shared highly sensitive network data with the junta—through its website (nrk.no), podcasts, TV, and radio programs.
NRK’s coverage also included news articles and interviews about the complaint filed by JFM and ICJ Norway.
According to the complaint, Telenor breached sanctions in the following ways:
(a) From 2018 to 2021, Telenor assisted in the installation, maintenance, and construction of surveillance equipment that had been sanctioned due to its links to Myanmar’s government surveillance and intelligence centers, which came under junta control after February 1, 2021.
(b) After the junta’s coup attempt on February 1, 2021, Telenor transferred surveillance equipment on March 25, 2022 to a subsidiary of M1 Group as part of its divestment of operations in Myanmar.
(c) Telenor handed over sensitive personal user data, exposing customers to significant risks, to the military junta.
“Telenor knowingly handed over personal data to the illegal terrorist junta under the supervision of Ko Jin Mi and Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw, and this must be thoroughly investigated. The company’s conduct has contributed to crimes against humanity, and a full investigation is urgently needed,” said Ma Yadanar Maung, spokesperson for Justice For Myanmar.
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📌📌 5. Two People Killed by Landslide at Paunglaung, Border of Naypyitaw and Southern Shan State
August 28
Radio NUG
According to local reports, continuous heavy rainfall struck Eden Village, Thapyaykone tract, Paunglaung New Town, Paunglaung Township—situated on the border between Naypyitaw and southern Shan State—from the evening of August 26. By around 2:00 a.m. on August 27, landslide floods descended from the hills and struck houses.
Residents who were asleep inside their homes were unable to escape the sudden rush of floodwaters. A woman in her fifties and a man in his twenties lost their lives.
“The flood came down suddenly and in full force. Since the houses were built on the hillside, there was no way to escape once the water surged. One house above collapsed and crushed the one below. Of the mother and son trapped inside, only the son’s body was recovered. The mother is receiving treatment in hospital,” said a rescue worker involved in the operations.
Relief groups have been transferring affected residents to temporary shelters and providing assistance. As the floodwaters have since receded, some villagers have been able to return home.
Similarly, flooding has also occurred in Tatkon Township and Pyinmana Township in Naypyitaw, where hundreds of residents in low-lying areas have been affected.
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📌📌 6. People’s Pawnshop Vocational Program Invites Trainees for Traditional Karen Weaving and Embroidery Course
August 28
Radio NUG
The People’s Pawnshop Vocational Training Department is now recruiting trainees for a new Traditional Karen Weaving and Handmade Embroidery Training Course, scheduled to open soon.
The training aims to provide women—particularly those displaced during the Spring Revolution by SAC oppression—with livelihood skills in traditional crafts.
Applications are open to family members of CDM soldiers and police on the Thai-Myanmar border, civilian CDM participants, and politically active women. Special encouragement is being given to women whose family members suffered injuries or disabilities.
The course will train participants to independently practice traditional Karen weaving and embroidery. Classes will run five days per week for 16 weeks.
This report was contributed by Radio NUG correspondents Khur Shel and Padeh Phoe.
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