Myanmar Military News Updates – Aug 09, 2025 Morning
🚩🚩 1. New Mon State Party (Anti-Dictatorship) / Central Command of the Ramanya Mon Army Marks the 78th Mon Revolution Day
August 8
Radio NUG
The New Mon State Party (Anti-Dictatorship) / Central Command of the Ramanya Mon Army announced that on August 8, 2025, it commemorated Mon Revolution Day in a liberated area.
The ceremony was attended by leaders and comrades from the NMSP-AD/RMA. As part of the programme, a 21-gun salute was fired in honour of Mon Revolution Day.
Participants then saluted the Mon National Flag and read aloud the names of fallen comrades, paying tribute to the patriotic leaders and fighters who had sacrificed their lives throughout the revolutionary struggle.
In the ceremony, Nai Byar Lae, Secretary of the NMSP-AD/RMA, delivered the opening speech to attendees and comrades. Afterwards, Major General Salun Thaw, the Commander-in-Chief, read the official statement marking the 78th Mon Revolution Day, and Deputy Commander-in-Chief Ma Ga read the congratulatory message sent by the NMSP-AD/RMA Chairperson for the occasion.
To honour the fallen comrades, responsible officers offered alms and poured ceremonial water in dedication to them. It was also reported that in other battalions and units, 78th Mon Revolution Day ceremonies were held in their respective areas.
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🚩🚩 2. Ceremony Commemorating the 37th Anniversary of the 8.8.88 People’s Uprising Held at the Northern Headquarters (La Khun Mambwam) Hall
August 8
Radio NUG
On August 8, 2025, the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF), Northern Headquarters, held a ceremony at the La Khun Mambwam hall to mark the 37th Anniversary of the 8.8.88 People’s Uprising.
The programme included saluting the Red Peacock Flag and paying respects to fallen comrades, delivering commemorative speeches about the 8.8.88 People’s Uprising, and holding a performance competition.
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🚩🚩 3. BLDF Holds 8.8.88 Anniversary Ceremonies and Discussions in Military Areas
August 8
Radio NUG
The Bamar People’s Liberation Democratic Front (BLDF) announced that to mark the 37th Anniversary of the 8.8.88 People’s Uprising, ceremonies were held in the rear camps of BLDF military areas.
The ceremonies included saluting the flag, paying respects to monks, nuns, civilians, students, and people from all walks of life who had given their lives in successive democratic struggles, and observing a one-minute silence in remembrance.
During the events, speakers recounted the history of the 8.8.88 People’s Uprising and the demands made by the people during the movement. They also discussed the need to continue the struggle until unfinished historical responsibilities are fulfilled. Villagers, local people, and comrades participated in the discussions.
In addition, the BLDF explained its political stance and basic political objectives—emerging from the Spring Revolution—as well as updates on current military operations and local governance development in its controlled areas.
The BLDF stated that although the 8.8.88 People’s Uprising succeeded in overthrowing the one-party dictatorship, the military dictatorship still remains deeply rooted in Myanmar. Unless the three pillars of military control—the military government, the military clique, and the military bureaucracy—are completely dismantled, the country will not be able to escape from military rule. As long as the military dictatorship endures, it will be impossible to build a Federal Democratic Union or an inclusive, peaceful, stable, and developed society for all ethnic nationalities.
Therefore, the BLDF declared that it will continue to uphold the historical responsibilities of the 8.8.88 People’s Uprising and the aspirations of the ethnic nationalities to completely eradicate the military dictatorship and establish a Federal Democratic Union.
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🚩🚩 4. On the 78th Mon Revolution Day, MSRF Holds Ceremony to Appoint Commanders and Issue Weapons to Newly Graduated Commanders
August 8
Radio NUG
The Mon State Revolutionary Force (MSRF) held a ceremony on August 8 — which fell on the full-moon day of Wakhau — to mark the 78th Mon Revolution Day. At a MSRF camp in a liberated area, the MSRF conducted a two-part program that included the formal appointment of commanders (locally referred to as Ye-baw, a title for revolutionary commanders) to their posts and the presentation/issuance of weapons to newly graduated Ye-baw, the statement said.
Program (1) opened with tributes to the heroes who have sacrificed their lives throughout the history of the Mon revolutionary struggle and to MSRF martyrs. The Chair of the Mon State Federal Council (MSFC) Administrative Committee delivered an address. The MSFC and the Department of Defense (DoD) issued and had read their proclamation marking the 78th Mon Revolution Day. MSRF corps commander Major Bo Duwagun gave a speech. A congratulatory message sent by Ye-baw Saw Da, Commander of Formation (33) in the Southern Region Military Area No. 3, was read aloud by a responsible officer from Formation (33). A congratulatory message from the Mon State Defence Force (MSDF) was also presented during Program (1).
Program (2) comprised the formal investiture of rank and responsibilities and the arming of newly graduated Ye-baw by the MSRF. The Chair of the MSFC Administrative Committee delivered remarks, and MSRF corps commander Major Bo Duwagun presented weapons to the newly graduated commanders and conferred their appointments. Both parts of the ceremony were reported to have been successfully completed.
Attendees included officials from the Mon State Federal Council (MSFC), MSRF leaders, responsible officers from Formation (33) of the Southern Region Military Area, representatives from the Young People’s Defence Force (YPDF), Kawkareik People’s Defence Force (KPDF), Young Guerrilla Force (YGF), and Ye-baw and representatives from Unit (1) of the All Burma Students’ Democratic Front (ABSDF), together with allied revolutionary forces.
The MSRF held the 78th Mon Revolution Day ceremony to honor Mon revolutionary martyrs and reaffirmed that, together with other ethnic nationalities, the MSRF will continue to fight the military dictatorship until a genuine federal democratic union is born.
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🚩🚩 5. Heavy Fighting in Phakant — One Woman Killed, Five Wounded by Heavy Weapons Fire; Two Men Found Dead from Gunshot Wounds
August 8
Radio NUG
Military sources report that intense, daily clashes are ongoing in Phakant township, Kachin State. Heavy weapons fire from junta forces struck nearby villages, killing one woman and wounding five civilians.
At around 9:00 p.m. on August 7, artillery or heavy weapons stationed at the junta’s position in Phakant shelled toward Sintaung village and the Sut Taung Kon area with six rounds. As a result, a woman identified as Daw Bwamsam was killed. The following persons were reported injured: Ma La Shi Dwe Lain, Major Sine Ywel Ain, Maung Moon Lat Naw, Maung Jon Lwan, and Major Sine Thwel Nu Pan.
Sources say that since junta troops arrived in Phakant township more than two years ago, over 60 civilians have been killed and more than 150 have been injured.
Also, at about 1:00 a.m. on August 7, heavy fighting occurred around Phakant town and the villages of Swut Ngai Yan, Mawmankalay and Ngaungpin Kon between combined KIA and KPDF units and junta forces together with the Shan Nationalities Army (SNA) allied units. Around 4:00 p.m. on the same day, the junta reportedly carried out an airstrike near Mawmankalay village.
Furthermore, at around 10:00 a.m. on August 8, local residents reported that two men were found dead of gunshot wounds near Hintin village in Phakant township.
The bodies were left unattended and unclaimed; because family members could not be reached, a local rescue team handled the retrieval and rites. According to a local resident, “The bodies show fatal gunshot wounds; the skulls are opened and there are bruises around their faces,” the source said.
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🚩🚩 6. Junta Forces Drop Bombs from Paramotor-Engine Paraglider into Kote Taung Pagoda Compound, Letkyi Yoke Village, In Taw Tract, Yenangyaung Township
August 8
Radio NUG
Junta forces dropped bombs from a paramotor-engine paraglider into the Kote Taung Pagoda compound (locally known as the North Monastery Pagoda) in Letkyi Yoke Village, In Taw Tract, Yenangyaung Township.
At about 4:15 p.m. on August 8, without any revolutionary forces present in the area, junta troops flew over the Kote Taung Pagoda compound in Letkyi Yoke Village and dropped three bombs from a paramotor paraglider, according to reports.
One of the bombs struck the stupa, damaging it, and an innocent civilian — identified as Ma Soe Yain Yar — was injured, the People’s Defence Force – Yenangyaung announced.
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🚩🚩 7. “Conscripts Are Sent to the Front in Kyaukphyu Battles, and If They Die, They Are Abandoned” — Testimony from a Defector
August 8
Radio NUG
In the ongoing battles in Kyaukphyu Township, Rakhine State, conscripted soldiers are being forcibly sent to the front lines, and if they are killed, their bodies are abandoned without proper burial, according to Maung Maung Win, a junta soldier who defected to the Arakan Army (AA).
Maung Maung Win is originally from Diparyone Village, Ponngyun Township, Rakhine State, but had been living in Thingangyun Village, Mingaladon Township, Yangon Region.
On March 5 of this year, in the late afternoon, after finishing his shift at a factory in the Ahlone Industrial Zone in Mingaladon Township, he visited a friend’s home. Around 11:00 p.m., while returning, he was accused by the ward administrator and his team of being a motorcycle thief and handed over to the military.
He was then sent to Military Training School No. 1 (Jo Phyu) in Hmawbi Township, where he attended the 11th batch of conscript training. After completing the course, he was deployed to the front lines in Kyaukphyu Township, Rakhine State. On July 31, he defected to the AA from there.
He stated that in Kyaukphyu, the junta forces force new conscripts to fight on the front lines, and if they are killed, only a shallow grave is dug, they are buried without proper rites, and their bodies are treated “like those of dead dogs or pigs.”
“Whenever there is a clash with the AA, they push the conscripts to the front. If they die, their bodies are dragged by the head and buried. The grave is just about the size of one small mound of dirt. From a distance, I could see the bodies of my friends lying there. It was heartbreaking,” he said.
He added that conscripts are told that if they refuse to fight, they will be shot dead on the spot, and if they retreat after losing, they will also be attacked by their own side.
These military news updates were sent in by Radio NUG correspondents Thar Ki and Khur Shel.