Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Sep 07, 2025 Morning
📌📌 1. Revolutionary forces in Myanmar preparing nationwide coordinated offensives
September 7
Radio NUG
According to the 4th Anniversary Report of the People’s Resistance War, released on September 7, the Ministry of Defense of the National Unity Government (NUG) stated that preparations are underway to launch coordinated military operations across the country in order to bring about a major turning point in the revolution.
The report explained that the People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) have been established and deployed nationwide, while allied ethnic revolutionary organizations continue to engage in active combat. Together, these efforts are creating favorable conditions for a decisive shift.
Preparations include organizing and training military units, raising funds, and stockpiling ammunition and explosives. In particular, priority has been given to strengthening military structures. While in the early stages of the revolution, PDFs were formed with limited time and resources, they are now being reinforced through systematic training, organization, hierarchical command structures, and delegated responsibilities, alongside financial and arms procurement efforts.
The report emphasized that the people regard the junta as the “enemy of the nation”, pointing out that its military leaders are not true patriots but merely power-hungry tyrants who would rather see the country enslaved by foreigners than lose their control. During the Spring Revolution, the people took up arms under the belief that “death is better than being a slave to the military,” fighting to end military dictatorship.
At present, ethnic revolutionary forces in northern Myanmar are facing pressure from neighboring countries, which has forced them to reduce offensives. The junta has attempted to exploit this by launching counter-offensives in certain areas. Nevertheless, revolutionary forces have been effectively countering with guerilla warfare, mobile tactics, and strategic repositioning, according to the statement.
The report further noted that the sham election planned by the junta later this year is nothing more than an attempt to legitimize its unlawful seizure of power. However, such moves will only strengthen revolutionary unity and intensify the People’s Resistance War.
The Ministry of Defense stated that while the path to democratic transformation will inevitably involve great challenges, these can be overcome through wisdom, determination, and courage. It stressed the importance of strengthening unity and leadership among revolutionary forces, and maintaining a clear and decisive revolutionary roadmap with the aim of completely dismantling military dictatorship.
The NUG and the PDF reaffirmed their determination to continue working hand in hand with revolutionary forces to push forward toward the goals of the revolution as the People’s Resistance War reaches its fourth anniversary.
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📌📌 2. Interim Local People’s Administration Central Committee meets with Yangon Region People’s Administration Teams
September 7
Radio NUG
The Interim Local People’s Administration Central Committee of the NUG held its coordination meeting (9/2025) with People’s Administration Teams from Yangon Region on September 7 at 10:00 a.m..
The meeting was opened with remarks by a Central Committee secretary, who is also a Deputy Minister from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy.
During the session, members of the People’s Administration Teams raised questions regarding administrative coordination. Relevant ministry officials responded to these concerns.
The meeting was attended by Permanent Deputy Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Associate Deputy Ministers, departmental officials, and representatives of the People’s Administration Teams from Yangon Region. The meeting concluded at around 12:00 noon.
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📌📌 3. Global trade unions call for removal of Myanmar military-linked Human Rights Commission
September 7
Radio NUG
Amid ongoing media repression by the Myanmar military and its deliberate targeting of independent media outlets, seven global trade union federations, including the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), issued a joint statement calling for the removal of the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission (MNHRC) from the Southeast Asia National Human Rights Institutions Forum (SEANF), citing its ties to the junta.
In their September 4 joint statement, the International Trade Union Confederation – Asia Pacific (ITUC-AP) and Global Union Federations Asia Pacific Regional Organizations (GUF-APRO) declared that the MNHRC has failed to investigate human rights violations since the 2021 coup and instead functions as the “mouthpiece of the military.”
According to the IFJ’s Myanmar Journalists Network, at least seven journalists have been killed since the coup, and as of August 2025, 223 journalists have been arrested. Among them, 91 journalists have been collectively sentenced to 511 years in prison, and 49 remain behind bars. The military has been using Section 505(a) of the Penal Code and counterterrorism laws to suppress journalists and activists, IFJ noted.
The trade union federations urged SEANF to clarify MNHRC’s membership status, reform its membership standards in line with the Paris Principles, and remove MNHRC. They pointed out that the commission’s silence on extrajudicial killings and arbitrary arrests by the junta undermines press freedom and fuels a culture of impunity.
MNHRC has already lost recognition from the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) in December 2024, was expelled from the Asia Pacific Forum in May 2025, and in June 2025, the International Labour Organization (ILO) imposed sanctions on Myanmar over the junta’s labor rights violations.
“The media community in Myanmar and abroad is facing violence, imprisonment, harassment, and intimidation. At such a time, SEANF must immediately expel the MNHRC,” the IFJ urged.
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📌📌 4. Two houses destroyed in fire after a diesel truck overturned while trying to tow a broken-down vehicle in 12-Mile Village
September 7
Radio NUG
According to a statement from the PSLF/TNLA, a fire broke out in 12-Mile Village, Namkham District, Brigade (6) territory, Ta’ang region after a diesel truck overturned while attempting to tow a broken-down vehicle on the main road, resulting in the destruction of two houses and one vehicle.
The incident occurred at 12:59 p.m. on September 4, when U Maw Kone Naung was transporting diesel from Namphatka to Namkham. Upon reaching 12-Mile Village, he stopped to assist Mai Nyi Than Shwe’s broken-down vehicle on the road. While attempting the tow, the truck’s rear wheels slipped, causing the diesel truck to overturn downhill onto two houses, sparking a fire.
As a result, the houses of U Lee Kyashan and U Asa Wa, along with one vehicle, were destroyed. The estimated losses were around 24 million kyat and 128,000 Chinese yuan.
The fire was eventually extinguished at 3:45 p.m. by the PSLF/TNLA fire brigade, local police, and villagers using a fire engine.
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📌📌 5. Three passengers from Moe Thauk Yaung Ni Bus Line arrested at junta checkpoints while traveling Yangon – Salin – Sinphyu Kyun route
September 7
Radio NUG
According to People’s Brothers – Salin, three passengers traveling on the Moe Thauk Yaung Ni passenger transport bus line, operating along the Yangon – Salin – Sinphyu Kyun route, were arrested by junta forces at checkpoints.
On September 6, a man from Sinma Kyun Village, Salin Township, around 32 years old, was arrested at the Magway Kanpyar checkpoint while traveling on a bus that departed Yangon.
In addition, two women in their mid-20s were also arrested at the Taungnyo Road checkpoint.
These reports were filed by Radio NUG correspondents Khur Shel and Padeh Phoe.
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