Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 10, 2025 Evening
📌📌 1. Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations: “Myanmar is facing a crisis that threatens not only human rights and humanitarian conditions but also the future of generations to come.”
October 10
Myanmar is not only enduring a humanitarian and human rights crisis but is also confronting a situation that endangers the very future of its coming generations, said U Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Speaking at the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly’s Second Committee (Economic and Financial), during the general debate on Agenda Item 21 titled “Groups of Countries in Special Situations,” held on October 8, he made these remarks.
According to the Committee for Development Policy (CDP)’s 2018 Triennial Review Report, Myanmar had, for the first time, met all three criteria required to graduate from the category of Least Developed Countries (LDCs). However, Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun highlighted that this progress was completely derailed by the illegal military coup staged by the armed forces in 2021.
He further explained that the socio-economic gains achieved in the years prior to the coup had been reversed, leaving the country’s social and economic conditions in a state of severe deterioration.
Citing the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) report, he noted that one in four young people in Myanmar is currently unemployed, and three out of every four youths between the ages of 18 and 24 have no access to formal education or vocational training.
He added that nearly half of Myanmar’s population now lives below the poverty line, with approximately 3.6 million people displaced from their homes and nearly 22 million people in urgent need of humanitarian assistance.
“The current crisis in Myanmar is not merely a humanitarian or human rights issue—it is a generational catastrophe destroying the capabilities and the future of an entire population,” the ambassador warned. “This situation severely threatens Myanmar’s prospects for sustainable development and its ability to graduate from the LDC category.”
He also urged the international community to remain vigilant against the junta’s attempts to hold a sham election, emphasizing that such an election would only fuel further violence, poverty, and instability. He called upon UN member states to stand with the people of Myanmar and to reject the military regime’s deceitful maneuvers.
Ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun concluded his address by affirming that the people of Myanmar are determined to resist the junta’s sham election through every possible means, and appealed to the international community to support their struggle to end the military dictatorship and to build a peaceful, prosperous, and federal democratic union.
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📌📌 2. GSCB calls on the international community to prosecute the military junta for repeated war crimes and to reject its sham election.
October 10
The General Strike Coordination Body (GSCB) has called on governments and international organizations to prosecute the terrorist military junta for its repeated war crimes and to refuse recognition of its illegal, fraudulent election.
This appeal was issued in a statement released on October 9, following the junta’s airstrike on civilians celebrating the Thadingyut Festival along the Monywa–Chaung-U border area—a blatant war crime.
According to the GSCB statement, the junta deliberately bombed the festival site using military aircraft, killing at least 22 civilians and injuring over 60 others.
Among the deceased were brave members of the Monywa–A Myin Hlan Strike Committee—Ko Chan Nyaing Aung, Ko Nyi Nyi Zaw, and Ko Kan Myint Lwin—as well as Ko Kyaw Zin Oo (aka Ko Kular) from the Chaung-U Township Youth Strike Committee, all of whom were honored for their courageous sacrifice.
The GSCB emphasized that because the victims included women and children, the attack clearly constituted a war crime, reaffirming its commitment to eliminate the terrorist junta entirely and to strive for the establishment of a new, free, and just Federal Democratic Union envisioned by the people of Myanmar.
The statement further noted that while the junta holds staged religious and entertainment events in areas under its control, it continues to deliberately attack civilians across the country through airstrikes, arbitrary arrests, and forced conscription. These actions are meant to conceal its war crimes and to create conditions conducive to its illegal, sham election.
Therefore, the GSCB called on all revolutionary forces to intensify their coordinated efforts to completely eradicate the junta and to unite the entire populace in the nationwide struggle to overthrow the military dictatorship through diverse revolutionary methods.
It also urged foreign governments and international organizations not merely to condemn or impose pressure on the junta, but to officially designate it as a terrorist organization guilty of international crimes, to ensure it faces prosecution and punishment, and to refuse recognition of its so-called election and all other actions.
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📌📌 3. UNDP: Myanmar youths increasingly fear for their safety due to the military conscription law.
October 10
Following the enforcement of the military conscription law, Myanmar’s youth—particularly young men—are experiencing growing insecurity and fear for their safety, according to a report released today by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
The report, titled “Generation at the Precipice,” examines the safety and social challenges facing Myanmar’s youth.
It found that the primary concern among young people is the threat of being unlawfully conscripted into the military. Rather than being approached directly by authorities, they fear the mere possibility of being forcibly recruited at any time, creating a pervasive sense of personal insecurity.
About one in three youths—nearly five million people—have suffered mental distress due to the conscription law, facing constant risks of arbitrary arrest, nighttime raids, and forced recruitment by the junta or its allied militias.
The UNDP observed that this situation has imposed immense psychological pressure on an entire generation, fueling fear, mistrust, and trauma across society.
More than 40% of youth surveyed said they feel “unsafe” or “very unsafe” walking alone at night—a figure more than double the rate prior to the military coup.
The survey revealed that one in seven youths expressed ongoing anxiety about personal safety, with particularly high rates recorded in conflict-affected areas—30% in Chin State, 25% in Karenni State, 22% in Rakhine State, and 21% in Kachin State.
The findings also show that young people have lost faith in the justice system. Only about 20% of victims of crime report incidents outside their families, underscoring the collapse of trust in authorities. Police stations and courts are increasingly viewed not as sources of protection, but as institutions of exploitation and harm.
According to the latest Global Crime Index, Myanmar is now ranked among the countries most severely affected by crime worldwide.
Additionally, the UNDP highlighted that Myanmar has become one of the largest producers of narcotics and synthetic drugs globally, with criminal networks expanding their influence over both the economy and society.
Approximately 4 million youths aged 15 to 35 are currently deprived of education and employment opportunities, facing unprecedented challenges in rebuilding their lives amid ongoing conflict and repression.
This report was submitted by Radio NUG correspondent Ko Khant.
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