Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Oct 27, 2025 Morning
📌📌 1. NUG Welcomes Timor-Leste’s Official Membership in ASEAN
October 26
Radio NUG
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the National Unity Government (NUG) issued a statement on October 26 warmly welcoming the official admission of Timor-Leste as a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
“We warmly welcome Timor-Leste to the ASEAN family. We sincerely wish that this new chapter will further strengthen our regional solidarity and cooperation,”
the statement said.
ASEAN officially announced the acceptance of Timor-Leste as a member state on October 26.
During the opening ceremony of the 47th ASEAN Summit held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, a signing ceremony was held to formally admit Timor-Leste as the 11th member of ASEAN. The declaration of admission was signed jointly by ASEAN leaders and Timor-Leste Prime Minister Gusmão.
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📌📌 2. KNU Firmly Denies Allegations of Involvement in the Military Council’s KK Park Online Scam Operations
October 26
Radio NUG
The Karen National Union (KNU) has categorically denied the accusations made by the spokesperson of the Myanmar military council, Major General Zaw Min Tun, claiming that the KNU has profited from leasing land and providing security for the KK Park online scam operation along the Thai-Myanmar border.
According to the KNU’s statement released on October 26, the 100-acre land plot alleged by the junta and the 500-acre plot where the KK Park online scam operates are completely separate, located about three kilometers apart.
The statement further clarified that Trans Asia International Holding Group (Thailand) Co. Ltd, which had leased the 100-acre plot, terminated its operations and withdrew from the area in December 2022.
The KNU affirmed unequivocally that it has no connection whatsoever with the KK Park online scam operation and even cited satellite imagery to support its statement.
It added that the junta’s accusations were part of a disinformation campaign aimed at concealing its own political, economic, and military interests.
The KNU emphasized that the military council has targeted and blamed them merely to divert attention from its own illicit gains derived from online scam businesses. The organization completely rejects all allegations and reaffirmed its clear and firm stance.
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📌📌 3. CDM Lieutenant Colonel Htet Myat Strongly Criticizes the Junta’s Propaganda Film
October 26
Radio NUG
Lieutenant Colonel Htet Myat, a member of the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), has strongly condemned a propaganda film produced by the military council with the intent to suppress public resistance and demoralize the people under its rule.
He stated that the film seeks to distort revolutionary history by portraying public protests as acts of violence.
According to Htet Myat, the junta produced the film as a psychological warfare tool, depicting characters who were CDM protest participants deciding to return to work. The film also portrays teachers returning to classrooms for the sake of children and doctors continuing to provide medical care out of professional duty — narratives intended to manipulate public perception.
“Why are they making such a film at this point? Do they think people are foolish? Everyone has a brain. Do they want to brainwash people into believing this nonsense?”
he wrote in his remarks.
He further noted that the film deceitfully portrays elections as the only means of resolving political conflicts, misleading the public about the junta’s intentions.
Lieutenant Colonel Htet Myat also urged actors and actresses involved in the film to oppose participation in projects that mock or undermine the people’s revolution.
“They should understand that doing a bit of charity work and shedding a few tears will not make the people forgive them. The people’s hatred cannot be soothed by such acts. They must realize this,”
he added.
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📌📌 4. Humanitarian Aid Provided to Victims and Displaced Persons Affected by the Terrorist Military Airstrikes in Chaung Oo Township
October 26
Radio NUG
The Ministry of Human Rights announced that humanitarian support was provided in October to innocent civilians who were killed or injured and to those displaced by the terrorist military junta’s airstrikes in Chaung Oo Township, Sagaing Region.
In addition, emergency medical assistance and essential medicines were supplied to the hospitals treating those wounded in the junta’s aerial attacks.
These humanitarian activities were supported by revolutionary civilians, the Central Institute of Rural Research, and the We Are People organization, with the collaboration of human rights officers on the ground.
The Ministry noted that, amid the junta’s escalating campaign of indiscriminate airstrikes, the needs of affected civilians have been rising sharply. It reaffirmed that the National Unity Government, through its Ministry of Human Rights, continues to provide both direct and coordinated assistance to those in urgent need.
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📌📌 5. Free Medical Treatment Provided by Network Medical Team to Long-Term Conflict-Affected Villages in Khin Oo Township
October 26
Radio NUG
The Sagaing People’s Support Network announced that its local branch in Khin Oo Township had provided free medical care to civilians in villages long affected by the ongoing conflict, in collaboration with mobile healthcare organizations.
The initiative was made possible through the support and donations of partner charity organizations and individual contributors affiliated with the Sagaing People’s Support Network.
The network also stated that those wishing to offer humanitarian assistance to displaced civilians and conflict-affected populations in Sagaing Region may contact the Sagaing People’s Support Network directly.
These reports were sent in by Radio NUG correspondent Khur Shel.
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