{"id":7187,"date":"2025-08-08T22:21:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/?p=7187"},"modified":"2025-08-08T22:21:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:51:55","slug":"myanmar-military-news-updates-aug-08-2025-evening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moemaka.net\/eng\/2025\/08\/myanmar-military-news-updates-aug-08-2025-evening\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar Military News Updates \u2013 Aug 08, 2025 Evening"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Myanmar Military News Updates \u2013 Aug 08, 2025 Evening<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9 1. MSDF Urges Mon People Not to Cooperate with the Junta\u2019s Sham \u201cElections\u201d \u2014 Call to Oppose with Revolutionary Resolve<\/strong>
August 8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mon State Defence Force (MSDF) has urged people not to take part in the military junta\u2019s sham, unjust elections and instead to oppose them with revolutionary awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The appeal was issued on August 8 as part of the MSDF\u2019s statement marking the 78th Mon Revolutionary Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MSDF said it will continue to fight alongside other Mon revolutionary armed groups, Mon nationals at home and abroad, equally-oppressed ethnic armed organizations, and the people\u2019s defence forces that emerged during the Spring Revolution \u2014 all in pursuit of a political order the Mon people can determine for themselves and full freedom for all ethnicities and religions across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MSDF strongly denounced the participation of some political parties in the junta\u2019s illegitimate, staged elections, saying such collaboration undermines and destroys the goals of the people\u2019s revolution and their political aims; it called such cooperation unacceptable and condemned it in the strongest terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accordingly, the MSDF affirmed that it will refuse to recognise or participate in any election orchestrated by the military, and pledged to continue struggling in line with the revolution\u2019s political objectives. The MSDF urged the entire Mon population not to cooperate with the junta\u2019s unjust, staged elections, and to resist them with revolutionary determination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9 2. As Precursor to 78th Mon Revolutionary Day and 8.8.88 Commemoration, Mon Revolutionary Forces Strike \u201cKhamar-591\u201d in Ye Township with Drones and Explosives<\/strong>
August 8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Mon State Revolutionary Force (MSRF) announced on August 8 that, as a preliminary action ahead of the 78th Mon Revolutionary Day and the 8.8.88 commemoration, it attacked the position known as \u201cKhamar-591\u201d in Kyaung Ywa village, Ye Township, using drones and explosive ordnance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MSRF said Khamar-591 \u2014 located in Kyaung Ywa village and associated with an armed unit described locally as SKa-19 \u2014 was struck by drone and explosive attacks on the morning of August 7 at about 11:00 a.m., carried out by MSRF units operating under the defence department of the Mon State Federal Council (MSFC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The attack focused on the central Khamar-591 post in Kyaung Ywa village. Reports indicate the junta side\u2019s casualty and damage situation is still under investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The MSRF further stated that its fighters carried out the operation successfully without sustaining injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9 3. Two Junta Subordinate Commanders Killed While Attempting to Arrest PDF Members in Oatpho Township \u2014 3802 Brigade Issues Warning<\/strong>
August 8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 4th Company, \u201cUnderground Prowling Tiger\u201d unit of Battalion 3802 in Tharyarwaddy District reported today (August 8) that two junta subordinate commanders \u2014 identified as Hla Kyaw and Company Sergeant-Major Nyi Nyi Moe \u2014 were shot dead after attempting to detain young PDF members disguised as civilians in Oatpho Township.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the unit\u2019s statement, the two men, dressed in plain clothes and riding motorcycles, left from the Oatpho Tason junction area claiming they intended to seize civilians. On the morning of August 7 they encountered four PDF fighters near Thaphanpin Seik village while riding toward the area, and, believing they were ordinary civilians, attempted to arrest the youths. The PDF fighters fired, each delivering a single shot to the head of the two would-be captors; both men died at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The unit reported that items recovered from the deceased included one hand grenade, 200,000 kyats in cash, one military service card, one military service inspection notebook, one registration document, six license-style photos, and two mobile phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement added that, because military personnel and pro-junta auxiliaries who harass civilians and revolutionary groups will be confronted vigorously, local people should avoid lingering near sites where junta forces are deployed. The 4th Company of Battalion 3802 urged civilians not to remain in or around those areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9 4. Shwebo PDF: Will Work with Allied Forces to Fully Complete the Unfinished Tasks of the 8.8.88 Pro-Democracy Uprising<\/strong>
August 8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shwebo Township People\u2019s Defence Force (PDF) has announced that, in order to fully complete the unfinished tasks of the 8.8.88 pro-democracy uprising, it will fight in unity alongside allied forces and the multi-ethnic masses, guided by the \u201c8888 spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The pledge was made in a message issued on the occasion of the 37th anniversary commemorations of the 8.8.88 uprising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement also expressed deep respect and homage to the monks, students, and civilians who, during the 8.8.88 pro-democracy movement, sacrificed their own interests, lives, blood, and sweat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It noted that the unity achieved at that time \u2014 when monks, students, youth, and the entire multi-ethnic populace stood together \u2014 succeeded in completely abolishing the one-party dictatorship of the Burma Socialist Programme Party led by dictator Ne Win, as well as the 1974 Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Shwebo PDF stated that the struggle launched during the 8.8.88 uprising to completely dismantle the military dictatorship \u2014 which could not be fully uprooted at that time \u2014 has been carried forward by the multi-ethnic masses into the present Spring Revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement further stressed that, to prevent any resurgence of dictatorship in the future and to build a genuine federal democratic union, the Spring Revolution must entirely remove the three pillars of military rule \u2014 the military clique, the military government, and the military bureaucracy \u2014 along with the 2008 Constitution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accordingly, the Shwebo Township People\u2019s Defence Force solemnly vowed to continue, together with allied forces and the multi-ethnic masses, to fight in unity based on the spirit of 8.8.88 until the unfinished tasks of that uprising are fully accomplished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9 5. DDMSC: Will Strongly Resist and Boycott the Junta\u2019s Sham Elections Intended to Perpetuate Military Rule<\/strong>
August 8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dawei District Democracy Movement Strike Committee (DDMSC) announced today, August 8, that it will strongly oppose and boycott, through the power of the people, the sham elections being planned by the military and the military council to maintain their grip on power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement was made in a statement marking the 37th anniversary of the 8.8.88 uprising, reaffirming that the committee continues to uphold its original stance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It described the 8.8.88 pro-democracy uprising \u2014 one of Myanmar\u2019s largest and most far-reaching movements against military dictatorship \u2014 as having succeeded in toppling successive military governments, including the one-party dictatorship of the Burma Socialist Programme Party led by General Ne Win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The DDMSC noted that, since the military coup of 2021 led by Min Aung Hlaing, it has consistently resisted the junta through public strikes and political non-cooperation, and has continuously opposed any sham elections organized by the coup regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It stated that the coup regime, having faced political, military, and diplomatic pressures throughout more than four years of the revolution, is now attempting to prolong the life of dictatorship by planning to hold sham elections between the third week of December 2025 and the second week of January 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, the Dawei District Democracy Movement Strike Committee declared that, in line with its original position, it will resolutely resist and boycott \u2014 through the power of the people \u2014 any sham election conducted to preserve the military and military council\u2019s hold on power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\ud83d\udea9\ud83d\udea9 6. 37th Anniversary Press Conference in Front of the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea \u2014 Letter Sent to Korean Government Calling for \u201cNo Engagement with the Military Junta\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 8<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the occasion of the 37th anniversary of the 8-8-88 pro-democracy uprising, Myanmar Spring Revolution organizations together with Korean civil society groups held a press conference today, calling on the South Korean government to place greater importance on supporting Myanmar\u2019s democracy movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the press conference, a joint letter was sent to the Korean Presidential Office, stating that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n