Myanmar Domestic News Updates – Sep 25, 2025 Morning
📌📌 1. Thirty-six schools granted extension of recognition as Interim Basic Education People’s Schools by the NUG Ministry of Education
The Ministry of Education of the National Unity Government (NUG) announced that 36 schools have been granted an extension of recognition as “Interim Basic Education People’s Schools.”
The Ministry explained that, in order to ensure continuous learning opportunities for students who have lost access to education during this transitional period, it has been working in collaboration with community-based People’s Schools and online schools. Schools that applied for extension of recognition were reviewed and assessed by the Ministry’s Department of Assessment and Evaluation, which examined their operational status and performance.
According to the findings of the Department of Assessment and Evaluation, 36 online People’s Schools were found to have satisfactorily complied with the 11-point policy framework for People’s School recognition as well as with the Information and Technology Security Guidelines. These schools, having pledged their commitment to compliance, were therefore granted an extension of recognition as “Interim Basic Education People’s Schools.”
The Ministry further stated that other online People’s Schools currently under review will also be granted extension of recognition once their assessment is completed.
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📌📌 2. Over 30 buildings, including homes and monasteries, dismantled and relocated due to Irrawaddy Riverbank collapse in Pakokku
According to People’s Spring, more than 30 structures—including houses, schools, and monasteries—in two villages of Pakokku Township, Magway Region, had to be urgently dismantled and relocated due to severe erosion and collapse of the Irrawaddy Riverbank.
The collapse, which began in the third week of September, affected Theim Kone and Ma Yoe Kone villages in Pakokku Township, forcing villagers to dismantle and move their houses, schools, monasteries, and Dhamma halls.
Local residents also warned that the Pyilon Chantar Shit Myat Nar Pagoda (the “Eight-sided Peace Pagoda”), located close to the riverbank, may also collapse if the erosion continues.
It is reported that around 200 houses still require urgent relocation, but so far villagers have only been able to move approximately 30 houses through community efforts.
Riverbank collapses occur annually in areas along the Irrawaddy River such as Singu, Madaya, Pauthein Gyi, Myin Chan, Ngan Zun, Nyaung U, Yay Zagyo, and Pakokku.
Before the military coup, there had been preventive measures and projects to address riverbank erosion. However, in the current situation, no such measures are being taken, leaving local residents to protect themselves on their own.
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📌📌 3. Explosion at scrap-metal shop near Namkham; one dead, two injured
On September 23, at noon, a landmine explosion occurred at a scrap-metal shop near the “three-way checkpoint” of the junta’s North-Western Regional Military Command in Monywa Township, according to the township’s Truth and Information team.
The shop, Kaung Kaung Scrap Metal, is owned by a former soldier. It was reported that the landmines had originally been seized by junta forces but were later resold as scrap in order to obtain money for alcohol.
On the day of the explosion, Ko Htun Zaw Lin was breaking apart scrap metal at the shop without realizing one of the items was a landmine. The device detonated, killing him instantly.
The explosion also injured two others, including the shop owner.
Reports further indicate that junta soldiers from the Military Commission have been stopping passenger vehicles traveling along the Monywa–Mandalay road, forcing civilians to clear landmines, and in some cases loading mines onto passenger vehicles to be placed at junta checkpoints such as the Ma U and Swan Yit Htet gates.
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📌📌 4. Pregnant woman detained at Zee Kone police station gives birth safely
A pregnant woman who had been detained at Zee Kone police station during a raid and attack was successfully assisted in giving birth on September 24. She delivered a baby boy, according to the People’s Administration of Kantbalu Township.
The statement praised the humane and compassionate conduct of the revolutionary forces, contrasting it with the cruelty and inhumanity of the terrorist military junta. The People’s Administration of Kantbalu Township recorded this act as a mark of honor and respect for the revolutionaries.
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📌📌 5. Urban Revolutionary Front (URF) conducts psychosocial support training
It was announced that the Urban Revolutionary Front (URF), based in Karenni, organized a training session on psychosocial support at one of its camps.
The training was held over two days during the last week of September and was led by a youth group based in Karenni that had successfully completed facilitator-level training in psychosocial support.
According to reports, the program introduced participants to both theoretical and practical approaches, including:
- understanding positive and negative emotions related to stress and trauma,
- learning methods of self-care,
- practicing how to properly listen to others who wish to share their feelings.
In addition, participants learned techniques for managing emotions, practiced breathing exercises, and engaged in group therapy sessions known as “Memory Box’s Group Therapy,” where individuals were guided by professionals to share experiences from their past and present.
It was highlighted that during the four years of revolution, many young people have suffered both physically and mentally. Therefore, supporting their recovery and well-being through psychosocial programs is just as important as military activities, and training sessions like these are being systematically organized.
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📌📌 6. Junta plotting to coerce people into sham election voting, PDF INSIGHT warns
According to an analysis by PDF INSIGHT, reports have emerged that the terrorist military junta is pressuring and deceiving civilians in areas under its control, using various methods to force them to participate in voting for the upcoming sham election.
In Monywa, for example, the junta has been carrying out activities such as “trial voting” under the pretext of promising discounted goods. These trial votes pose the risk of being converted into illegal “advance ballots.”
One such instance included offering a sack of rice for 54,000 kyats, a gallon of diesel for 98,000 kyats (with a limit of 3 gallons per person), and a viss of cooking oil for 5,000 kyats. Civilians were lured into registering for these offers, only to be pressured into casting trial votes for the election.
Similarly, the junta also promised childhood vaccinations as a means to pressure parents into voting.
PDF INSIGHT stressed that the military is exploiting the hardships of the people—who already face difficulties due to junta-inflicted atrocities such as arson, road blockades, and internet shutdowns—for its own political gain.
It further emphasized that access to basic food supplies and healthcare are fundamental human rights guaranteed under international law, yet the junta is manipulating these rights to serve its own interests.
As such, civilians in both junta-controlled urban areas and resistance-controlled territories were warned to be vigilant and avoid being trapped into participation in the junta’s sham election.
PDF INSIGHT reminded that just as the junta used the people’s genuine votes in the 2020 election to stage a coup, it is now once again resorting to deception, coercion, and intimidation to force participation in its 2025 fraudulent election.
These reports were submitted by Radio NUG correspondents Khur Shel and Padeh Phoe.
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