September 9, 2025
Update: Over 8,600 displaced by deadly junta air and ground attacks in Kyaukme
Over 8,600 villagers have fled from deadly junta air and ground attacks in Kyaukme township, which have killed 29 civilians and injured 66 others, mostly in monasteries, between August 9 and September 6, 2025.
The air and artillery attacks have centred on Nawng Ping village tract, 20 kilometers southwest of Kyaukme town, where junta troops advancing from Nawngkhio are attempting to drive the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) off the Muse-Mandalay highway. Bombs and shells have fallen dangerously close to China’s oil and gas pipelines, which pass through Nawng Ping tract.
Starting in the morning of August 18, junta troops at the Gokhteik Bridge launched barrages of artillery shells and drone bombs into Nawng Ping and surrounding villages, and on August 19, about 700 junta troops entered Htantabin village (four kilometers southeast of Nawng Ping).
On August 20, junta launched airstrikes on the Nawng Ping area. At 10:30 am, a jet fighter dropped a 500-pound bomb directly on Pang Dee Temple, where about 300 IDPs from nearby villages were sheltering. The bomb killed 10 civilians outright and injured 32 (one of whom later died). The wounded were taken to hospitals in Lashio and Kutkhai. Shortly afterwards, another 500-pound bomb was dropped on nearby Look Par village, killing two civilians and injuring another.
The airstrikes on Kyaukme township continued almost every day until September 6, not only at the frontline around Nawng Ping, but also on Kyaukme town and Mong Ngaw sub-township, where temples were directly targeted. On August 23, a junta jet fighter dropped two 500-pound bombs into Kongjalarng village temple of Mong Ngaw sub-township, which killed a young boy, and injured seven other civilians, including two monks and a novice. On August 25, a junta jet fighter dropped two 250-pound bombs into Quarter 7 of Kyaukme town, injuring three novices and one man in War Soe monastery.
Civilians were also shot at close range by junta troops entering and looting homes in local villages. On August 23, while looting a house in Nawng Ping village, junta troops shot at a family they found there, killing the 45-year-old father on the spot, and injuring his wife and daughter. The next day, junta troops shot dead an IDP couple sheltering in another house in Htantabin.
As a result of the air and ground attacks, over 8,600 villagers – mostly elderly, women and children — have fled from Nawng Ping and surrounding villages to take shelter in over 40 villages mostly under control of the Shan State Progress Party (SSPP) in southern Kyaukme township. The IDPs are mostly sheltering in village temples, where they are facing shortages of drinking water, food, medicine and other basic supplies. Villagers fleeing from Nawng Ping had already suffered from the impacts of heavy flooding in the first week of August.
Between August 9 and September 3, apart from the attacks in Kyaukme township, the junta also carried out five airstrikes on Mogok town, which killed 29 civilians and injured 14, and two airstrikes in Hsipaw township: one on Hsipaw town, which injured three civilians, and one on Baw Gyo village, which injured one civilian. The bombing in Baw Gyo village was only 200 meters away from China’s oil and gas pipelines, damaging the historical Baw Gyo pagoda building and three houses.
Timeline of junta air, artillery and gun attacks causing civilian casualties/damage in Mogok, Kyaukme and Hsipaw townships (August 9-September 6, 2025)
On August 9, at 8:30 am, a junta jet fighter dropped two 500-pound bombs on Kyauk Na Kar Buddhist temple of Mogok town, killing five civilians, including one novice, injuring another civilian, and damaging a temple and several houses.
On August 13, at 00:30 am, a junta airstrike bombed two bombs on Pang Pao village in Kyaukme township, damaging ten houses.
On August 14, at 8:30 pm, a junta jet fighter dropped two 500-pound bombs on Lin Yaung Chi Buddhist temple, Shwegu quarter, in the eastern part of Mogok town. The bombs damaged the temple and ten houses, killing 21 civilians from five families: 16 were female, including three pregnant women and three girls, and 5 were male. Ten other civilians were injured.
On August 17, at 9 am, a junta jet fighter dropped two 500-pound bombs on Padamyar Ngar Mauk Hotel and the Myanmar Economic Bank in the eastern part of Mogok town, damaging the hotel, the bank and several houses. Three civilians, including one child, were killed, and one other civilian was injured.
On August 18, at 9:30 am, a junta jet fighter bombed two 500-pound bombs on Hsipaw town; one bomb dropped on Taung Myo quarter and one bomb dropped on Ah Nawk Yeb quarter, the bomb injured three men and damaged nice houses.
On August 18, at 9 am, junta troops from Goke Hteik Bridge fired six artillery shells and launched drone attacks from Goke Hteik Bridge into Quarter 5 of Nawng Ping Long village tract, Kyaukme township, killing one man, injuring one novice (aged 6) and damaging a temple and ten houses.
On August 18, at 3 pm, a junta jet fighter dropped a bomb on Kyat Pyi quarter of Mogok town, injuring one man and damaging several houses.
On August 18, in the afternoon, junta troops from Nawngkhio fired drones and artillery shells into Nawng Ping and Long Keng villages in Kyaukme township, damaging ten houses.
On August 18, in the afternoon, junta troops from Nawngkhio fired drones and artillery shells into Nawng Ping and Long Keng villages in Kyaukme township, damaging ten houses.
On August 19, at 1 pm, junta troops from Nawng Khio fired artillery shells into Htantarpin village, killing one man, injuring one novice and damaging several houses. The troops then crossed through Htantarpin village to Nawng Ping village in Kyaukme township.
On August 20, at 10:30 am, a junta jet fighter dropped a 500-pound bomb into Pang Dee village in Nawng Ping village tract, Kyaukme township. Eleven civilians (six elderly women, two girls, one boy and two elderly men) were killed and thirty-one injured (15 male and 16 female).
Shortly afterwards, a junta jet fighter dropped another 500-pound bomb into Look Par village, killing two civilians, including a girl, injuring one other civilian, and damaging several houses.
On the same day, the junta troops in Goke Hteik Bridge and Htantarpin village also fired artillery shells and drones into the villages of Pang Mark Khor, Pang Pao, Pang Tueng, Kyaung Koon, Khay Nim and Loi Kung, in Kyaukme township, as well as into Kyaukme town. Several houses were burned down in Quarter 1 and Quarter 2 of Kyaukme town.
On August 21, at 7 pm, a junta Y-12 jet fighter dropped over 40 bombs on Nawng Ping village and on Narm Merng temple in Kyaukme town. Several houses and the temple were damaged.
On August 22, at 5 pm, junta troops fired artillery shells into Quarters 1, 2 and 4 of Kyaukme town, causing five houses to burn down. After that, a jet fighter came and dropped 30 bombs into Kyaukme town, damaging several houses.
On August 23, at 9:30 am, junta troops who had arrived at Nawng Ping village from Htantabin village, looted civilians’ houses, and shot at three family members in their house: the 45-year-old father died on the spot, and his wife and daughter were injured.
On August 23, at 3:30 pm, a junta jet fighter dropped two 500-pound bombs into Kongjalarng temple in Mong Ngaw sub-township, Kyaukme township. The bombs killed one boy (aged 10), and injured one novice, two monks, two men, and two women, damaging 12 houses, 1 library, 1 clinic, 1 temple hall, 1 dining hall, and 1 ordination hall.
On August 24, in the morning, junta troops launched artillery shells and drone bombs at Nawng Ping village. Seven houses and eight shops in Nawng Ping market burned down.
On August 24, in the afternoon, a junta jet fighter dropped a 500 pound bomb on Long Keng village, Kyaukme township, killing two men, injuring eight civilians and damaging 10 houses.
On the same day, in the afternoon, junta troops shot dead an IDP couple (Ko Win Lwin, aged 40, and Ma Chor, aged 37) sheltering in a house in Htantabin village, Kyaukme township.
On August 25, at 11:30 am, a junta jet fighter dropped two 250-pound bombs into Quarter 7 of Kyaukme town, injuring three novices and one man in War Soe monastery and damaging over 22 houses and four buildings in the War Soe monastery compound and two cars.
On August 25, at 11 pm, a junta aircraft dropped a bomb on Sipintarya Quarter in Mogok town, injuring one civilian and damaging several houses and the Sintaung Temple.
On August 29, at 2 pm, Burma Army troops from Goke Hteik base fired shells into Khai Ton Hoong village, Na Ai Khan tract, in Kyaukme township, killing a man called U Soe Maung in the village.
On August 29, at 11:30 pm, a junta jet fighter dropped four 250-pound bombs on Pang Sabae village in Kyaukme township, killing three civilians (two girls and a nun named Yar Aye Aye, aged 44), injuring six others (two monks, three novices and one man) and damaging four houses and one temple.
On August 30, at 10 pm, a junta jet fighter dropped bombs on Loi Khaw village in Kyaukme township, damaging five houses.
On September 3, at 13:30 pm, a junta jet fighter dropped two 250-pound bombs on Baw Gyo village in Hsipaw township, only 200 meters away from China’s oil and gas pipelines, injuring one man, and damaging the historical Baw Gyo pagoda building and three houses.
On September 4, at 10:30 am, a junta jet fighter dropped two 250 pound bombs on Pang Kwang village in Kyaukme township, injuring a 14-year-old novice, and damaging three pagodas in a temple compound.
On September 4, at 12 pm, a junta jet fighter dropped bombs on Pang Sabae village in Pang Kwang village tract of Kyaukme township, injuring an elderly woman, aged 63, and damaging three houses and one school.
On September 4, at 9 pm, junta troops fired artillery shells and launched drones into Mark Mann Koong Sar village in Khur Neem village tract of Kyaukme township, killing a married couple (named Loong War Yar Ma and Bar Hla Khin) and damaging several houses.
On September 5, in the morning, a junta jet fighter dropped bombs on Kawng Moo Leng village of Kyaukme township, damaging five houses. On the same day at 3 pm, a junta jet fighter dropped one bomb into PhiTert village, killing two villagers named Loong Nandiya (aged 56) and Bar Hlu (aged 54), injuring one monk, one man, and damaging two houses.
On September 6, at 7 pm, a junta aircraft dropped two bombs on Quarter 7 of Kyaukme township, damaging five houses.
List of eleven civilians killed by airstrike in Pang Dee village, Kyaukme township on August 20, 2025
| No. | Names of civilians killed | Sex | Age |
| 1 | Par Ing | Female | 64 |
| 2 | Par Hla | Female | 70 |
| 3 | Nang Shwe Jar | Female | 50 |
| 4 | Par Bu | Female | 60 |
| 5 | Par Ngin Sein | Female | 62 |
| 6 | Par Htoon | Female | 55 |
| 7 | Nang Lwant Oo | Female | 14 |
| 8 | Unknown (girl) | Female | 2 |
| 9 | Sai Leng | Male | 4 |
| 10 | Loong Aung Myint | Male | 60 |
| 11 | Loong Mar Lar | Male | 86 |
Loong Mar Lar died on 4 September 2025 at Lashio Hospital.
List of 31 civilians injured by airstrike in Pang Dee village, Kyaukme township on August 20, 2025
| No. | Names of civilians injured | Sex | Age |
| 1 | Sai Kyaw Ling | Male | 37 |
| 2 | Sai Lao Kham | Male | 2 |
| 3 | Sai Noom Kwan | Male | 5 |
| 4 | Nang Lao Kham | Female | 5 |
| 5 | Nang Soi Hom | Female | 11 |
| 6 | Nang Hom Lurn | Female | 17 |
| 7 | Nang Keng Ngin | Female | 24 |
| 8 | Par Htwe | Female | 30 |
| 9 | Nang Soe Kyaw | Female | 33 |
| 10 | Par Khin Tong | Female | 40 |
| 11 | Par Oom | Female | 57 |
| 12 | Phoo Da Sin Oo | Female | n.a. |
| 13 | Hsan Wan | Male | n.a. |
| 14 | Daw Aye Kham | Female | n.a. |
| 15 | Aung Chit Khant | Male | n.a. |
| 16 | Aung Yong | Male | n.a. |
| 17 | Daw Nyo | Female | n.a. |
| 18 | Aik Lay | Male | n.a. |
| 19 | U Kyaw Sein | Male | n.a. |
| 20 | Aik Myint | Male | n.a. |
| 21 | Mwe Leing | Female | n.a. |
| 22 | Hay Mar Kyaw Ling | Female | n.a. |
| 23 | Ko Yin | Male | n.a. |
| 24 | Min Tun | Male | n.a. |
| 25 | U Aik Leing | Male | n.a. |
| 26 | U Kyaw Thant | Male | n.a. |
| 27 | Daw Khin Mar Aye | Female | n.a. |
| 28 | Khin Oo | Female | n.a. |
| 29 | Hsan Hein | Male | n.a. |
| 30 | Khin Thong | Male | n.a. |
| 31 | Aye Kham | Female | n.a. |
Location and population of new IDPs in Kyaukme
| No. | Name of IDP location |
No of IDPs |
| 1 | Khai Long temple- Pang Pao tract | 83 |
| 2 | Htantabin temple | 95 |
| 3 | Khur Neem | 50 |
| 4 | Koong Nyawng | 83 |
| 5 | Nam Maw Phi Lu | 289 |
| 6 | Wan Nam Harng Khung | 2162 |
| 7 | Ho Phai | 165 |
| 8 | Nam Wah | 237 |
| 9 | Ye Hsan | 68 |
| 10 | Pang Gaen village, | 48 |
| 11 | Loi Pao | 12 |
| 12 | Wan Hai Gui | 1047 |
| 13 | Na Song | 307 |
| 14 | Na Khor | 35 |
| 15 | Ler Loi | 47 |
| 16 | Na Poong | 29 |
| 17 | Wan Khai | 27 |
| 18 | Poong Wo | 762 |
| 19 | Taw Ler | 20 |
| 20 | Nam Kin Li | 63 |
| 21 | Koong Hen | 61 |
| 22 | Koong Nyawng | 36 |
| 23 | Man Tam | 32 |
| 24 | Peing Twang | 11 |
| 25 | Tawng Che | 40 |
| 26 | Loi Koang | 415 |
| 27 | Nawng Murng | 301 |
| 28 | Koom Nio | 107 |
| 29 | Nam Hoo | 88 |
| 30 | Loi Jawng | 93 |
| 31 | Pang Joang | 135 |
| 32 | Nawng Kwang | 300 |
| 33 | Khork Wo Long | 18 |
| 34 | Aggee | 41 |
| 35 | Pang Law | 65 |
| 36 | Nam Pean | 60 |
| 37 | Kyaung Kham | 154 |
| 38 | PhiTert | 92 |
| 39 | Peing Saw | 67 |
| 40 | Kawng Lang | 85 |
| 41 | Bu Khar | 14 |
| 42 | Kho Daen | 178 |
| 43 | Hoong Lai | 9 |
| 44 | Farms & forests huts | 700 |
| Total | 8,663 |
Contact:
Sai Hor Hseng +66 94 728 6696 Signal (Shan, English)
Ying Leng Harn +66 99 289 6080 Signal (Burmese)
Sai Hark Jet +1 343 304 5332 Signal (English, Shan)
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