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Weekly Analysis: Airstrikes in Southeastern Burma Force Civilians to Flee  as Junta Increases Attacks

The military junta is aggressively targeting civilians across the country, as their violence shows no geographic boundaries or limitations. The frequency of airstrikes, in particular, is now nearly daily in the targeted areas highlighted by the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM), including Mon State, Karen State, and the Tanintharyi region. HURFOM and our network and partners have consistently called for a global arms embargo and targeted sanctions on aviation fuel. Too many futures have already been lost, and without immediate and urgent coordinated action, the everyday lives of civilians will continue to be rooted in fear.

One of the most alarming military escalations in recent months is unfolding in Kyaik Hto Township, Thaton District, Mon State. Since the third week of May, more than 18,000 people from at least 35 villages have been forced to flee as the junta intensifies militarization in the surrounding areas. The sheer speed and scale of this displacement signal a worsening humanitarian emergency in southeastern Burma.

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Monetary incentive plays big role in hiring substitutes for conscription

HURFOM: The military junta is preparing to open their 13^th batch of military training, but it is in need of huge numbers of conscripts.

In Thanbyuzayat Township, Mon State, the junta has paid as much as three million MMK for a conscript substitute.  Many poor people are interested in joining the military training. The junta is using monetary incentives to target poor and migrant communities.

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Junta kills 14 people within a month in Kaw Ka Rate and Kyone Doe

HURFOM: Since April 14^th, 2025, there have been intense battles in Kaw Ka Rate and Kyone Doe Towns, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State. 

According to a statement released by the Mon Liberation Army (MLA) on May 20^th, 2025, junta air assaults, artillery and drone attacks killed 14 residents within a month.

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Junta pressures schools to operate despite military tension in Kyone Doe

HURFOM: The military junta has declared students can be registered for the 2025-26 academic year from May 22^nd to June 1^st, 2025 and schools will open on June 2^nd.

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Junta seizes PSI satellite receivers in Ye Township: Right to information violated

HURFOM: On May 4^th, 2025, approximately 20 military junta troops entered Du Yar and Ah Sin villages, Southern Ye Township, Mon State where they forcefully seized PSI satellite receivers installed in private homes. This type of technology enables users to access free and independent media sources.

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Three Civilians, Including a Child, Killed and Injured by Junta’s Indiscriminate Shelling in Bilin Township

HURFOM: In yet another tragic incident of violence against civilians, the military Junta launched an artillery attack on Pandeik Kone village, part of Kadipu village tract in Bilin Township, Thaton District, Mon State. On the night of May 21, 2025, between 8:18 and 8:20 PM, two 120mm mortar shells exploded in the village, causing multiple casualties among residents.

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Junta arrests more than 230 Tenasserim residents within a month

HURFOM: During the month of April, 2025, the military junta arrested 232 residents, including school teachers who were involved in the Civil Disobedience Movement – CDM. The arrests took place at their homes or in the streets.

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Junta bombing kills two villagers in Kyone Doe

HURFOM: According to local reports, on May 20^th, 2025, the military junta dropped bombs on Lay Tie village, Kyone Doe Town, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State killing two villagers.

The air assaults occurred without any active armed clash in the area.  The first bomb hit the “Bot Die” School in An Kaung village, but there were no casualties.

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Frequent robberies and murders create fear for residents in Three Pagoda Pass

HURFOM: Civilians have frequently been killed in the Thai-Burma border town, Three Pagoda Pass, Kyarinnseikyi Township, Karen State, leaving residents frightened.

Robbery of motorbikes has frequently taken place and sometimes, the robbers kill the motorbike owners. There have also been numerous cases of sexual abuse of women.

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Displaced resident returns home to collect “things” — killed by artillery attack

HURFOM: On May 19^th, 2025, a resident from Kyone Doe Town, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State was killed by an artillery attack while he was returning home from a displaced camp to collect “things” at his home.

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