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Mawtaung Locals Harvest Rice Under Threat of Airstrikes

Dawei Watch

December 1, 2025

Local residents in Mawtaung, on the Thailand-Myanmar border, are forced to harvest their rice under dangerous conditions due to continuous aerial bombing by the military junta, which began after revolutionary forces captured the town. Since the revolutionary forces seized Mawtaung town on November 14, the junta forces have been continuously launching airstrikes on the area […]

Mawtaung Residents Remain Displaced, Seek Urgent Aid at Border

Dawei Watch

November 18, 2025

More than 1,800 people displaced by the battle for Mawtaung Town on the Thai-Myanmar border are in urgent need of blankets, mats, and medicine, according to the displaced persons themselves and those assisting them. The displaced persons (IDPs) stated that they are unable to return to their homes because the military junta is continuing its […]

Three Endangered Whale Sharks Found Dead on Dawei Beach

Dawei Watch

November 18, 2025

Three whale sharks have reportedly stranded and died on Sin Htaung Beach, Longlon Township, Dawei, according to local eyewitnesses. Whale sharks, an endangered species, are known for their extremely large size. Local residents discovered the three whale sharks stranded and deceased on Sin Htaung Beach on November 16. One local woman who witnessed the scene […]

Resistance Forces Capture Thai-Myanmar Border Town

Dawei Watch

November 14, 2025

Mawtaung Town, a strategic settlement located on the Thai-Myanmar border, was captured and seized by resistance forces this morning, marking the first town seizure ever recorded in Tanintharyi Region. Fierce fighting between the resistance forces and the military junta’s troops began on November 11, culminating in the complete capture of Mawtaung Town on the fourth […]

Junta Airstrike Hits Thai Gas Pipeline Area, Kills Teenager

Dawei Watch

November 12, 2025

The Myanmar military junta carried out an airstrike near the gas pipelines transporting natural gas from the Tanintharyi offshore to the Nat Ein Taung area on the Thai-Myanmar border on the afternoon of November 11. Local residents stated that the bombs were dropped by a Y-12 aircraft approximately 300 feet from Zone E3, an area […]

Total Crosses 1,800: Thailand Continues Controversial Repatriation to Myanmar in 2025

Dawei Watch

November 11, 2025

Amidst the forced conscription efforts due to the Military Council’s conscription law, Thailand yesterday transferred another 90 Myanmar nationals from the Ranong detention center back to Kawthoung, Myanmar. This brings the total number of people repatriated into the hands of the Myanmar Military Council this year to over 1,800. Many of these returnees have subsequently […]

Landmines Arriving at the Doorstep in Tanintharyi

Dawei Watch

November 10, 2025

It was a completely unexpected event that Ma Moe Khine and her husband faced directly. While returning on a motorbike after shopping at the market in Kalein Aung town, Dawei District, about five miles from their home, they stepped on a landmine on the road. The front wheel of the motorbike they were riding on […]