Myanmar 🇲🇲 MAP UPDATE: The situation in Myanmar as of 01/10/2025. This past month heavy fighting continued over a number of fronts as both sides tried to advance.
— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) October 1, 2025
-Junta forces managed to recapture Kyaukme, open the roads to Myawaddy and Hpruso and extend their control in Bhamo… pic.twitter.com/6fZkR8t6iP
…control in Bhamo
-Resistance forces captured the town of Banmauk, and held off a junta push from Magway towards Rakhine.
By way of (partial) explanation, if you're not familiar with Burma:
The Arakan Army (dark blue) is the Moslem bunch we've been seeing that caused the Rohingyas (Moslem Burmese) to get expelled. Basically their intent is to tear off the west coast of the country for their own Islamic Paradise.
The New Mon State Party: The Mon are related to the Khmers (Cambodians) and don't want to be ruled by a bunch of Burmans, since the Burmans aren't very good at ruling anybody.
The Kachins are a plurality in the Northernmost state of Burma, bordering China. Kachin troops formerly formed a significant part of the Burmese army. With the unilateral abrogation of the Union of Burma constitution by the Ne Win regime in 1962, Kachin forces withdrew and formed the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) under the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO). The Kachin were promised independence in 1947, and took the promise seriously.
The Shan (green and yellow) are a Tai-speaking people, related to the Thai and the Lao. They would just as soon have their own state or accede to Thailand. They can figure that once they shut of the Burmans, a traditional enemy.
The Chin are Christian hillbillies living in Chin staling the border with India and Bangladesh. They speak often mutually unintelligible Kuki-Chin-Mizo languages, in the Sino-Tibetan group.