Fighting Expected to Escalate Around Dawei SEZ

Signs are mounting that the junta plans to deploy overwhelming military force to crush resistance in the Tanintharyi Region’s Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) which could lead to heavy fighting, according to local resistance forces.

In mid-March 2025, around 900 junta troops, in three columns, entered and stationed themselves in Yebyu Town to the east of the Dawei SEZ project and Launglon Town to the south of the SEZ.