As Tatmadaw (Army, Navy, and Air) has been exerting targeted pressure and launching attacks on certain bases of the NUG, PDF, and some EAOs that are destroying Myanmar, it is already evident that there will be retaliation and false accusations from the supporters of these terrorist groups. Such things are no longer unusual in Myanmar politics.
When insurgents get hurt, this is how they speak, react, and put on dramatic, manipulative performances with wicked ways. The truth has yet to be known, but the lies have already spread far and wide, both domestically and internationally. This is the skilful work of professional saboteurs. No matter how it happened, innocent schoolchildren have lost their lives under the ruthless and heartless actions of a deceitful group of traitors who aim to destroy the nation.

Taking a human shield with beseeching
This is about a village called Ohtainkwin in Dabayin Township, Sagaing Region. Those terrorists accused Tatmadaw (Air) of bombing a school where classes were being held, resulting in the deaths of students. Now, whether the incident is logical or natural, whether it is justifiable or not, should we analyze it critically before forming an opinion? However, you try to think about it, it’s impossible to make sense of it. This is not a matter of blind denial. It’s just that this is the Myanmar Tatmadaw. Tatmadaw is structured with rules and codes of conduct, and it is a military that is recognized internationally, and it always pays attention to the needs of the people. It is Tatmadaw that protects the people. Because Tatmadaw fears harming civilians, and because it fears civilians being caught in the crossfire, it always acts with caution and consideration. That’s why, when encountering today’s destructive forces, Tatmadaw has to face many extremely difficult situations, and in some areas, it is not able to be as effective as it should be.
In places where there are students, religious and cultural heritage sites like pagodas and monasteries, extra caution is needed. Therefore, destroyers with malicious intent often set up camps specifically at schools, pagodas, and monasteries. They forcefully equip school-aged boys and girls with arms. They train them how to shoot small arms and how to make bombs so that they can kill people.
There is plenty of photographic evidence for this kind of information. In a way, it’s just emotional manipulation – using human shields and pretending to be victims to avoid casualties. Tatmadaw deliberately refrains from operating in such areas to avoid risks to itself. If any harm does occur due to military action, they use it to spread news internationally, portraying it as Tatmadaw indiscriminately attacking civilians, thereby setting traps through misinformation. Thus, Tatmadaw has repeatedly urged civilians to stay away from the terrorists and not to stay near them.
Just a scenario out of many scenarios 
In reality, this deception story is just one of the fabricated tales deliberately created by the NUG and PDF. There was even a firsthand account from a villager, who used to support the NUG and was present during the events and openly said, ‘If they want to kill me for speaking the truth, so be it.’ According to his statement, the PDF had been stationed at that school for a long time. The school had become a place where bombs to be installed at drones were being produced.
That day, there was a school photo session, so students and their parents were invited to the school. Since it was a place where explosive devices were being made, parents naturally didn’t want to send their children there. However, the children and their parents were not so lucky. The bombs exploded with a loud blast, killing and injuring a total of 22 people — 20 children and two teachers. A resident disclosed, “It wasn’t an airstrike. The explosion occurred because PDFs were carelessly making homemade landmines and bombs, which led to the detonation. If it had been an airstrike, the victims would have been severely mutilated, and the school would have suffered even more damage. Everyone in the village knows it was because of the PDFs. You’re welcome to come and investigate. The PDFs have threatened to kill anyone who speaks out, which is why no one dares to say anything.”

Assess and evaluate such an incident logically
Why, and based on what principles, can we say that the accusations made by the NUG, PDF, and their supporters are incorrect and false? Why does the government have a solid foundation and credibility for its official denials? How inaccurate and unreliable are the one-sided accusations and information from them? Let’s compare and think about it carefully… The truth is, this period is not the time for schools to open; it is the intense summer vacation period. So why are schools open now? Even if someone says it’s because it’s the NUG government which wants to open schools whenever it wants, how can we trust that they are opening schools at such a time and under such circumstances and directives when the NUG does not encourage education? The reason why it’s said that the NUG does not support education is because of the incidents where the NUG killed teachers and destroyed schools.
Another point is that the Myanmar Tatmadaw (Air) bombs they talk about as the 500 pounds (lb) and 1,000 pounds (lb) bombs are extremely powerful bombs. If they had exploded, such a wooden school building would have been destroyed for sure. According to ground reports, currently, there is no damage to the building walls; only some cracks on the ceiling and some peeling of corrugated iron sheets are seen, but no major destruction. There are no large holes or fire marks caused by explosions, and no dead bodies, like bits of shrapnel or other broken items, are found. Other furnishings are also undamaged. Furthermore, as the NUG said, there are no large craters caused by bombs either. So, the bombs that exploded were not the originally mentioned 500 lb or 1,000 lb bombs; instead, they turned out to be cluster bombs, causing scattered small explosions.
PanOrient News which was issued on 17 May 2025 quoted a retired military ordnance and explosives expert saying that the standard airforce bombs weigh 500 lbs or 1,000 lbs and would have obliterated the small woodframed school building, most of which remains standing. No bomb crater was found at the site. Moreover, it clearly stated the doubt of the expert that this possibility as a standard cluster bomb would break up in mid-air and send over 200 bomblets over a wider area of up to 7 acres.
According to experts, cluster bombs can break apart into many smaller bombs while still in the air before hitting the target. From the original large bomb, fragments can scatter up to around seven acres, with about 200 bomblets spreading out. These bombs are the type that can repeatedly cause serious harm to human lives. Because these kinds of bombs can keep fragmenting even after breaking apart, caution is necessary. Cluster bombs don’t just affect a single spot on the ground where they land – they can spread over many areas. There can be many pieces of dead bodies, and lots of damage can be found. For these reasons, cluster bombs may or may not be possible, but since there is no solid evidence, and because even 500 lb or 1000 lb bombs have been denied by the sources themselves, it’s unlikely…
Let’s assess more conflicting points. The backpacks and books of the children who were hit by the bomb did not get torn or blown away by the blast—why are they still intact and perfectly in place? The deception tactics are not consistent, lack certainty, and seem suspicious. When the photos sent by NUG were checked with an AI detector, it was also found that the accuracy percentage was completely off.
Because of this, now organizations like OHCHR and UNICEF Myanmar remain silent. When looking at the photos of those who have died, some pictures show their eyes open, as if they are not dead but just waking up. The photos with captions and texts that are circulated repeatedly are also edited several times.
When they talk about the events, they do it live, and you can also watch the person speaking. For example, there is a former Assistant Lecturer from Kalay Government Technological College named Daw Yati Ohn, who has been part of the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) since 2021. Sometimes she carries a gun, fights on the front lines, and does humanitarian work. Whenever Tatmadaw drops bombs by plane in places like Sagaing and Chin, she immediately arrives at the scene, filming videos with emotional cries, and she is someone who can spread propaganda.
What I want to analyze is that, in the case of Myanmar, some issues are not simple, and the idea that there can never be a coincidence is simply not true. Recently, in the central and southern regions of the country, the NUG, PDF, and EAOs have been launching multi-front offensives. Meanwhile, in the northeastern and northern regions, due to military successes by the Tatmadaw against terrorists, it seems that the NUG is providing support to the weakening side — that’s also part of the picture. Because of this situation, it appears that pressure is being applied on the Tatmadaw from multiple fronts. I also see that this is being used to uplift the morale of PDFs who had been returning to the legal fold due to a gradual loss of motivation and less hope. Through these justifications, they are trying to gain international sympathy — essentially crying in front of the world — and using that to raise international funds and donations.
As long as the terrorists continue to treat every place they exist as a human shield, no matter how cautiously Tatmadaw issues repeated warnings to avoid harm, they and their accomplices will keep fabricating such orchestrated incidents and deceptive stories stemming from their actions. In this latest fabricated story, what the saboteurs failed to notice is that they keep reusing the same simple tactics over and over again. As a result, public trust and acceptance of them have continued to decline.
Whatever the case may be, what I want to say to the terrorists and their supporters is this: Please put aside your egos so that we don’t have to witness more heartbreaking incidents like this. For those who have truly lost their lives, please reveal only the genuine truth. Also, they have to show a bit of thoughtful reasoning when considering right and wrong, cause and effect. They have to stop justifying wrong values, misguided policies and goals, wrong methods, and unethical practices. This is all I can urge.
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Source: The Global New Light of Myanmar

Two simple diet changes could reduce the symptoms of debilitating mental health conditions, a study suggests.

 A major review by researchers at Bond University in Queensland, Australia, found that calorie restrictive diets may reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. 

The research–which included 25 studies involving 57,000 adults–also found that low fat diets may help relieve anxiety. 

Researchers found that the benefits of a low fat diet on mental health were primarily seen among people at ‘elevated cardiometabolic risk’. 

This included those suffering from conditions like obesity or insulin resistance the latter considered a potential precursor to type 2 diabetes. 

A calorie restrictive diet is an eating pattern where you limit the amount of calories you consume per day in a bid to lose weight, usually around 1500 calories total.

 Dieters are also advised to avoid processed foods and products high in sugar. 

On the other hand, a low fat diet is considered getting less than 30 percent of your energy intake from fats, a level recommended by the World Health Organisation. 

Publishing their findings in the journal the Annals of Internal Medicine, the experts said while calorie restrictive and low fat diets may help combat depression and anxiety the quality of the data supporting this was low.

 As such they recommended any patient suffering from these problems discuss potential dietary changes with a health care professional beforehand. 

The authors didn't speculate on how diet may help combat mental health issues, but previous studies have established a link between food and mood. 

In 2017 Australian researchers, published a study in the journal BMC Medicine, where 33 people with major, drug resistant depression were put on the Mediterranean diet for three months. 

They were then compared with 34 people with the same condition who continued with their usual diets. 

The Mediterranean diet group experienced 'significantly greater improvement' in symptoms than the control group. 

Additionally, last year data from 3,000 adults showed that, after six years, those who followed Mediterranean diet had a 16 percent lower risk of developing depression than people who didn't. 

The Mediterranean typically involves focusing on fresh produce, lean meat like fish and chicken, and whole grains, while eating less red meat and sweets.

Professor Felice Jacka, an expert in nutritional psychiatry and director of the Food and Mood Centre at Deakin University in Geelong, Australia, previously told Mail Online she is convinced there is link between diet and depression. 

 'Where mental health is concerned, our gut microbes are running us,' said Professor Jacka.

She said that a diet rich in unprocessed foods with lots of fruits, vegetables, beans, pulses and grains is the key.

Professor Jacka said this fibre-rich diet richly supports a healthy gut microbiome, the population of bacteria, viruses and fungi that naturally live in our digestive tract.

Fibre is a type of complex carbohydrate found in plants that our bodies cannot easily break down.

This means it passes through the digestive system all the way to the large intestine where it helps feeds trillions of micro organisms.

Fibre's mood benefits have been demonstrated in a review of 18 previous studies, published in the journal Nutritional Neuroscience in 2023.

The University of Adelaide researchers found that, for people deemed at risk of depression, each additional 5g of fibre they added to their diet was associated with a 5 percent reduction of their risk of developing symptoms.

The NHS recommends aiming for at least 30g of fibre per day. 

Experts also warn that a diet in ultra-processed foods (UPFs) can have a negative impact on mental health.

Professor Jacka co-authored a study in the journal Clinical Nutrition which concluded that a person's risk of depressive symptoms goes up 10 percent for each additional 10 percent that their diet is comprised of UPFs.

'If you do just one thing to improve your mental health through diet, completely cut out soft drinks, ice cream and crisps,' Professor Jacka told MailOnline.

While multiple studies have established a link between what we eat and mental health, other experts caution the relationship might not be as clear cut as it seems.

They highlight that for UPFs and depression there is no clear cause and effect.

Additionally, they note that patients who eat a lot of UPFs are also more likely to be obese, exercise less frequently and more likely to smoke, all of which could influence their mental wellbeing.

Mental health charity Mind estimates that one in six Britons are suffering from a common mental health problem like depression and anxiety at any one time.

Symptoms of depression range from lasting feelings of unhappiness and hopelessness, to losing interest in the things you used to enjoy and feeling very tearful. Many people with depression also have symptoms of anxiety.

There can be physical symptoms too, such as feeling constantly tired, sleeping badly, having no appetite or sex drive, and various aches and pains.

For anxiety they say that common symptoms include feeling restless or on edge being irritable, getting tired easily and having tense muscles.

The NHS recommended seeing a doctor if you have symptoms of either condition.

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