Thousands of drafted soldiers are being fed directly into key front-line conflicts in Shan, Mandalay and elsewhere, say ...

Young people say they’re scrambling to avoid a new mandatory conscription law with some planning hasty exit strategies from Myanmar or weighing up joining resistance forces ...

The Myanmar's military conscription plan reveals the heavy toll that months of incessant fighting against rebels have had on its troops and the struggles the generals are facing to replenish their ...

Forced conscription has failed to change the course of Myanmar’s grinding civil war, and many are refusing to serve.

Bangkok, Thailand — Myanmar’s youth leaders are determined to avoid the military’s conscription law that could see them fight against the very resistance they are part of.

The Myanmar military’s recruitment and use of child soldiers has surged since the 2021 coup, including a significant number recruited after the junta enacted a conscription law in February 2024 ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Wednesday said it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups ...

As the civil war in Myanmar rages on, the country's military junta is forcibly conscripting young people to replenish its depleted ranks, but many are fleeing.

Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar has faced a multi-dimensional crisis marked by economic decline, mass displacement and human rights abuses under military rule. In 2024, the military junta introduced ...

Myanmar’s military drafts thousands in first year of conscription drive Forced conscription has failed to change the course of Myanmar’s grinding civil war, and many are refusing to serve.