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

A Myanmar military jet continued to fly sorties just over our hidden frontline hospital. Every time it screamed low over the ...

Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged the discharge of 93 minors from its armed forces, responding to a recent ...

Since December 2024, the Arakan Army (AA) has been entrenching itself in the Rakhine state after the fall of the Western ...

The Indonesian influencer named as ‘A.P.’ was jailed in Yangon after posting photos with anti-regime groups on Instagram.

In Naypyitaw and beyond, forced conscription raids intensify under the junta’s 2024 draft law, with recruits taken at ...

As more people seek work abroad or find other means to escape mandatory military service, the junta has tightened ...

YANGON: It was reported that the peace forum discussed stopping conscription during the election period. The discussion was ...

it has been a struggle for Burmese in the United States as the travel ban blocks nearly all travel and immigration from Myanmar, halting family reunifications and student visas as the country faces ...

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.

Over the past year, Myanmar’s military junta has been enforcing mandatory conscription, targeting men and women of working age.

Mandatory conscription in Myanmar is not only affecting young people. It has also inflicted deep and lasting harm on their families and communities. A study by human rights non-profit Hurfom, ...