"She remains the single figure Myanmar’s military leaders fear most. No other politician has faced such repeated arrests, ...

For the first time in decades, European countries are discussing compulsory military service. The Ukraine-Russia war and the ongoing instability in the Middle East have renewed calls for increased ...

The junta’s recruitment of child soldiers has surged, Human Rights Watch said in a report on June 20, a significant number enlisted since it introduced mandatory military service. So far the military ...

Myanmar's ruling junta installed a conscription law last year. Young people are desperately trying to escape, but hope is ...

Heidy Quah, co-founder of Refuge for the Refugees, says Myanmar nationals who fled to Malaysia face severe threats to their ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Friday called for the Myanmar military to stop the recruitment and use of child soldiers. Since the junta took over Myanmar in the 2021 coup, the recruitment and use of ...

The Myanmar military's recruitment and use of child soldiers has surged since the 2021 coup, including a significant number ...

China’s growing involvement in Myanmar’s civil war is propping up the regime for now, but Beijing underestimates the opposition’s resolve, fueling further instability.

A year into Myanmar military’s conscription drive, thousands of young men and women have done much the same, ... “I think this [conscription] law has become part of that strategy,” he said.

Ko Nyi, 33, fled his home in Tada-U town in central Myanmar to Myawaddy town near the Thailand border after his name was listed for mandatory military service.. It was shortly after the military junta ...

On February 10, Myanmar’s military junta announced it would mandate conscription for the first time since the People’s Military Service Law was passed in 2010.

He said the conscription announcement had worsened the country's economic turmoil. "Since the announcement of the conscription law, the current situation in Myanmar has become quite chaotic," he said.