Myanmar, junta
Myanmar ethnic armed group says it captured hundreds of junta personnel
BANGKOK: A Myanmar ethnic armed group said on Monday (May 6) it had captured a military command and taken hundreds of junta personnel prisoner in western Rakhine state, the latest blow to the military.
Myanmar junta bans fighting-age men from going to work abroad as army struggles with rebellion
In February this year the junta announced new conscription laws, making it compulsory for all young women and men to join the military amid an ongoing civil conflict in the country. The move resulted in thousands of young people attempting to leave the country and avoid being forced to fight.
Myanmar Junta Bans Men From Leaving Country for Work
It says the ban is temporary, but has not yet offered a reason for the move, which comes amid forced conscription of recruits for the regime’s depleted military.
Myanmar Junta Bans Men From Applying To Work Abroad
Myanmar's junta has suspended the issuing of permits for men to work abroad, it said, weeks after introducing a military conscription law that led to thousands trying to leave the country.
ASEAN calls for a ceasefire in Myanmar a boon for struggling junta
The latest call from Bangkok for negotiations comes as ethnic armies and other anti-junta forces are gaining the upper hand in the three-year-old conflict, which has edged close to the Thai-Myanmar border, sending refugees across into Thailand.
Myanmar stops men from working abroad as war heats up
On Thursday, authorities said they would suspend accepting applications for overseas work permits. There is a large diaspora of Myanmar citizens working in other countries in Asia and the Middle East,
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Military Conscription in Southeastern Myanmar Demands International Intervention
To stave off defeat, the military regime is robbing the country’s youth of livelihoods and educational opportunities.
Myanmar's Faltering Junta In A Do-Or-Die Offensive
After six disastrous months of serial defeat, Myanmar's military has finally swung back onto the offensive with a high-stakes ...
PBS1d
What a rapidly changing civil war means for the future of Myanmar
Myanmar is on the brink of becoming a failed state. For three years, the southeast Asian nation has been embroiled in an ...
The Diplomat3d
Myanmar Junta Bans Men From Overseas Work in Bid to Stymie Draft Dodgers
The enforcement of the People’s Military Service Law has prompted thousands of young people to flee the country.
Jacobin on MSN7d
In Myanmar, Military Rule Is Faltering
The military has seized power and is holding the country in an iron grip. It’s backed by a superpower benefiting from a ...
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Mired in military ‘chaos,’ Myanmar’s junta locked into struggle for survival
What began as a military campaign to solidify rule in Myanmar’s remote border regions has devolved into a struggle of ...
The Irrawaddy4d
Myanmar’s Power Grid Meeting Half of Country’s Needs Amid Conflict: Junta
The regime pointed to low rainfall and natural gas yields, as well as destruction of infrastructure by resistance groups, as ...
Myanmar: Humanitarian crisis will have regional fallout
As the country slips into a state of civil war, with virtually no active international action to stop the conflict, it runs ...