Myanmar’s military junta has stopped issuing permits for men to work abroad just weeks after it introduced military conscription.In February this year the junta announced new conscription laws, making ...

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. The junta, ...

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.

The enforcement of the People’s Military Service Law has prompted thousands of young people to flee the country.

A troop shortage is hindering Myanmar's military, which seized power in a coup three years ago but is facing intensifying fighting with pro-democracy forces and ethnic militias. The junta announced ...

The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners says 40 under-18s were among the females killed by the regime between January and April.

The Myanmar army is experiencing a rapid rise in defections and military losses, posing questions about the continued ...

India on Thursday deported the first group of Myanmar refugees who had sought shelter after a 2021 military coup, a top state minister said.

Myanmar is producing about half of the electricity it needs each day, the junta has said, blaming scant rainfall for hydropower, lower natural gas yields, and attacks by its opponents on ...

What began as a military campaign to solidify rule in Myanmar’s remote border regions has devolved into a struggle of ...

YANGON, Myanmar, May 3, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Myanmar's junta has suspended the issuing of permits for men to work abroad, it said ...

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 ...