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They were forcibly recruited by the military after clashes broke out between the junta and ethnic rebels following the February 2021 coup that wrested power from Aung San Suu Kyi's government, the ...
GENEVA (Reuters) -Myanmar's military government has ramped up killings and arrests in an apparent bid to silence opponents and recruit soldiers in an escalating conflict, with tens of thousands ...
The military ruled Myanmar with an iron fist for 50 years after seizing power in 1962, insisting it was the only institution capable of holding the diverse country together.
Myanmar's military government is escalating violence against civilians as it faces more setbacks on the battlefield from a range of pro-democracy and ethnic armed groups, a U.N.-backed independent ...
People gather outside the embassy of Thailand to get visas, in Yangon on Feb. 16, 2024, after Myanmar's military government said it would impose mandatory military service. STR/AFP/Getty Images ...
Myanmar military forces executed at least 37 villagers in the Mon Taing Pin massacre in May 2022 after shelling the village of Mondaingbin, Sagaing Region with heavy artillery. [161] The SAC forces entered the local Buddhist monastery, conscripted young male villagers briefly before executing them and other captives by a stupa. [162]
Myanmar's military launched an internal probe into the actions of its soldiers during the August clashes. [146] In November, the military released a report denying all accusations against its security forces. Major General Maung Maung Soe was meanwhile transferred from his post as head of Western Command in Rakhine State in the same month. [147]
The military junta announced compulsory military service in February [Reuters] The last time Chaw Su saw her husband was in March, when he was forcibly conscripted to fight for the army in Myanmar ...