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Myanmar Conscription
FILE - Military officers march during a parade to commemorate Myanmar's 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 27, 2023. Myanmar’s military government on Wednesday Feb. 14, 2024 revealed how it will implement its newly activated conscription law, saying it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service, and that call-ups will begin after the April festival marking the country’s traditional New Year. (AP Photo/Aung Shine Oo, File)

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Myanmar’s military government says it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups beginning after the April festival marking the country’s traditional New Year

By GRANT PECK
Published - Feb 14, 2024, 08:33 PM ET
Last Updated - Feb 14, 2024, 08:33 PM EST

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government on Wednesday said it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups beginning after the April festival marking the country’s traditional New Year.

The conscription measure was activated on Saturday by order of the chairman of the ruling military council, Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing.

His surprise announcement appeared to confirm that the military has been stretched thin by increasing pressure from armed pro-democracy resistance forces that emerged after the army seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021.

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