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    • NewsRecruits pay respect to their trainers at Basic Military Training Centre No. 7 in Magway Region’s Taungdwingyi Township on April 8 (Pro-junta Telegram channel)
      Aung ZayApril 25, 2024

      New conscripts forced to hand over phones as training begins

      Recently recruited youths are also forced to undergo indoctrination as part of their preparation for military service

    • In-DepthFamily members gather at Yangon’s International Airport to bid farewell to relatives going abroad for work in March 2024 (Myanmar Now)
      Aung ZayAung NaingApril 12, 2024

      Overseas employment agencies thriving in Myanmar’s post-coup chaos

      While most other businesses struggle, companies promising jobs abroad are doing a roaring trade

    • NewsMembers of resistance forces under the command of the National Unity Government prepare to launch a drone armed with explosives in Karen State in October 2023 (Ministry of Defence / NUG)
      Aung ZayApril 9, 2024

      Drone attacks on Naypyitaw military targets to continue, sources say

      After firing dozens of ‘kamikaze drones’ at the military-controlled capital, sources in the resistance and the National Unity Government warn that the junta ‘is no longer safe’

    • NewsThe entrance to Naypyitaw, seen in January 2021 (Myanmar Now)
      Aung ZayMarch 19, 2024

      Junta orders civilians to guard villages on Naypyitaw-Bago border

      Village administrators are assigning unarmed local security guards to stand watch at night in Lewe Township

    • NewsJunta soldiers and police in Yangon in 2022 (Photo − Myanmar Now)
      Ko ChoAung ZayMarch 14, 2024

      In apparent effort to facilitate conscription, Myanmar junta officials conduct youth survey in Yangon

      In addition to requesting the names and phone numbers of people of conscription age, officials are planning further action after the Thingyan holidays in April

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