{"id":37551,"date":"2024-02-11T05:22:49","date_gmt":"2024-02-11T05:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=37551"},"modified":"2024-02-11T05:22:55","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T05:22:55","slug":"myanmars-military-government-enforces-conscription-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=37551","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar&#8217;s military government enforces conscription law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBC News:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The government in Myanmar has announced compulsory military service for all young men and women as the country&#8217;s turmoil continues.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The army seized power from the civilian government in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-55882938\">a coup in February 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But in recent months it has been defeated in a series of battles with ethnic militias and anti-coup fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move announced on Saturday will require all men aged 18-35, and women aged 18-27, to serve at least two years under military command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No further details have been released. But in a statement, the junta said its defence ministry would &#8220;release necessary bylaws, procedures, announcements orders, notifications and instructions&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military has faced a series of humiliating defeats in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of last year, three ethnic insurgent armies in Shan State &#8211; supported by other armed groups that oppose the government &#8211; captured border crossings and roads carrying most of the overland trade with China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-67982635\">the Arakan Army (AA) said it had taken control of Paletwa in Chin State<\/a> and the last military post in Paletwa township, the hilltop base at Meewa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military-installed president of Myanmar, Myint Swe &#8211; a former general &#8211; has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-67305690\">previously warned<\/a> the country is in danger of breaking apart if the government could not bring fighting under control.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC News: The government in Myanmar has announced compulsory military service for all young men and women as the country&#8217;s turmoil continues. The army seized power from the civilian government in a coup in February 2021. But in recent months it has been defeated in a series of battles with ethnic militias and anti-coup fighters. The move announced on Saturday will require all men aged 18-35, and women aged 18-27, to serve at least two years under military command. No further details have been released. But in a statement, the junta said its defence ministry would &#8220;release necessary bylaws, procedures,&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37552,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37553,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37551\/revisions\/37553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}