Myanmar's military service on Saturday (Feb 10) announced the enforcement of the People's Military Service Law under which all men aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27 are supposed to serve a minimum of two years in the military.

Myanmar: All men and women of eligible age now required to serve in army

Myanmar's Junta has begun enforcing conscription in the country. As for the latest announcement, the military now can summon all men aged 18 to 25 and women aged between 18 to 27 for at least two years.

Myanmar Junta enforces complusory military service for 2 years

China on Friday (Jan 12) claimed that they have negotiated an "immediate ceasefire" between the Myanmar military and ethnic minority armed groups' alliance, bringing an end to the fighting which has continued across the northern Shan state since October 2023.

China negotiates 'immediate ceasefire' between Myanmar army, armed alliance

The Myanmar military is planning to transfer ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi from prison to house arrest, according to a Reuters report. Suu Kyi has been in detention since the military removed her democratically elected National League for Democracy (NLD) in 2021 in a coup.

Myanmar military planning to transfer Aung San Suu Kyi to house arrest: Reports

An international aid group and opponents of Myanmar’s ruling military have accused soldiers of killing at least 35 villagers who were fleeing combat on Christmas Eve and of then burning their bodies.

Myanmar’s army is accused of massacring dozens of civilians

Myanmar's junta chief on Monday said that the ruling military was committed to peace and democracy, and that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) should consider the provocations and violence being carried out by its opponents.

Myanmar junta leader blames opponents for prolonging unrest

Nearly seven months after Myanmar's army seized power, security forces have killed more than 1,000 people in a bid to crush resistance, according to Reuters research and data from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, an activist group that has tracked arrests and deaths.

They challenged Myanmar's junta. It cost them their lives

The special envoy for Myanmar appointed by Southeast Asia's regional bloc to resolve the coup-hit nation's political crisis asked on Saturday for full access to all parties.

ASEAN envoy to Myanmar calls for full access to all parties

A Myanmar militia force is fighting the army in the central part of the country and residents have found at least 40 bodies in jungle areas in recent weeks, including some showing signs of torture, a militia member and media reports said.

At least 40 bodies found in Myanmar jungle area after army crackdown: Media reports

Myanmar's ambassador to the United Nations, who has refused to leave his post despite being fired after the February coup, has alerted the world body to a "reported massacre" by the military junta.

Myanmar envoy alerts UN to alleged 'massacre'

Suu Kyi trial, raids & more: How Myanmar has changed six months after military coup

First, the junta stole Myanmar’s elected leaders from the people. Now, doctors say, the generals have taken the oxygen that some citizens need to breathe. As the delta variant of the coronavirus rampages through Myanmar, the military, which seized power in a February coup, has ordered that lifesaving oxygen be denied to private clinics, according to medical workers.

As COVID rages in Myanmar, army hoards oxygen, doctors say

Myanmar's authorities will free around 700 prisoners from Yangon's Insein jail on Wednesday, prison chief Zaw Zaw told Reuters, in a release that is expected to include some of the thousands of people detained for opposing military rule.

Myanmar junta to release 700 prisoners from Yangon's Insein jail

Myanmar's junta and villagers traded accusations Wednesday after a settlement was razed almost entirely to the ground in the centre of the coup-wracked country. Villagers of Kin Ma in central Magway region told AFP junta forces were to blame for its near-destruction, while the military said "terrorists" and windy weather were responsible.

Myanmar junta and villagers trade accusations after houses razed

Fighters opposed to Myanmar's military junta seized a police station in the eastern town of Mobye on Sunday and claimed to have killed at least 13 members of the security forces and captured four, local media said.

Myanmar anti-coup insurgents seize police post, kill security forces

Myanmar's junta-appointed election commission will dissolve Aung San Suu Kyi's political party for vote fraud in a November election, local media reported on Friday, citing a commissioner, who threatened action against "traitors" involved.

Myanmar Junta's electoral body to dissolve Suu Kyi party

Children and the elderly make up a large proportion of people taking refuge in camps in northwest Myanmar to escape fighting between the army and insurgents, residents said on Thursday, as France called for urgent delivery of humanitarian aid.

Myanmar displaced shelter in camps in border state, France calls for aid

Two officials at Myanmar's embassy in Tokyo have become the latest diplomats dismissed by the junta after protesting the military coup in their country, Japan's Kyodo news agency reported Thursday.

Myanmar junta fires protesting diplomats in Tokyo: Eeport

Myanmar's junta has declared martial law in a town in Chin State after blaming "armed terrorists" for attacks on a police station and a bank, state media reported on Friday, amid an upsurge in fighting between the military and ethnic rebels in border areas.

Myanmar junta declares martial law in town after attacks on bank, police

Beaten, kicked in the groin and threatened with sexual violence - a young Myanmar teenager detained by the junta's security forces has described the treatment suffered by some women and girls behind bars.

Kicked in the groin: Myanmar teen describes junta's brutal treatment of detained women

A Japanese journalist detained in Myanmar last month has been charged with spreading false news, an official at the Japanese embassy in Yangon said on Tuesday, amid a crackdown on media since the military seized power three months ago.

Japanese journalist charged in Myanmar for spreading false news

Myanmar fighting has escalated in Eastern Karen state after rebel forces torched a military base on Tuesday. The army has now responded with a fresh round of air strikes on Karen villages.

Myanmar: Karen village pummelled by fresh wave or air strikes

Opponents of Myanmar's junta announced a National Unity Government on Friday including ousted members of parliament and leaders of anti-coup protests and ethnic minorities, saying their aim was to root out military rule.

Opponents of Myanmar coup announce unity government

With Myanmar in turmoil since the army overthrew elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a February 1 coup, ethnic armed groups are being drawn back into conflict with the military junta as they side with opponents of the coup.

Ethnic groups in Myanmar mobilising against army

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