BANGKOK/YANGON -- Myanmar's government is tightening restrictions on young men traveling abroad for work following a rush of migration to avoid military service. The clampdown, which began last ...

Pyae Sone, who deserted recently and is in hiding said officers freely stole food from villagers, slaughtered cattle, and ...

Local administrator Paitoon Khotsombat investigated the area and discovered 57 Myanmar nationals in a nearby community forest, including 17 men, 5 women, and 35 minors under the age of 18.

Myanmar’s military junta has stopped issuing permits for men to work abroad just weeks after it introduced military conscription. In February this year the junta announced new conscription laws ...

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Ko Soe chose to risk his life rather than serve in the junta’s army after being forcibly conscripted in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region. The 29-year-old was among 30 young men out of around 270 ...

You have the sartorialists, who herald the bi-annual Pitti Uomo as the most noteworthy event for men’s fashion, where “proper” menswear business gets done. Then there’s the capital “F ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Vendors selling groceries wait for customers at a local market Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar ...

and weathered clothing. The job was arduous. And the relentless heat was punishing. But despite these conditions, the men pushed on, chasing a humble salary that would cover just enough to support ...