Just plain fed up! - Thousands in Myanmar seeking to leave after junta announces draft


The Thai embassy in Yangon has been swamped with young men and women seeking visas to get out of Myanmar. - PHOTO: AFP

YANGON (AFP): More than 1,000 people lined up at the Thai embassy in Yangon on Friday as young people sought to leave Myanmar after the junta said it would impose military service.

The military said last weekend it would enforce a law allowing it to call up all men aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27 to serve for at least two years as it struggles to quell opposition to its 2021 coup.

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