After Myanmar's military announced plans to implement military conscription, young people hoping to leave the country to avoid conscription are lining up in front of neighboring Thailand's embassy in its largest city, Yangon, waiting for visas. forming a line.
On the 10th of this month, the Myanmar military announced that it would implement a conscription system that would impose compulsory military service on men and women over the age of 18.
In response to this announcement, young people and families wishing to leave the country to avoid conscription formed a long line of more than 100 meters in front of the Thai embassy in Yangon, the largest city, in search of long-term visas. I did.
A 20-year-old man said, ``He doesn't want to be a soldier, so he wants to leave Myanmar and go to Thailand to attend school.''
Since last fall in Myanmar, pro-democracy forces and ethnic minority armed groups have been intensifying their offensive against the military in various places, and the military is thought to be facing a shortage of troops due to the deaths and surrender of soldiers.
Multiple local media outlets reported on the 14th that a military spokesperson revealed plans to recruit 5,000 people a month starting in April, and the number of young people seeking to leave the country is expected to increase in the future.