In Myanmar, young people are fleeing the country or hastily arranging shotgun weddings to avoid conscription - ABC News (www.abc.net.au)
from fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 21 Apr 2024 15:56
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someguy3@lemmy.world on 21 Apr 2024 16:49 collapse

Are they at war with anyone?

Limonene@lemmy.world on 21 Apr 2024 17:11 next collapse

Themselves. It’s a civil war. The military in Burma/Myanmar has been out of control for many decades. Currently, the military controls the country, after overthrowing the 2020 democratically elected government.

People there are probably avoiding conscription not because they fear the danger of war, but because they disagree with the military’s position, and don’t want to have to kill peaceful protesters.

ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world on 22 Apr 2024 02:01 collapse

Civil war but the Rohingya genocide is ongoing: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rohingya_genocide

The largest refugee camp in the world is the Kutupalong refugee camp is in Bangladesh just over the border. (Gaza is bigger but I’m not sure “camp” is the right word after multiple decades.)