Tag: Youths

THATON, Myanmar — Police forces in Mon State have reportedly abducted seven young men, including a 14-year-old boy, demanding exorbitant ransoms before forcibly sending them to military training camps. The incident occurred on May 3, 2026, in the Kyaikkaw and Theimseik areas of Thaton Township. According to military sources in ...

15 April 2026 By Ko Myo NEW YORK, USA — Myanmar’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, has issued a stark warning to the international community regarding the military junta’s use of technology to suppress the nation's youth and dismantle their educational and professional futures. Speaking ...

YANGON, Myanmar — The youth wing of the National League for Democracy (NLD) has issued a poignant appeal to the public, calling for a collective moment of prayer for the release of detained leader Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners on the first day of the Myanmar New ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Despite a crippling fuel shortage that has paralyzed much of the commercial capital, Myanmar’s military junta has intensified its campaign of forced conscription, with monitoring groups reporting a significant spike in "street abductions" across Yangon in March. The Rangoon Scout Network (RSN), a local monitoring group, documented ...

HAKHA, Myanmar — Resistance forces and local residents in Chin State have accused the Myanmar military of executing three young civilians and staging a crime scene to make them appear as armed insurgents. The Chinland Defense Force (CDF-Hakha) issued a stinging condemnation on Monday, detailing the deaths of the three ...

YANGON, Myanmar — Monitoring groups in Myanmar’s largest city have issued an urgent warning over a series of "honey trap" abductions, where men are being lured by women with fake job offers only to be sold into forced military service. The Rangoon Scout Network (RSN) reported multiple disappearances this week ...

The Myanmar military has reportedly abducted approximately 80 young people in a single day in Monywa, a key city in the Sagaing Region known for its strong resistance to junta rule. The incident took place on the evening of 27 February 2026, when soldiers using private civilian vehicles began seizing ...