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YANGON, Myanmar – Myanmar’s embattled junta is pressing ahead with its military-conscription drive, state media said on Tuesday, with video footage showing new recruits heading to training centers across the Southeast Asian country.
The military is struggling to crush widespread opposition to its rule following its Feb. 1, 2021 coup that ended Myanmar’s experiment with democracy and plunged the nation into turmoil.