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Myanmar's military junta announces that all men aged 18 to 35 and all women aged 18 to 27 will be required to complete two years of mandatory military service, amid territorial losses to anti-military junta forces in the ongoing civil war.
2024-02-11

Uzbekistan says that it will not deport Russians fleeing conscription.
2022-09-30

Amnesty International says Muslim Rohingyas in western Burma have been subject to attacks and arbitrary arrests.
2012-07-20

Coca-Cola says that it will start doing business in Burma after sixty years as soon as the U.S. government issues a license allowing American companies to make such investments.
2012-06-14

The military-backed civilian government of Burma (Myanmar) marks the anniversary of the country's independence by commuting prison sentences and releasing more than thirty prisoners.
2012-01-4

About 20,000 people flee Burma to escape fighting between the Burmese military and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army in Karen State after the recent general election.
2010-11-9

The Burmese authorities announce thirteen new campaigning rules for the general election in November.
2010-08-19

A faction of the National League for Democracy in Burma forms its own political party to compete in elections, one day after the party disbanded.
2010-05-7

Three explosions occur in the former Burmese capital of Yangon during the city's Water Festival, killing at least 9 people and injuring 178.
2010-04-15

Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy, announces it will boycott the upcoming general elections in Burma.
2010-03-29