r/myanmar • u/VastInformation4025 • Sep 18 '26
Advice How Do We Survive This?
Im 18 years old and the military conscription situation in Yangon seems to be getting worse day by day. How are we supposed to survive this?
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u/Andante_TK Sep 18 '26
Seriously tho, dont follow and read Khit Thit media. There’s no sense of actual journalism from these scums. All they want to do is instill fear more into people and be an extreme lobbyist. I am not saying conscription and some of these horrors by junta aint happening but Khit Thit is not a reliable source of information at all.
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u/25th_Chance Sep 18 '26
I don’t know if it’s a good idea to give people you are forcing into your shitty, selfish war access to guns wink
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u/aknockonyourhead Sep 18 '26
Idk, I heard that you’re basically their labor slaves and don’t really get to carry guns because they know the kids aren’t willingly going into the army.
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u/Andante_TK Sep 18 '26
Bro.. those who get conscripted are likely to be used as human shields, just baits to walk through mines, and labor slaves. They aint letting you carry firearms.
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u/ZakUTD Sep 18 '26
I hope you all stay strong! I was lucky to escape to a Thai camp with my family as a baby and then got to move to US but I still have relatives in Myanmar. Myanmar is a beautiful country with so much resources that can make it a top 5 Asian countries if it was ran by the right people. It’s such a shame the rest of the world is just turning a blind eye.
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u/Stunning_Package_546 Sep 18 '26
Khit Thit has the brain of a tomato. Anyone with a brain should stay away from that dumb media.
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u/EqualProfessional568 Sep 18 '26
It's not about Khit Thit, you can read about this problem on many media. Don't be stupid.
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u/givemealick Sep 18 '26
He calls Khit Thit dumb media and he doesn't realise that he is also dumb.
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u/Stunning_Package_546 Sep 18 '26
Conscription is a problem in itself that grows around fear and intimidation. It also gives room for a third party human trafficking rings who pretends to be of "conscription force recruiter".
Truth to be told, unless we have photos, videos or testimonials from families who had their child taken away and have these recorded and laid out, I do not believe the situation is as severe as it really is (for broad daylight force conscription issues on urban areas).
Myanmar's Facebook has been US Marine တွေလာရင်အိုးစည်တွေမတီးနဲ့ to သင်္ဘောတွေဝင်လာပြီ to R2P ဝင်လာပြီ to like and share တွေများများလုပ်ပေးကြပါ 20K ဆိုရင် UN တံခါးပိတ်ပါပြီ and with people habit of exaggerating, take everything pinch of salt.
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u/Amhwarr Sep 18 '26
Seriously, right now in Mandalay, more than 100 guys just got drafted across three areas. Don't go thinking everyone's as comfortable as you are..
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u/Stunning_Package_546 Sep 18 '26
With that number, we'd be seeing 100 families going to news media, pleading or at least someone taking a video or photo of the entire ordeal but we still haven't yet.
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u/littlebellls Sep 20 '26
Im from Australia and I’ve only seen a YouTube video on the situation naturally in the media which started my further investigation into everything. The video mentioned 195 journalists had been arrested in the country, I believe this includes foreign journalists. I would imagine this is part of a large censorship on the topic which is only making this even harder for everyone in the country.
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u/UsefulEdge184 Sep 19 '26
Most people who got drafted are from poor family.
They dont even know how to use social media.
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u/Burncraft2212 Sep 19 '26
since the day military took over have they done the promise of making the country "better"? ofc not we been at civil war for 70+ wear since the day we got freedom because of the junta they have 70+ years to fix the country weren't we about to surpass Singapore before they took over? now we are at the bottom of the barrel and is rated dangerous in the world by other countries and suggesting their own citizens to not come Myanmar becus of the danger
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u/Stunning_Package_546 Sep 18 '26
It's Khit Thit. The moment they say fire trucks are red, you bet they are blue.
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u/Cute-Ad2473 Sep 18 '26
Stop reading that braindead nonsense page lol. You are better off reading Irrawaddy or something else.
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u/Agreeable-Remote-394 Sep 18 '26
Didn't know there were so many ball ma in this thread why aren't they not on the front lines already instead of yapping every day
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u/EqualProfessional568 Sep 18 '26
NUG Ministry of Defense is telling all conscription-age men to leave junta-control areas and go to liberated areas or other countries. Do it before you get sent to the front lines to die. Your normal life is no longer possible.
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u/UnDead2077 Sep 19 '26
You don't. You just pray to god and I hope they don't take you every morning before you leave for work.
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u/Embarrassed_Night337 Sep 19 '26
Can anyone tell me what’s happening? My Burmese isn’t that good, so I can’t understand what’s happening
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u/Normal_Purple7985 Sep 19 '26
Don't go outside at night, do go to busy places and tried to get money as much as possible to leave this country and work in other country. That's the safest route
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u/Latter-Awareness-103 Sep 18 '26
So.Am I one of the privillege people?I have to go to Uni like everyday for like a year now.And it's a 2 hour drive.Look at me,staying alive.Wow how amazing right?(But Seriously though,wtf?)
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u/Late_Grocery8956 Sep 18 '26
What would happen if you refuse? Im just curious thats all.
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u/UsefulEdge184 Sep 19 '26
3 years in prison.
You will still have to go to military service even after you stay 3 years in prison.
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u/Late_Grocery8956 Sep 18 '26
Okay, I did a quick Google search. Sorry for asking. I'm really sorry about ur situation in ur country brother.
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u/Ruby_Charm_AI Sep 18 '26
This happens because soldiers are uneducated idiots. I remember my district official getting off’d one evening, and still wonder why we don’t do that more. Then I realized it’s just cuz the entire military is made up of uneducated slaves whose only education is how to bootlick their superiors.