People gather outside the embassy of Thailand in Yangon to apply for visas on February 16, days after the junta announced it would impose military service. (AFP)

Myanmar junta bans men from applying to work abroad

Myanmar's junta has suspended the issuing of permits for men to work abroad, it said, weeks after introducing a military conscription law that led to thousands trying to leave the country.

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