The Formation and Challenges of the People's Defense Force in Myanmar's Conflict

A conscription campaign by Myanmar’s military appears to be backfiring, with the country’s youth deciding they’d rather fight against it. Al Jazeera goes inside the country to speak to rebel groups. 

In this episode: 

• Tony Cheng (@TLCBkk), Al Jazeera English Correspondent 

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Khaled Soltan and David Enders, with Duha Mosaad, Manahil Naveed and host Kevin Hirten, in for Malika Bilal. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

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