YANGON, Myanmar – When Thant Zin Maung decided to return home last October, he told his boys to play their hearts out. “Play as much as you can, because once you’re back you can’t play as much,” he ...

Myanmar's mandatory conscription has upended the lives of countless people. The BBC spoke to four of them. Japanese journalist Kenji Nagai was killed by a soldier during 2007 protests in Myanmar.