Finland should increase the amount that is paid to conscripts, according to Defence Minister Antti Häkkänen (NCP). The minister spoke to reporters about the matter at the opening of the National ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has joined hands with the army and navy in drafting a framework aimed at improving the treatment of new conscripts. NHRC commissioner Wasan Paileeklee said ...

Young people called up for conscription service who cannot speak Estonian at the B1 level will be required to undertake state-funded year-long mandatory language courses in the future and delay their ...

Taiwan is moving to plug one-year conscripts directly into frontline combined-arms operations, mandating joint live-fire training with troops across all services to bolster resilience against a ...

After Donald Trump’s reelection last year, a retired Army general who’d been critical of the president in the past made a list of the ways that the incoming administration could come after him, should ...

The Russian military has two conscription cycles that take place twice a year, one in the spring and another in the fall. On the last days of September, Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered the ...

Taiwanese soldiers pose for a photo at the Songshan military airbase in Taipei on March 21. (I-Hwa Cheng/AFP via Getty Images) One year after the conscription reform implementation, Taiwan’s military ...

(Bangkok) – A Thai civilian court’s conviction of two army instructors for the beating death of a conscript is the first successful prosecution under Thailand’s 2022 prevention of torture law, Human ...

In December 2023, along with tens of thousands of other 18-year-old men, Aleksandr, from the Siberian city of Ulan-Ude, was called up for mandatory military service in the Russian armed forces. Four ...

Russia has initiated its largest military draft in 14 years as reports indicate Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing a spring assault on Ukraine despite ongoing peace negotiations to end the ...

A growing shortage of conscripts is threatening to disrupt the Turkmen government’s efforts to modernize the country’s armed forces. RFE/RL reports that Turkmen officials are considering raising the ...