Myanmar junta bombing of a scam centre is little more than “political theatre” to appease the international community, an expert says.
Boat with hundreds of migrants from Myanmar capsizes off Malaysia; 1 body found, 10 rescued
A boat carrying about 300 migrants from Myanmar capsized in the Indian Ocean close to the maritime border between Thailand and Malaysia, 10 people were rescued …
7 Myanmar migrants dead and 13 rescued after boat capsizes near Malaysia
Rescuers in Malaysia have recovered the bodies of seven migrants from Myanmar and found 13 survivors from a capsized boat.
A boat from Myanmar with hundreds of migrants capsizes off Malaysia, 1 body found and 10 rescued
Malaysian authorities say a boat carrying about 300 migrants from Myanmar capsized last week in the Indian Ocean close to the border between Thailand and Malaysia, with at least one body recovered …
Crowds return to night markets, pagodas in Myanmar to celebrate festivals
Crowds are returning to the streets of Myanmar to celebrate traditional festivities. Our CNA team takes a look at this renewed public life in Yangon and what it could mean for the country’s ongoing …
Myanmar seizes over 82 tonnes of illegal timber in one week
YANGON: Myanmar authorities have seized over 82 tonnes of illegal timber across the country in a week, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Friday (Nov 7) …
What a leaked transcript reveals about China’s muscular statecraft
Jason Tower, an expert on China and Myanmar, thinks it likely that the Wa produced the transcript and shared it with rebel allies, who leaked it more widely. Verbatim accounts of Chinese diplomatic …
Indians who fled a Myanmar cyberscam center are being flown home from Thailand
India is repatriating the first batch of hundreds of its nationals who last month fled to Thailand from Myanmar, where most had been working at a notorious center for online scams.
China sentences 5 to death for building, running criminal gang fraud centers in Myanmar’s lawless borderlands
Chinese and Thai authorities have tried to crack down on violent criminal gangs running vast fraud operations in Myanmar’s borderlands.
China sentences infamous Myanmar scam mafia members to death
A Chinese court has sentenced five top members of an infamous Myanmar mafia to death as Beijing continues its crackdown on scam operations in South East Asia. In all 21 Bai family members and …