The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar on Sunday evening issued a statement, saying that China and Myanmar had an in-depth …
The Great Escape: 84 Indonesians Repatriated from Myanmar Scam Centres
Eighty-four Indonesians have returned home after being freed from scam centers in Myanmar. Part of a wider crackdown involving Thailand, Myanmar, and China, thousands have been rescued. Repatriation …
For Myanmar’s war victims and Rohingya refugees, US aid cuts are disastrous
Aid officials and Rohingya refugees say vital programmes are already closing down, and they expect worse to come on both sides of the border.
Thousands in limbo on Thai-Myanmar border after scam centre crackdown
Thousands of foreigners freed from online scam-operating centres in Myanmar are stuck in limbo on the border with Thailand after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, three …
84 Indonesians taken out of scam centers in Myanmar are set to go home
Eighty-four Indonesians freed rom scam centers in Myanmar arrived at the Thai border city of Mae Sot earlier on Thursday, part of an ongoing large scale repatriation effort following a crackdown by Thailand,
Myanmar scam center workers plead to ‘escape this hell’ and go home: ‘Help me, help me, help me’
The United Nations estimates that as many as 120,000 people—many of them Chinese men—may be working in Myanmar scam centers against their will.
Roads jammed in Thai border province with vehicles from Myanmar seeking to fill tanks
BANGKOK – The border town of Mae Sot in Tak saw its roads congested, mostly with vehicles from Myawaddy, seeking to refill their tanks after oil prices in the Myanmar border city skyrocketed to around 70 baht per litre.
Over 7,000 foreign nationals rescued from Myanmar scam centres
More than 7,000 foreign nationals trapped in scam call centres in Myanmar’s Myawaddy region have been freed and are awaiting repatriation.
Forced Conscription in Myanmar: Stop Sending My Sisters to the Bombs
The implementation of the People’s Military Service Law will allow the military to increase its control over women’s lives and bodies.
‘I only kneel before God’: The last words of priest killed in Myanmar
Two women who witnessed the murder of Father Donald Martin Ye Naing Win in Myanmar last week recounted how the priest “fearlessly confronted” those who took his life.