Myanmar’s Myawaddy scam centres are part of a Southeast Asia network involving criminal gangs trafficking hundreds of thousands of people to help generate illicit revenues running into billions of …
US aid cuts to Myanmar are having catastrophic impact, UN rapporteur says
U.S. cuts to humanitarian aid are having a crushing impact on people in Myanmar, with violence likely to spiral, Thomas Andrews, the U.N. special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar …
187 Filipinos freed from Myanmar scam hubs
AT least 187 Filipinos were freed from online fraud hubs in rebel-controlled areas in Myanmar after a trilateral crackdown between Myanmar, Thailand and China, the Department of Foreign Affairs said …
Indonesia to repatriate 561 Myanmar scam centre workers
JAKARTA] More than 500 Indonesians freed from online scam centres in Myanmar will be repatriated via Thailand in the coming days, a senior Indonesian official told AFP on Tuesday. Read more at The …
An airstrike in Myanmar kills nearly 30 people, an opposition group says
An opposition group in military-ruled Myanmar says an airstrike on a central village under the control of resistance forces has killed at least 27 civilians and injured 30 others.
AP Photos: “Shinbyu,” a rite of passage for young Buddhists in Myanmar
Brightly dressed boys and girls mounted on horses and carts, accompanied by their guardians, make their way to a Buddhist monastery in southern Myanmar, as they prepare to enter a period of monkhood …
UN World Food Program to cut food aid for over 1 million people in Myanmar
The United Nations food agency said on Friday that more than 1 million people in the war-torn nation of Myanmar will be cut off from food assistance due to critical funding shortfalls.
World Food Programme to cut aid for one million people in Myanmar
More than a million people in Myanmar will be cut off from life-saving food assistance provided by the World Food Programme (WFP) from next month because of critical shortfalls in funding, the latest …
Myanmar shows ASEAN centrality is weakening
Despite formulating a Five-Point Consensus in 2021, divisions within ASEAN continue to undermine its capacity to mount a unified approach to the crisis in Myanmar …
Critical Funding Shortfalls Cut Off Vital Food Aid in Myanmar
The World Food Programme announces over 1 million people in Myanmar will lose food assistance due to severe funding shortages. Ongoing conflict and recent foreign aid cuts, influenced by US policies, …