Myanmar’s military has shut down a major online scam operation near the border with Thailand, detaining more than 2,000 people and seizing dozens of Starlink satellite internet terminals, state media ...

From slumping exports and rampant scams to border disputes among its members, Southeast Asia is in the teeth of overlapping crises. But among a lengthening list of troubles its leaders will discuss ...

Most of the centres, notorious for their scams and investment cons, are run by Chinese-led crime syndicates working with Myanmar militias. They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in ...

YANGON: Myanmar's junta said on Friday (Oct 10) that Malaysia would send observation teams to its long-delayed election, as it battles multiple rebel forces opposed to the poll. A civil war has ...

A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, an attendee and a local committee member told AFP on Tuesday. Myanmar has been reeling from civil war ...

August 15, 2025: Myanmar, a nation of 56 million people located in Southeast Asia between Bangladesh, China, Laos and Thailand, has got lots of problems. For starters it’s the poorest nation in the ...

Reuters was able to confirm the location of the video by the temple design and courtyard, entry gate, buildings and trees seen in the video which matched file and satellite imagery of the area. The ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced on Saturday by Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle ...

The chaotic country is now a magnet for criminal syndicates, particularly from China, destabilizing law enforcement across much of Asia. The chaotic country is now a magnet for criminal syndicates, ...

YANGON, December 11, 2024 —Natural disasters, ongoing conflict, and widespread shortages of basic commodities have hit Myanmar's economy hard, while the economic outlook remains bleak. According to ...

The end may not be near, but the end is clear—according to those who have kept a close eye on Myanmar’s ongoing civil war, since a military coup toppled its civilian government in 2021. While the ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Floods and landslides in Myanmar triggered by last week’s Typhoon Yagi and seasonal monsoon rains have claimed at least 226 lives, with 77 people missing, state-run media reported ...