Myanmar
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Thailand seizes more than $300m in assets and issues 42 arrest warrants in cyberscam crackdown
Seizures and warrants involve Chinese-Cambodian tycoon Chen Zhi, who heads US-sanctioned Prince Group, and Cam…
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What are scam centres – explained in 30 seconds
Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos have become havens for the multibillion dollar scam industry, which has proliferate…
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Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia
Like the narco-state, a ‘scam state’ refers to countries where an illicit industry has dug its tentacles deep …
- Aid, Bangladesh, Global development, Humanitarian response, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
No soap, no tents, no food: Rohingya families fight for survival as aid plummets
In Bangladesh, over a million people in the world’s largest refugee camp depend on aid – and cuts mean new arr…
- Myanmar, Myanmar coup, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US foreign policy, US immigration
‘A constant fear’: Myanmar nationals face imprisonment back home as US ends protected status
Thousands of Myanmar diaspora are at risk of deportation, after the US said they no longer required Temporary …
- Myanmar, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Trump administration, US immigration, US news, US politics, World news
Junta hails end to US protected status for Myanmar nationals
Human rights monitors say it is not safe to return, citing reports of ‘serious crimes in the run-up to electio…
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The dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’
Still largely viewed as a peaceful philosophy, across much of south-east Asia, the religion has been weaponise…
- Asia Pacific, Global development, Myanmar, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Thailand, United Nations, USAid, World news
Thailand to let Myanmar refugees work to counter aid cuts and labour shortages
The move, welcomed by UN, will allow thousands of people living in camps to support themselves and their famil…
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Thousands detained as Myanmar military raids notorious KK park scam compound
Myanmar's military moved in to tackle a major online scam operation near the Thailand border, state media repo…
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Who are Chen Zhi and the Prince Group, accused by the US and UK of large-scale scam operations?
US treasury department has sanctioned Chinese-born Cambodian tycoon Chen Zhi – alleged mastermind of a cyber-c…
- Asia Pacific, Elon Musk, Myanmar, Satellites, South and Central Asia, Technology, US Congress, US politics
US Congress committee investigating Musk-owned Starlink over Myanmar scam centres
Provision of internet access to scam centres being investigated as Starlink swiftly becomes Myanmar’s biggest …
- Asia Pacific, Elon Musk, Myanmar, Satellites, South and Central Asia, Technology, US Congress, US politics
US Congress committee investigating Musk-owned Starlink over Myanmar scam centres
Provision of internet access to scam centres being investigated as Starlink swiftly becomes Myanmar’s biggest …
- Asia Pacific, Cambodia, China, Cybercrime, Human rights, Human trafficking, Myanmar, Organised crime, Scams, South and Central Asia, World news
The Guardian view on the online scam industry: authorities must not forget that perpetrators are often victims too | Editorial
A lucrative sector is spreading fast as criminal enterprises force abused and trafficked workers to cheat othe…
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Paraglider bomb attack by Myanmar military kills at least 20 at protest
Dozens more injured by night strike on anti-government demonstration held during national holidayA Myanmar mil…
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China court sentences 11 people to death over alleged role in family-run Myanmar scam operations
Another five people given suspended death sentences over alleged role in gang that operated scam centres and i…