A Myanmar ethnic militia said on Saturday it was preparing to deport 10,000 people linked to cyber scams in the area it controls to Thailand as part of a crackdown on the illicit compounds.

Scam compounds have mushroomed in Myanmar’s borderlands and are staffed by foreigners. Read more at straitstimes.com.

This month, a spy scandal in the Philippines and Myanmar’s civil war highlighted China’s controversial involvement in the ...

Cha-am police detain over 100 Myanmar migrants in truck, driver caught transporting them south. Legal and deportation actions underway.

Human trafficking and scam compounds are sowing further rifts within the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) after ...

Beijing’s claims to prioritize sovereignty and noninterference mask its true strategic ambition: regional hegemony.

Thai authorities will send 10 Chinese nationals who were involved in the abduction of actor Wang Xing back to China, police ...

A team of doctors and nurses battled to revive Adabi, an 86-year-old Myanmar refugee fighting long-standing heart problems ...

Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal announced efforts to establish global waterway connectivity for Tripura. The initiative ...

This comes as the South-east Asian nation steps up efforts to choke scam centres. Read more at straitstimes.com.