Chinese police have issued arrest warrants for several members of a junta-aligned crime family that it believes are closely involved in online scamming operations in northeast Myanmar, as resistance forces continue to make gains across the region. According to the CyberScamMonitor account on X (formerly Twitter), which cited warrants from the Wenzhou City Public Security … Read more
Advertisement Up to 25,000 people have been forced to flee their homes due to the recent upsurge of fighting in the northern part of Myanmar’s Shan State, “straining an already underresourced humanitarian response,” the United Nations said today. In its latest flash update on the situation in Myanmar, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of … Read more
Advertisement China’s Public Security Minister Wang Xiaohong held talks with Myanmar’s junta on establishing “peace and stability” along their shared border, several days after three armed groups launched coordinated attacks against junta positions in the country’s northeast bordering China. According to a report in today’s edition of the Global New Light of Myanmar, Wang, who … Read more
Advertisement For the past two years, a string of significant global events, including the Taliban reconquest of Afghanistan, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the Israel-Hamas conflict, have diverted international attention from Myanmar’s turmoil and the Myanmar people’s struggles for democracy. Despite the lack of attention, however, the self-defense efforts of the Myanmar people have highlighted the military’s … Read more
Advertisement On Friday morning, an alliance of ethnic rebel groups launched a coordinated offensive against the military junta and its allies in northeastern Myanmar, potentially opening a major new front in the country’s civil war. In a joint statement, the Three Brotherhood Alliance – which includes the Arakan Army (AA), the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance … Read more
Advertisement A group of 109 Chinese nationals allegedly involved in a telecom fraud operation in northern Myanmar were handed over to Chinese police on Saturday, Chinese state media reported, the latest in a series of publicized deportations of criminals from the Southeast Asian nations bordering southern China. According to China Daily, the suspects were deported … Read more
In this Jan. 12, 2015, photo, Ta’ang National Liberation army officers march during a function to mark the 52nd Ta’ang revolution day in Mar-Wong, Ta’ang self-governing area, northern Shan State, Myanmar. Credit: AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe Advertisement This week, the International Crisis Group (ICG) published a report on the delicate and fluid political situation in the … Read more
Reporters view packages of methamphetamines on a table during a press conference at the Narcotics Suppression Bureau in Bangkok, Thailand on July 15, 2019. Credit: AP Photo/File Advertisement The trafficking of synthetic drugs in East and Southeast Asia continues at near-record levels, the United Nations said on Friday, noting the emergence of new smuggling routes … Read more