Myanmar

Myanmar junta says demolishing 150 scam-hub buildings

The KK Park complex in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township, as pictured from Mae Sot district in Thailand's border province of Tak.

Migrant vessel sinks off Malaysia-Thailand border, hundreds missing

Rice prices in Asia poised to fall further amid bumper Indian crop

Farmers planting rice saplings in a padi field on the outskirts of Varanasi, India, in July.

China issues death sentences to 5 members of Myanmar gang

Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, staffed by foreigners who say they were trafficked and forced.

Raids on Myanmar scam hubs trigger recruitment rush for other centres

Victims of scam centres who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar, are stuck in limbo at a compound inside the KK Park, a fraud factory, on Feb 26.

Myanmar fireworks festivalgoers shun politics for tradition

Bird-shaped hot-air balloons are released during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival in Taunggyi in Myanmar's north-eastern Shan State on Oct 31.

Myanmar arrests three artists for ‘undermining upcoming election’

What Asean and buoyant Manchester United have in common

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (with gavel) during a symbolic handover of the Asean chairmanship to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 28.

Myanmar invites foreign media coverage of junta-run election

The election, starting Dec 28, will be boycotted in rebel-held enclaves and monitors are dismissing it as a ploy to disguise continuing military rule.

Myanmar to hold second phase of election in January

The second phase will be held two weeks after the first phase on Dec 28, and cover 100 townships nationwide, including several in Yangon, Myanmar's commercial capital.

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