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Myanmar junta chief says election to be held by January: state media

Bangkok, Thailand — Myanmar's junta chief said the country would hold an election in December or January, the first in the war-torn nation since...

Foreigners rescued from scam labor in Myanmar waiting to go home

MYWADDY, Myanmar -- The more than 10 Chinese men packed into a room in a former scam-operating center near Myawaddy on the border with...

Myanmar returns more than 100 Chinese scam center workers

Bangkok, Thailand — Myanmar handed over more than 100 Chinese scam center workers to be repatriated through Thailand on Saturday, the third batch in...

12 Filipino victims of illegal recruitment, human trafficking repatriated from Myanmar

The  Philippine government repatriated 12 Filipinos who were victims of human trafficking and illegal recruitment operations in Myanmar. According to the Department of Migrant Workers...

Scam center workers wait for deportation

SHWE KOKKO, Myanmar – Battered and bruised Chinese workers from online scam centers in Myanmar faced an anxious wait to return home, as Beijing...

Thailand cuts power to Myanmar border

BANGKOK – Thailand cut cross-border electricity supplies to five locations in Myanmar on Wednesday, in an effort to stamp out online scam centers blamed...

Myanmar junta extends emergency

YANGON – Myanmar’s junta extended a state of emergency by six months on Friday, four years after it seized power triggering a civil war...

Myanmar rebel group admits to beheadings

YANGON—A Myanmar rebel group said on Friday its members beheaded two prisoners in a rare admission of deadly violence as it fights the ruling...

Myanmar junta deports 50,000 suspected scammers

YANGON-- Myanmar’s ruling junta said Tuesday it had deported to China more than 50,000 people suspected of involvement in online scam operations since October...

ASEAN tells Myanmar to prioritize ceasefire over elections

Langkawi, Malaysia—Southeast Asian foreign ministers told Myanmar's junta to prioritise a ceasefire in its civil war over fresh elections during a meeting in Malaysia on...

Yakuza leader pleads guilty in US court

NEW YORK—A member of the Japanese yakuza criminal underworld pleaded guilty to handling nuclear material sourced from Myanmar and seeking to sell it to...

Myanmar junta to release nearly 6,000 prisoners in annual amnesty

Naypyidaw, Myanmar — Myanmar's embattled junta government on Saturday said it would release almost 6,000 prisoners as part of an annual amnesty to mark...

Fleeing Myanmar, Rohingya refugees recall horror of war

“The United Nations has warned of the risk of famine in Rakhine” COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – They clung on through years of conflict in Myanmar...

Myanmar ethnic rebels say captured junta western command

Bangkok, Thailand — A Myanmar ethnic rebel group has captured a military regional command in Rakhine state, it said, in what would be a...
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