Myanmar

Myanmar junta Arrests Nearly 1,600 Foreign Nationals in Five-Day Crackdown on Border Scam Hub

Myanmar’s military government said on Sunday (Nov 23) that it has arrested nearly 1,600 foreign nationals in a sweeping five-day operation targeting one of the country’s most infamous online scam hubs along the Thai border. The high-profile crackdown comes as...
Myanmar Junta Demolishes 150 Buildings in Crackdown on Infamous Internet Scam Compound

Myanmar Junta Demolishes 150 Buildings in Crackdown on Infamous Internet Scam Compound

Myanmar’s ruling military said on Sunday it has demolished more than 100 buildings in a sweeping crackdown on a notorious online scam compound near the Thai border — a rare publicized move amid growing pressure from China to rein in...
Myanmar security forces walks by a checkpoint in Yangon

Myanmar’s Junta: Power, Corruption, and Oppression

Three years after Myanmar's democratically elected government was ousted by a military coup in February 2021, a brutal civil war has left the country devastated. A United Nations report in December stated that the country is on the brink of...