The Indonesians were among more than 7,000 people being held in the Myanmar border town Myawaddy following a crackdown on the scam centers by Thailand, Myanmar and China. Two buses carrying the Indonesians arrived Thursday in the Thai border city of Mae Sot,

In an interview with The Irrawaddy's Ei Kay Kyaw, Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd says the junta’s new law allowing China to protect its local interests using security firms risks making Myanmar a ‘client state’.

China will fly home about 200 of its nationals found in scam-running compounds on the Thai-Myanmar border, a Thai security official said on Tuesday, as part of a multinational effort to crack down on illegal online operations run from the region.

In recent weeks, authorities from China, Thailand and Myanmar have attempted to dismantle scam centers and illegal online operations on the border

Scam center bosses in Shan and Karen states owe their fortunes to Min Aung Hlaing; he tried to protect many of them until China demanded he hand them over.

During Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s recent meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, one of the main topics of discussion was the proliferation of scam centers close to Thailand’s borders in Myanmar,

The request is part of a four-point proposal by Chinese Assistant Minister for Public Security Liu Zhongyi on how to deal with scam call centers in Myanmar.

More than 620 Chinese suspects in Myawaddy, Myanmar, were repatriated in recent campaigns jointly launched by China, Myanmar and Thailand to crack down on cross-border telecommunications fraud, the Ministry of Public Security said on Monday.

Supporting the country’s pro-democracy movement is both a moral imperative and a strategic necessity for Washington.

Barrage of Chinese-made UAVs that began in mid-2024 has inflicted military and civilian casualties but made little ground against resistance forces nationwide.

A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation.