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BANGKOK -- Thailand's biggest-known deportation in well over a decade has thrust the kingdom into China's stepped-up war on cybercrime, and observers say it could signal a major shift in Southeast Asia's rampant scamming and human trafficking industries away from conflict-torn Myanmar.
Residents of Sailulak, a quiet village in northeastern India that lies close to the border with Myanmar, found two things out of the ordinary in the summer of 2019.First, there were the unrelenting monsoon rains, earlier than usual. And then there were the four young strangers who began frequenting the area, carrying six large nylon bags.
YANGON/BANGKOK -- The Border Guard Force (BGF), an armed group active in Kayin state, eastern Myanmar, has broken with the country's military in a move that may further diminish the military regime's influence along the border as Thailand begins delivery of humanitarian aid across it.
Aye Aye Aung, a 32-year-old Myanmar national, had been caring for the victim, who is on a feeding tube, for about three years. She pleaded guilty on Thursday to two charges of voluntarily causing hurt.
BANGKOK/NAYPYITAW -- The annual parade to mark Myanmar's Armed Forces Day took place on Wednesday night in the capital Naypyitaw with fewer personnel and less weaponry than usual, indicating the military is prioritizing handling escalating offensives by ethnic minority armed groups.
Warning: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence.
Even before the end of a dry season that has dramatically upended the military balance in Myanmar, the broad and profoundly sobering contours of conflict over the remainder of 2024 and into 2025 are already taking shape.
NAPYITAW — Myanmar's ruling general said on March 27 that the junta was holding power only temporarily with the aim of strengthening democracy. He called for unity among the people and military to fight armed groups seeking to derail plans to hold an election.