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THINKING ALOUD

Asean can do very little about the civil war in Myanmar

Leaders of the 11-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, meeting in Malaysia, voiced “deep concern” over the conflict and warned of “a lack of substantive progress” towards peace.
International

Asean not sending monitors to Myanmar polls: sources

677 people escaped the scam centre, known as KK Park (above), across the Moei river into Thailand as of Thursday morning.
ASEAN Business

Raid on Myanmar scam centre sends more than 600 fleeing to Thailand

Myanmar’s junta said this week it had raided KK Park – one of the country’s most notorious scam centres – and seized Starlink terminals.
Global Enterprise

SpaceX cuts off 2,500 Starlink devices at Myanmar scam centres

Alleged scam victims cross the river on the Myanmar-Thai border to be repatriated, but despite raids, Myanmar’s fraud factories accused of swindling billions from Chinese and US victims remain thriving.
International

UK, US sanction South-east Asian scam networks exploiting trafficked workers

The Myanmar junta has touted elections as a way to end the conflict and offered cash rewards to opposition fighters willing to lay down their arms ahead of the vote.
ASEAN Business

Myanmar junta sets Dec 28 poll date despite raging civil war

Former general Myint Swe (pictured) was named Myanmar’s acting president in 2021, when the military deposed the democratic government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup, sparking a civil war.
ASEAN Business

Myanmar’s junta-picked figurehead president dies

Asean wants Myanmar to honour a “five-point consensus” peace plan its junta agreed to in 2021.
International

Asean agrees Myanmar election is not a priority, Malaysia says

Victims of scam centres who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar, stuck in limbo at a compound inside the KK Park, a fraud factory, Myawaddy, Myanmar, Feb 26, 2025.
International

Visa’s 24/7 war room takes on global cybercriminals

Myanmar has been struggling with a civil war, stinging inflation and a shortage of US dollars since the military seized power in 2021 February.
International

Myanmar recovery dented by devastating quake, World Bank says

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