Over a week ago, BGF, an ally of Myanmar's military junta, played a key role in evacuating more than 6,000 people from scam centers in Myanmar's Shwe Kokko fraud hub, near the border with Thailand.

March 8 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military government will hold a general election in December 2025 or January 2026, state media said on Saturday, citing the junta chief, who provided the first ...

An ethnic minority armed group guarding Myanmar's border says it has freed about 3,000 foreigners from scam centers in the country's east near Thailand. A senior official of a Myanmar militia ...

Thousands of foreigners freed from online scam-operating centers in Myanmar are stuck in limbo on the border with Thailand after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs ...

MOSCOW, March 4 (Reuters) - Russia and Myanmar signed an agreement on Tuesday on construction of a small-scale nuclear plant in Myanmar after talks in Moscow between Russian President Vladimir ...

"They looked healthy to me," he says. So he started asking around. He is one of eight people in the area who told BBC Burmese they had sold a kidney by travelling to India. Illegal organ trading ...

BANGKOK -- The Thai government's crackdown on the online scam industry in neighboring Myanmar has brought cross-border land trade to a virtual standstill in many areas. After being pressured by ...

"I just wanted to own a house and pay off my debts - that's why I decided to sell my kidney," says Zeya, a farm worker in Myanmar. Prices had soared after a military coup in 2021 triggered civil war.

Myanmar’s top generals have had another bad year. Under relentless attack, their subordinates have surrendered regional military command headquarters, draconian conscription regulations were ...

To better understand why sanctions fail, consider the cases of Russia and Myanmar. The sanctions imposed on Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 have undoubtedly caused some ...

Another source said the Myanmar junta-allied Karen Border Guard Force were holding 6,500 foreigners after cracking down on scam centres in Shwe Kokko and the Chinese-run "KK Park".

The Ethiopian, who calls himself Mike, said he is being held with 450 others in a building inside Myanmar, along the country's border with Thailand. They are among the thousands of people who have ...