The border gate separating Myawaddy, Myanmar from Mae Sot, Thailand. Credit: Flickr/James Antrobus Subscribe for ads-free reading The major breaking news out of the Mekong subregion in recent ...

India’s neighbourhood comprises three countries in the midst of IMF bailouts (Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka), two that are near-failed states (Afghanistan, Myanmar ... the West and the rest ...

Image by Kate Evans/CIFOR via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 ... Papua New Guinea and Myanmar formally protect less than 5% of their mangroves, according to the Global Mangrove Alliance’s 2024 ...

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With the civil war showing no sign of ending, the country’s economic prospects will remain “bleak” in 2025-26.

WASHINGTON — A sweeping crackdown led by authorities from Thailand, China and Myanmar has dismantled scam centers along the Thai-Myanmar border and freed thousands from nearly 30 countries, but ...

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 ...

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 ...

A China-led crackdown on online fraud rescued thousands from Myanmar this month. But this massive business of grift keeps growing. By Hannah Beech Hannah Beech reported from Mae Sot, Thailand ...

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 ...

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".

Myanmar has been in turmoil since early 2021 when the military seized power from an elected civilian government, sparking a protest movement that has expanded into a nationwide armed rebellion.