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Myanmar junta claims recapture of trade artery towards China

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Myanmar junta claims recapture of trade artery towards China

Pro-democracy guerrillas fighting alongside ethnic minority armies have won significant victories, but in recent months have become increasingly fractured and suffered setbacks. File | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar’s military claimed on Thursday (May 7, 2026) to have recaptured a key northern transport corridor towards China after a 15-month battle, touting a counterblow to rebels in…

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Myanmar junta calls coup-protesting civil servants back to work

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Myanmar junta calls coup-protesting civil servants back to work

After the military snatched power in a coup on February 1, 2021, tens of thousands of public workers, including doctors and government administrators, left their posts in a surge of civil disobedience. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Myanmar’s junta called on Sunday (February 1, 2026) for ex-civil servants who quit their jobs in protest over…

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Myanmar citizens head to early polls in Bangkok

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Myanmar citizens head to early polls in Bangkok

Myanmar nationals living in Thailand enter the Myanmar Embassy for early voting ahead of the Myanmar general election, in Bangkok on December 6, 2025. | Photo Credit: AFP A few dozen early voters in Myanmar’s widely criticised elections cast their ballots at the country’s embassy in Bangkok on Saturday as polls opened for citizens abroad….

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Myanmar junta says nearly 1,600 foreigners arrested in scam hub raids

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Myanmar junta says nearly 1,600 foreigners arrested in scam hub raids

Myanmar’s military said Sunday (November 23, 2025) it arrested nearly 1,600 foreign nationals in five days in a highly publicised crackdown on a notorious internet scam hub on the Thai border. Sprawling fraud factories have mushroomed in war-torn Myanmar’s border regions, housing scammers who target internet users with romance and business cons worth tens of…

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Myanmar fighters agree China-brokered pullout from ruby town

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Myanmar fighters agree China-brokered pullout from ruby town

The northern ruby-mining town of Mogok was captured by rebels last summer, but the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) — the most powerful group driving that offensive — said it will now pull out. File. | Photo Credit: AP One of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic armed opposition factions has agreed to a China-brokered withdrawal from…

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Myanmar military raids major cybercrime center, detains over 2,000 people

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Myanmar military raids major cybercrime center, detains over 2,000 people

In this image provided by the Myanmar military on Oct. 19, 2025, soldiers stand next to Starlink machines as they seize KK Park online scam center in Myawaddy township, Karen State, Myanmar. Photo: The Myanmar Military True News Information Team via AP Myanmar’s military has shut down a major online scam operation near the border…

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China sentences 16 Myanmar-linked gang members to death

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China sentences 16 Myanmar-linked gang members to death

A Chinese court sentenced to death on Monday (September 29, 2025) 16 members of a family-run criminal gang that established deadly scam centres in Myanmar’s Kokang region on the border with China, among other crimes. Scam compounds have flourished in Myanmar’s lawless borderlands, staffed by foreigners — many of them Chinese — who say they…

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Thai-Myanmar crossing shut as junta clamps down on trade

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Thai-Myanmar crossing shut as junta clamps down on trade

Thai soldiers stand guard overlooking the Moei river on the Thai side near the Tak border checkpoint with Myanmar in Thailand’s Mae Sot district. File. | Photo Credit: AFP Myanmar and Thailand’s busiest trade crossing was closed for a second day on Tuesday (August 19, 2025) after the military junta pledged to throttle black markets…

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Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as civil war rages

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Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as civil war rages

Peace prospects look bleak in Myanmar as a civil war rages despite international pressure on the military four years after it seized power from an elected civilian government. The political situation remains tense with no negotiation space in sight between the military government and the major opposition groups fighting against it. The four years after…

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