Karens declare independence with set up of Kawthoolei Republic
IN ANOTHER twist within the political landscape of Myanmar, which is wracked by a brutal civil war, the son of former commander of Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) Gen. Bo Mya today (Jan. 7) declared independence by establishing Kawthoolei Republic, Amarin TV and Naewna newspaper said. Maj. Gen. Nerdah Mya, who too is a […]
Read MoreImmigration Police release Myanmar murder suspect citing overcrowded detention centres
A MAJOR SCANDAL has erupted at Mae Sot town abutting Myawaddy township in Myanmar, as a neighbouring country’s citizen implicated in the murder of a Thai woman who had employed him to work in her ricefield was released and allowed to return to home because detention centres were overcrowded, Amarin TV said today (Jan. […]
Read More‘Unfair election’: Young voters absent from Myanmar polls
By AFP and published by CNA Yangon – The droves of young people who queued to cast ballots in past elections in Myanmar were conspicuous by their absence from Sunday’s (Dec. 28) military-run poll, with older voters dominating the turnout. Legions have left the war-ravaged country since the military seized power five years ago, […]
Read More4 nabbed for flying drones near Suvarnabhumi Airport
FOUR Myanmar nationals were arrested at a hotel near Suvarnabhumi Airport and ten drones seized after panic had spread when some of them were seen flying in the vicinity for two nights in a row (Dec. 21-22), Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Dec. 23). Acting on a tip-off that drones were flown from this […]
Read MoreThai villagers flee as Myanmar junta clashes with Karen resistance
HEAVY fighting is raging just across from Mae Sot town as Myanmar junta troops clash with Karen resistance fighters with Thai villagers near the combat zone fleeing after bullets flew across the border and riddled two houses while 10 Chinese scammers also crossed over and surrendered, PPTVHD36 said this evening (Dec. 12). At noon […]
Read MoreMyanmar junta, Karens bomb casino at Myawaddy
MYANMAR junta soldiers and Karen National Army fighters bombed a casino at Myawaddy border town, opposite Thai Mae Sot town, alarming nearby residents, TV Channel 7 said today (Dec. 5). The bombed two-storey casino was located opposite Ban Tha At, Tha Sai Luat subdistrict, Mae Sot district, Tak province. This is part of an […]
Read MoreMyanmar junta, Karen army dynamite scam hub building at border
THE MYANMAR junta together with Karen National Army dynamited a 12-storey building used for online scam operations and human-trafficking at Shwe Kokko Special Economic Zone in Myawaddy border town, opposite Thai Mae Sot town, PPTVHD36 said today (Dec. 3). This building is next to the Moei river, which forms the border between the two […]
Read MoreScammers said to have moved their key base to Laos
AFTER crackdowns in Myanmar, scammers have apparently moved their key base to Vientiane, Laos, where there are several large buildings in a huge new complex, Naewna newspaper and PPTVHD36 said today (Nov. 12). The “Army Military Force” Facebook page shared photos of the new scam hub with this message, “A Laotian influencer named ‘Beezychanel’ […]
Read MoreMyanmar scam hub sweep triggers fraudster recruitment rush
By AFP and published by CNA RECENT raids on one of Myanmar’s most notorious internet scam hubs sparked a recruitment rush as fleeing workers scrambled to enlist at nearby fraud factories, experts and insiders told AFP. Online scam hubs have mushroomed across Southeast Asia, draining unsuspecting victims of billions of dollars annually in elaborate […]
Read More9 Chinese men who fled bombed scam hub in Myanmar caught at Trat
ROUNDED UP early this morning (Nov. 2) at a resort in Trat province, which shares a border with Cambodia, were nine Chinese men who had 48 mobile phones with them and believed to have fled the heavily bombed KK Park scam complex at Myawaddy township, Myanmar, which is opposite Mae Sot district, Tak, to […]
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