EU in Myanmar: Drop the ‘Fast & Furious’ Spectacle and Take a Stand

What does the popcorn blockbuster movie series “Fast & Furious” have in common with the Delegation of the European Union to Myanmar? Nothing, one would think. On the evening of Feb. 20 we learned that there is a connection after all. At a location in …

Reluctant opium farmers toil for survival in war-ravaged Myanmar

Pekon, Myanmar – Scraping opium resin off a seedpod in Myanmar's remote poppy fields, displaced farmer Aung Hla describes the narcotic crop as his only prospect in a country made barren by conflict. The 35-year-old was a rice farmer when the junta …

Myanmar: Indians repatriated after release from scam centers

Over 280 Indians were being flown home through Thailand on Monday after they were freed from scam centers in Myanmar last week. India's government has sent a military transport plane to the Thai border town of Mae Sot to repatriate 266 men and 17 women …

Myanmar man confesses to murder over 5,000 baht debt

283 Indians caught in Myanmar fake job racket safely brought home

540 Indians trapped in Myanmar, Thailand scam call centers rescued "

Most of the 540 stranded people were lured into accepting fake job offers and have been stranded at the Thai-Myanmar border for weeks. K. Madhukar Reddy, a resident of Rangapeta village in Karimnagar, Telangana, who is now at the border, confirmed that …

World Consumer Rights Day celebrated in Myanmar

YANGON, March 11 (Xinhua) -- An event to mark World Consumer Rights Day was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar on Monday, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Tuesday. Speaking at the event, Union Minister for Commerce U Tun Ohn said this year's theme …

Nearly 300 Indian nationals brought back home following release from scam centres in Myanmar

Nearly 300 Indians flew home through Thailand on Monday after being released from scam centres in Myanmar, officials in the kingdom said, as part of efforts to shut down the illegal online fraud operations. Authorities in Myanmar, under pressure from ally …

New report shows links between instability and illicit economies in Myanmar

A new report by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Against Organized Crime titled Cashing In On Conflict: Illicit economies and the Myanmar civil war by Alastair MacBeath explains the impact of illicit economies on the civil war in Myanmar. The …

Cashing in on conflict: Illicit economies and the Myanmar civil war

For over 60 years, illicit economies have fueled Myanmar’s conflicts, shaping political power, financing insurgencies, and sustaining armed actors. Since the 2021 coup, the interplay between organized crime and conflict—the so-called ‘crime–conflict nexus …