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Myanmar's complex civil conflict creating unlikely alliances among enemies
Kyodo News, Published on 09/12/2025
» YANGON — A 24-year-old fighter from Myanmar's pro-democracy People's Defence Force (PDF) says many of those who fight alongside him have switched sides at times in the long-running civil war, with a lack of financial compensation forcing them to temporarily side with a junta-aligned armed group.
US sanctions scam-linked Myanmar militia
Reuters, Published on 13/11/2025
» WASHINGTON - The United States on Wednesday imposed financial sanctions against a Myanmar militia group for supporting a cyber scam operation that targets thousands of people including Americans from territory it controls.
Impact from KK Park crackdown limited
Online Reporters, Published on 06/11/2025
» Chinese scam syndicates have managed to avoid the fallout from a high-profile crackdown on the KK Park complex in Myawaddy by simply moving to other nearby locations in Myanmar, according to local reports.
Myanmar scam cities booming despite crackdown -- using Musk's Starlink
AFP, Published on 14/10/2025
» BEIJING - They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an AFP investigation can reveal.
Thousands in limbo on Thai-Myanmar border after scam centre crackdown
Reuters and Assawin Pinitwong, Published on 24/02/2025
» Thousands of foreigners freed from online scam-operating centres in Myanmar are stuck in limbo on the border with Thailand after a multinational crackdown on the compounds run by criminal gangs, three sources told Reuters on Monday.