Thailand - backed by China - is pushing to dismantle scam centres in Myanmar's Myawaddy area, part of a network of illicit and highly lucrative operations across Southeast Asia where hundreds of ...

Since February, more than 5,200 people have been extricated from scamming facilities in and around Myawaddy, according to Thai police citing Myanmar authorities.

Thailand – backed by China – is pushing to dismantle scam centres in Myanmar’s Myawaddy area, part of a network of illicit and highly lucrative operations across Southeast Asia where ...

More than 200 foreign nationals rescued from scam centres in eastern Myanmar remain stranded along the war-torn country's border with Thailand, according to a local rebel group overseeing their ...

Li Jie, a cousin of 21-year-old Liu Junjie who disappeared in Myawaddy on January 5, said she hoped authorities in China and Thailand would work together to save more victims.

Chinese believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers after they were rescued in Myawaddy district in eastern Myanmar, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025.

Satellite imagery captured by the European Space Agency in March 2019 and on March 4, 2025, shows rapid expansion in Shwe Kokko, one of Myawaddy's largest scam hubs.

Senior officials from Myanmar, China, and Thailand have arrived in Myawaddy in Myanmar to crack down on telecom fraud and illegal online gambling operations, China Media Group reported on Monday ...

The resumption of fuel exports to Myawaddy, limited to one truck per station at the city’s approximately 20 fuel distribution points. The Myawaddy authorities would oversee all fuel distribution.

In Myanmar's Myawaddy, more than 7,000 foreigners - mostly from China - are waiting to cross from into Thailand, which is coordinating with embassies to to try to streamline their repatriations.

But Wang considers himself one of the lucky few. On January 7, just days after he was reported missing in the Thai border ...

Thailand - backed by China - is pushing to dismantle scam centres in Myanmar's Myawaddy area, part of a network of illicit and highly lucrative operations across Southeast Asia where hundreds of ...