Myanmar burns $600M in confiscated illegal drugs, black smoke fills sky
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Thick clouds of black smoke billowed into the sky on the outskirts of Myanmar’s…
Rare 11,000-carat ruby found in Myanmar’s conflict-hit Mogok
BANGKOK (AP) — Miners in Myanmar have discovered a rare ruby of enormous size, considered to be the…
Toxic rare earth mining is poisoning the Mekong, threatening global food supplies
CHIANG SAEN, Thailand (AP) — Perched on the bow of his long-tail fishing boat, 75-year-old Sukjai Yana untangled…
Myanmar’s military says it has raided a second major scam center
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government extended its crackdown on online scam activities to a second major location,…
Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong seize assets from suspected cyberscam boss
BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore seized hundreds of millions of dollars in assets…
Military airstrike on schools in western Myanmar kills at least 18 people, most of them students
BANGKOK (AP) — An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on two private schools in a village in Myanmar has…
Myanmar ends state of emergency and its military leader switches roles to prepare for the vote
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government announced on Thursday that it was ending the state of emergency declared…