The Latest Breaking News from Myanmar

The U.S. announced on Thursday that it will start a new "Scam Center Strike Force" to target cybercriminals based in Southeast Asia

She Zhijiang’s empire includes gambling complex Shwe Kokko that US has tied to regional scam and trafficking networks

Malaysian rescuers have recovered five more bodies after a boat carrying migrants from Myanmar capsized last week

Status of two other migrant boats carrying nearly 230 people remains unclear

Malaysian authorities say a boat carrying about 300 migrants from Myanmar capsized last week in the Indian Ocean close to the border between Thailand and Malaysia, with at least one body recovered floating in the sea, 10 rescued and dozens missing

The Myanmar military last month went into one of the most well-known scam compounds — the massive KK Park, along the border with Thailand — and claimed it was shut down, setting off explosions and demolishing parts of the complex

India is repatriating the first batch of hundreds of its nationals who last month fled to Thailand from Myanmar, where most had been working at a notorious center for online scams

The former Burmese leader has been detained since the 2021 coup

A major ethnic rebel group in Myanmar has signed a ceasefire with the military after China-mediated talks