Scam parks have become an industrial-scale business in Southeast Asia, especially Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, where a mix of ...

By Mikhail Flores CEBU, Philippines, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Myanmar's Southeast Asian neighbours should adopt a "calibrated ...

Myanmar’s Union and Solidarity Party wins majority in general election amid civil war, with critics calling the process a move to entrench military rule.

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Myanmar's military-backed party has completed a sweeping victory in the country's three-phase general election, state media said, cementing an outcome long expected after a tightly ...

BANGKOK -- The three-phase general election in military-ruled Myanmar ended on Jan. 25 just the way it began -- dogged by suspicions that it is little more than a performative exercise designed to ...

Human rights groups and some western countries have denounced the election, the first held since the 2021 coup, describing it as neither free nor fair ...

The prospects for the people of Myanmar look grim after the multistage elections ended on Sunday, as their country is ...

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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations does not recognize the recently held elections in Myanmar, the first since the army seized power in 2021, the Philippine foreign secretary said Thursday.

MANILA, Philippines — ASEAN will not endorse Myanmar's military-controlled elections, Foreign Affairs Secretary Theresa ...

China has executed 11 members of a notorious mafia family that ran scam centres in Myanmar along its north-eastern border, ...

China has executed 11 people linked to notorious online scam centres in Myanmar, as it intensifies its crackdown on frauds ...