Eight Bangladeshi nationals who were trafficked to a cyber scam centre in Myanmar returned home on this evening (22 January), after being lured abroad with promises of well-paid computer-related jobs.

Global prices have hit US$4,719 per ounce amid geopolitical uncertainties, pushing Myanmar’s standard gold to around 10.05 million kyats per tical—more than 4 million kyats above the junta’s official ...

An ethnic armed group in Myanmar's Karen State declared it had established an independent republic in the war-torn country in ...

Myanmar’s military-backed party has extended its lead after the second round of voting in the country's election, according ...

The workers came from all over the world: Namibia, Russia, Zimbabwe, Malaysia, France. Some Chinese scammers were paid, ...

Political turmoil and junta economic mismanagement have triggered soaring demand, pushing gold up 7.5-fold since the 2021 coup.

Voters in Myanmar went to the polls Sunday for the first phase of the country's first general election in five years, conducted under military government supervision while civil war engulfs much of ...

Voters trickled to Myanmar's heavily restricted polls on Sunday, with the ruling junta touting the exercise as a return to democracy five years after it ousted the last elected government and ...

Nearly five years after a military coup in 2021 unseated its civilian government, Myanmar has become extremely fragmented. A civil war flared after the coup, killing thousands and leaving upward of 18 ...

It looked like a turning point in the global fight against scams. Myanmar’s military leadership, under growing international pressure, vowed to wipe out the industrial-scale cyberscam centers that ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Myanmar’s military acknowledged an airstrike on a hospital, claiming opposition groups used it as a base; local ...

After Myanmar’s military declared the country’s first post-coup general elections to the public in May 2023, the Myanmar military has since detailed the elections and the country’s future post-coup ...