After living in Thailand for nearly two decades, one Myanmar refugee feels like he can "see a future" following the government in Bangkok announcing such refugees would be given employment rights for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/asia-pacific/society/myanmar-refugees-thai-workforce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #myanmar #refugees #thailand #southeastasia
In war-torn Myanmar, necessity — rather than climate goals — is driving a rapid adoption of solar power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/asia-pacific/society/myanmar-solar-power-energy-crisis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #myanmar #thailand #china #energy #solar
An Chinese alleged racketeer linked to a hugely lucrative scam hub in Myanmar, who spent over a decade on the run from Chinese authorities, has been extradited from Thailand to China, according to Thai police. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/asia-pacific/crime-legal/chinese-scam-kingpin-thailand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #cambodia #thailand #southeastasia #fraud
One survivor recounted a harrowing journey that left him floating for days in the Andaman Sea after the sinking of a boat carrying members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya Muslim minority that left 27 dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/asia-pacific/rohingya-survivor-boat-sinking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #rohingya #malaysia #thailand #southeastasia #myanmar #refugees
A declared military crackdown has left some destruction at a major scam compound in Myanmar, satellite images show, but most buildings are still standing in pictures taken up to Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/11/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-centers-standing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #organizedcrime #gangs #fraud
The number of people confirmed dead after a boat carrying members of Myanmar's persecuted Rohingya community sank near the Thailand-Malaysia border rose to 11 on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/asia-pacific/thai-malaysia-rohingya-boat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #thailand #malaysia #rohingya #migration #refugees #southeastasia #myanmar #bangladesh
Myanmar's military said it was demolishing nearly 150 buildings in a crackdown on a notorious internet scam compound bordering Thailand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-junta-scam-buildings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #fraud #organizedcrime #forcedlabor #starlink #thailand #southeastasia
Recent raids on one of Myanmar's most notorious internet scam hubs sparked a recruitment rush as fleeing workers scrambled to enlist at nearby fraud factories, experts and insiders said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-hub-recruitment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #thailand #myanmar #organizedcrime #fraud #gangs
Radio Free Asia, founded nearly three decades ago to report on China and other Asian countries without independent media, has said it will halt production after the U.S. government ceased funding. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/asia-pacific/politics/radio-free-asia-trump-shutdown/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #radiofreeasia #china #myanmar #humanrights #us #donaldtrump #republicans
India plans to repatriate some 500 of its nationals who fled over the border into Thailand following a military raid on a notorious scam center in Myanmar, Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/asia-pacific/crime-legal/india-repatriation-myanmar-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #india #myanmar #thailand #anutincharnvirakul
SpaceX deaktiviert Starlink-Antennen bei mutmaßlichen Scam-Zentren in Myanmar
Im Bürgerkriegsland Myanmar werden unzählige Menschen festgehalten und gezwungen, mit Betrug online Geld einzutreiben. Nun ist auch SpaceX dagegen vorgegangen.
Myanmar’s military government has detained more than 10,000 foreign nationals who the junta said illegally entered the country for involvement in online scams. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-foreigners-scam-center/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #thailand #southeastasia #fraud #forcedlabor #kidnapping
More than 600 people have fled one of Myanmar's most notorious scam centers and crossed into Thailand, a Thai provincial official has said, after a military raid on the compound. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-raid-thailand/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #thailand #myanmar #forcedlabor #kidnapping #fraud #southeastasia
Myanmar's junta has raided one of the country's most notorious internet scam centers and seized Starlink devices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-compound-starlink/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #fraud #southeastasia
Fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an investigation reveals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/myanmar-scam-musk-starlink/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #southeastasia #elonmusk #starlink #china #organizedcrime #fraud #romancescams
Myanmar's military confirmed on Thursday that it had attacked a protest, where dozens were killed, according to residents, with the junta saying rebel fighters were among the crowd. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-protest-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar
A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, according to an attendee and a local committee member. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-festival-protest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #southeastasia
In the last six months, Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has flown to more countries than he did in the years after he grabbed power in a 2021 coup that ousted an elected civilian government. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-chief-jet-setting/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #minaunghlaing #china #russia #india
@scottrossi have you read the primary source pamphlet "One Year Since the Turkish Invasion of Rojava: An Interview with Tekoşina Anarşîst"? https://pmpress.org/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1459 It touches on some of the history.
Also, @jamesstout has a new book coming out in Jan 2026 on anarchists and their comrades in #Rojava, #Spain, and #Myanmar https://www.akpress.org/against-the-state.html #anarchism
More than 100,000 children in Myanmar's western coastal state of Rakhine are suffering from acute malnutrition, with less than 2% able to access treatment, according to data provided by aid workers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/asia-pacific/society/myanmar-hunger-catastrophe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #myanmar #rohingya #hunger #children #food #aid
