The head of one of Myanmar’s influential ethnic armies accused world leaders of ignoring the ruling military junta's surge in deadly airstrikes on civilians. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/11/asia-pacific/myanmar-junta-deadly-airstrikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #myanmar #southeastasia
Criminals in Southeast Asia are using inexpensive artificial intelligence tools to target bigger pools of potential victims at high speed, senior officials at Interpol say. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/10/asia-pacific/crime-legal/ai-scam-centers-asia-victims/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #ai #fraud #southeastasia #myanmar #cambodia #organizedcrime #asia
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I Was Trapped in #Chinese #Mafia #Crypto #Slavery | Hacklab @wired
🧐"It began with a message in WIRED #technology journalist Andy Greenberg's inbox, sent fr a lawless stretch of #Laos bordering #Myanmar & #Thailand. A computer engineer fr India, trapped far fr home inside an isolated compound, forced to work long hours luring western victims into fake crypto investments. Tis is how he exposed te never-before-seen inner workings of a modern #forcedlabor operation" #scammer
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zOcNaWmmn0A
I Was Trapped in #Chinese #Mafia #Crypto #Slavery | Hacklab @wired
🧐"It began with a message in WIRED #technology journalist Andy Greenberg's inbox, sent fr a lawless stretch of #Laos bordering #Myanmar & #Thailand. A computer engineer fr India, trapped far fr home inside an isolated compound, forced to work long hours luring western victims into fake crypto investments. Tis is how he exposed te never-before-seen inner workings of a modern #forcedlabor operation" #scammer
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zOcNaWmmn0A
Thousands of protesters in Myanmar took up arms against the junta's 2021 coup. Others fled or were detained in prison, where some of them died. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/31/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-democracy-protestors-deaths/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #humanrights #students
Myanmar's military-led government is holding a phased general election amid a civil war convulsing large areas of the Southeast Asian nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/25/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-junta-election-civil-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #minaunghlaing #myanmar #southeastasia #aungsansuukyi #junta #democracy
Myanmar opened the final round of its month-long election, with the dominant pro-military party on course for a landslide in a junta-run vote critics say will prolong the army's grip on power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/25/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-election-junta-victory/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #southeastasia
The 11-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not send observers to army-ruled Myanmar's ongoing three-stage election and will therefore not endorse the poll. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/asia-pacific/politics/asean-myanmar-election-malaysia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #malaysia #asean
A court has given a man a suspended sentence for transporting a then-high school student to Myanmar last year to have him engage in fraud despite knowing that the boy had been kidnapped. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/20/japan/crime-legal/student-myanmar-sentence-court/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #miyagi #japanesecourts #myanmar #highschools #fraud #kidnappings
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Enjoyed listening to this episode of The Final Straw Radio about the many forms of anarchist resistance with a focus on #Myanmar, #Rojava and #Spain
The Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM) reports a labour strike currently going on at the factory of Sen Yu Clothings Myanmar Co., Ltd. It is located inside the Shwe Lin Ban Industrial Zone, Hlaingtharyar Township, in Yangon, with around 500 workers, who are on strike since January 7th, 2026.
These are their demands:
A daily wage of 12,000 kyats (approx. 5 EUR) …
https://globalmayday.net/2026/01/18/strike-sen-yu-factory/
#Burma #FGWM #garmentworkers #LabourMovement #Myanmar #organize #solidarity #strike
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Global May Day: **Strike at Sen Yu Clothings (Myanmar) factory (used by ENCUENTRO Moda)**
https://globalmayday.net/2026/01/18/strike-sen-yu-factory/
The Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM) reports a labour strike currently going on at the factory of Sen Yu Clothings Myanmar Co., Ltd. It is located inside the Shwe […]
#FGWMSolidarity #News #FGWM #Myanmar #SenYufactory
Global May Day: **Strike at Zhejian NewWay (Myanmar) Garment factory (used by ENCUENTRO Moda)**
https://globalmayday.net/2026/01/18/strike-zhejian-newway/
The Federation of General Workers Myanmar (FGWM) reports a labour strike currently going on at the factory of Zhejian NewWay (Myanmar) – formerly known as Sen Yu Clothing Myanmar. It […]
#FGWMSolidarity #News #FGWM #Myanmar #SenYufactory
An education system run by international aid groups has become severely overstretched in Rohingya refugee camps that house around half a million children in Bangladesh. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/15/asia-pacific/society/rohingya-children-education/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #society #rohingya #refugees #bangladesh #myanmar #children #education #un
Cambodia’s arrest of alleged scam center kingpin Chen Zhi and his extradition to China was “not the end” of the Southeast Asian nation’s battle to stamp out transborder crimes, its foreign minister said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/14/asia-pacific/crime-legal/cambodia-crackdown-scam-mastermind/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #crimelegal #myanmar #cambodia #forcedlabor #fraud #organizedcrime
Iran’s move to cut internet access during ongoing mass protests, along with Uganda’s Tuesday ahead of controversial elections, are the latest examples of how some governments use digital blackouts to muzzle dissent. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/14/world/politics/countries-internet-blackouts-dissent/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #afghanistan #sudan #ethiopia #myanmar #kasmir #iran #nepal #tanzania #internet #censorship
Myanmar soldiers rampaged door-to-door, systematically killing, raping and burning Rohingya men, women and children, the International Court of Justice heard on Tuesday, on day two of a genocide hearing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/14/asia-pacific/politics/icj-violence-rohingya-myanmar-genocide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #rohingya #icj #gambia #myanmar #refugees #genocide
His name is not on the ballot, and his photographs don’t appear on campaign posters. But one man looms large over the general election under way in Myanmar: junta chief Min Aung Hlaing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/13/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-junta-election-civil-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #aungsansuukyi #myanmar #southeastasia #minaunghlaing