Myanmar, scam and Thailand

A top Chinese official tours Thai-Myanmar border to highlight crackdown on scam centers
Efforts to shut down online scam centers in Myanmar appeared to gain momentum on Monday as a top Chinese security official visited both sides of the Thai-Myanmar border.
Chinese extricated from Myanmar scam centres fly home from Thailand
A group of 200 Chinese nationals plucked from scam centres in Myanmar crossed into Thailand and were flown home on Thursday, as part of a multinational effort to repatriate hundreds caught up in massive internet fraud schemes,
Myanmar returns 300 more Chinese scam centre workers
Myanmar handed over 300 Chinese scam centre workers to be repatriated through Thailand on Friday, as authorities intensify a crackdown on the illegal operations.
Chinese-Thai couple held for B91m scam
A Chinese woman and her Thai girlfriend have been arrested at a housing estate in Bang Phli district in connection with romance-investment scams that tricked victims out of 91 million baht.Zhou Zhou,
Chinese found in Myanmar scam centers fly home from Thailand
Chinese nationals found in scam centers in Myanmar crossed into Thailand for a second day on Friday (February 21) and were flown home, part of a multinational effort to repatriate hundreds of people caught up in massive internet fraud schemes.
China begins repatriation of more than 1,000 online scam workers rescued from Myanmar via Thailand
An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and put on chartered flights to China.
Thailand ready to welcome 7,000 trafficked scam call center victims back from Myanmar
It comes amid a major crackdown on the abusive industry that started during COVID Thailand is preparing to receive thousands of people rescued from scam call centers in Myanmar as the country launches a major crackdown on the pervasive criminal activity across its border.
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‘To light the way for others, we must be willing to risk getting burned’: resistance leader
In the four years since Myanmar’s military coup, the armed resistance group SAF has grown from a membership of 22 students to ...
Power cut to site of global, billion-dollar scam industry. But will it halt the swindling?
Thailand cut electricity supplies on Wednesday to several areas in neighboring Myanmar that are home to sites at the center ...
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Myanmar bids to put traditional thanakha face powder on UN heritage list to boost cultural profile
Murals showing is use can be seen in 11th century temples in the old capital Bagan, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Thanakha ...
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Tips: What's the Best Time to Travel to Myanmar?
For internal transportation, visitors can choose trains, buses, and domestic flights, although the railway infrastructure is outdated and travel times can be long. There are also riverboats connecting ...
Thailand receives 260 victims of human trafficking from Myanmar, mostly Ethiopians, army says
Thailand has received 260 human trafficking victims, more than half of them Ethiopians, from Myanmar, its army said on ...
Rescued from virtual slavery in online scam centers, 260 foreigners repatriated
Thailand's army says some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to ...
China starts repatriating citizens freed from scam centres in Myanmar
Around 7,000 rescued workers are waiting to be moved across the border to Thailand, says Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra. View ...