Myanmar becomes world's deadliest country for landmines
Jungle medics and ethnic medical groups have become a lifeline for displaced people in Myanmar as the country becomes the ...
The Diplomat7d
Amid Hope and Despair, Myanmar’s Civil War Enters Its Fifth Year
Myanmar marks four years of a bloody civil war on Saturday with anti-regime forces holding the upper hand on battlefields ...
The Chicken’s Neck: Decoding the blessing and bane of India's critical borderland
That it is a piece of critical geography is no secret. A sliver of land in north Bengal that lies at the confluence of ...
Yahoo15d
Mae Sot, Thailand - Weather Forecasts | Maps | News - Yahoo Weather
Sunny with a high of 89 °F (31.7 °C). Winds from W to WSW at 6 to 7 mph (9.7 to 11.3 kph). Night - Clear. Winds variable at 2 to 6 mph (3.2 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 60 °F (15.6 ...
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Why the Thailand-Myanmar border became a hub for fraud gangs preying on Chinese nationals
He was then taken to the border town of Mae Sot, where he was abducted and taken into Myanmar and then imprisoned in various compounds run by fraud gangs. Do you have questions about the biggest ...
Time17d
Is China Really Powerless to Stop the ‘Scamdemic’? The Truth Is More Complex
Pale, gaunt, and with a freshly shaved head, Chinese actor Wang Xing sat flanked by Thai police in the border town of Mae Sot on Jan. 7 to ... while the state-run China Daily published an opinion ...
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‘Scam City is growing’: how Myanmar’s cyber fraud hubs outfox efforts to shut them down
Scam factories threaded along the Myanmar border with Thailand have been thrust back under the spotlight after the rescue of a Chinese actor who says he was duped by a fake casting call into ...
Newsweek9d
Map Shows States with Most LGBTQ+ Equality
Marni Rose McFall is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on U.S. politics, social affairs and popular culture. She has covered fashion, culture, art and music extensively.
The New York Times23d
Chinese Celebrities and Tourists Think Twice About Thailand
The disappearance of the actor, Wang Xing, from the Thai border city of Mae Sot this month ... comedian known for his sketches in the Chinese state broadcaster’s Lunar New Year gala, also ...
Hindustan Times27d
31-year-old Chinese man rescued from Myanmar scam centre after viral social media post
Wang disappeared on January 3 in Mae Sot, a Thai border town notorious for ... aimed to shut down these facilities in Myanmar’s Shan State. However, NGOs and independent rescuers report that ...
Investing14d
Thailand and China to set up coordination centre to combat scam call networks
Thai police said on Friday that a coordination centre would be set up at the national police headquarters in Bangkok and Chinese authorities plan to set up another one in Thailand's Mae Sot ...
The Hill8d
Flu map: These states are now at CDC’s highest activity level
(NEXSTAR) – The map of flu activity across the United States continues to darken, both figuratively and literally, as case numbers spike upward in most states, according to the Centers for ...