Under an oppressive midday heat, dozens of Myanmar fishermen were busy offloading a huge new catch. From a fishing vessel docked in shallow water, the men rushed baskets full of fish off their boats with a sense of urgency and haste.

Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar.

The recent rescue of kidnapped actor Wang Xing has highlighted the transnational criminal networks that thrive in the region.

Myanmar men deported from Ranong describe a system in which junta officials routinely visit a Thai detention center to arrange swift transport and military conscription.

China detains suspect involved in kidnapping of Chinese actor trafficked to Myanmar - Wang Xing, a 31-year-old Chinese actor, travelled to Thailand early this month after receiving an unsolicited offe

While China declared last year that major telecom fraud hubs near the Myanmar border had been dismantled and tens of thousands of suspects detained, the problem persists

The Provincial Electricity Authority said it was working with Thai and Myanmar security agencies and was ready to cut off power to scam centers if such cases were found.

A key suspect surnamed Yan, who is involved in multiple cases of Chinese citizens recently being deceived to the Thailand-Myanmar border, where they were illegally detained and forced to engage in telecom and internet fraud schemes,

Thai media have reported on some promising developments for migrants, such as cabinet approval in October of a plan to grant citizenship to nearly half a million people, including long-term migrants and children born in Thailand, and new visas for digital, medical and cultural pursuits.

Once a full-time musician who toured throughout Myanmar, indie-pop star Linnith now finds himself in vastly different circumstances – just like so many other celebrities who fled the country after the 2021 military coup d’etat.

Instead, he was picked up at the airport and driven to a scam center in Myanmar’s Myawaddy, a notorious cyber-fraud hub across the border from Thailand. Wang is among hundreds of thousands of ...

Thailand and China will work together to combat fast-growing networks of illegal call centres along the Thai border with Myanmar and Cambodia, often staffed by trafficked workers, that aim to defraud people in phone and online scams.