Southeast Asia foreign ministers seek breakthrough in Myanmar conflict and South China Sea dispute
Southeast Asian foreign ministers gathered Sunday for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc's new chair, ...
Second Hong Kong man rescued from Southeast Asian scam farm: ex-politician
Hong Kong man has been rescued from Myanmar after being lured into forced illegal labour in Southeast Asia, according to a ...
ASEAN upholds decision to bar Myanmar generals from summits, urges self-restraint in S. China Sea
Foreign ministers of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN at a weekend retreat upheld their decision to bar Myanmar’s ruling ...
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‘Stop the violence’: ASEAN tells Myanmar to prioritise peace over holding elections, says bloc chair Malaysia
Malaysia has appointed a new ASEAN special envoy to Myanmar to try and implement the regional bloc’s stalled peace plan for ...
ASEAN tells Myanmar junta peace, not election, is priority
Southeast Asian nations told Myanmar's military government on Sunday its plan to hold an election amid an escalating civil ...
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China’s FM Calls on Southeast Asia to Tackle Online Scamming Scourge
Wang Yi told ASEAN ambassadors that scamming poses “serious threats to the vital interests of citizens from China and other ...
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Netizens Call for Attention to Prisoners in Southeast Asia Scam Operations
The high-profile kidnapping and rescue of 31-year-old actor Wang Xing from a telecom-scam compound on the border of Myanmar and Thailand has incited heated discussion on the Chinese internet. Wang was ...
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Myanmar Junta, Thailand Pledge to Combat Scam Gangs
At a meeting in Bangkok, ASEAN digital ministers committed to more collaboration to create a safer digital environment.
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Myanmar junta airstrike kills 40 people and burns down 500 houses in Rakhine – reports
At least 40 civilians, including children, have been killed in an airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village controlled by an armed ethnic group, officials and a charity said. The attack ...
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Business As Usual? Chinese Organised Crime in Southeast Asia
Chinese organised crime in Southeast Asia thrives on fraud, drug, and human trafficking and technological exploitation, with ...
Thai police say Chinese actor was trafficked to Myanmar to work in a scam operation
Thai police say a Chinese actor who disappeared and was found near the border of Myanmar in an area where online scam ...