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Sai Wansai Recent reports of Shan Herald Agency for News and Khit Thit Media on cyberscam and scam center operations have made headlines, raising questions about whether Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s claim that the illicit trade is being eradicated is credible or just state propaganda aimed at portraying China as in control. Let’s take a closer look and compare it with the reality on the ground. The Displacement from Border Compounds to Urban Ghost Hotels The narrative s

Insight Myanmar Lindsey Kennedy is an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker whose work sits at the intersection of organized crime, corruption, and conflict. Drawing on years of reporting across Southeast Asia and beyond, she argues that the scam-compound economy now operating across Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos is not a fringe criminal phenomenon but a central force reshaping states, borderlands, and entire national economies. What is often described in narrow te

Khaing Lu Hla (Roma Mray) Narinjara, 30 August 2026 A military cargo ship traveling along the Ayeyarwady River toward Shwe Ku in Kachin State has been seized by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) and its allied forces, according to local reports. The incident began on August 27, when the KIA and allied resistance groups ambushed a flotilla of military vessels moving from Katha to Shwe Ku. During the engagement, one cargo ship was heavily damaged and disabled. Junta forces ini

A man holds a sign demanding the release of jailed Myanmar photojournalist Sai Zaw Thaike during a protest in front of the embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, on May 31. (Credit: Hein Aung) Seventeen journalists remain imprisoned in Myanmar following the Feb. 1, 2021 military coup, human rights group Amnesty International stated on Saturday, citing monitoring data from the expression advocacy organization Athan. Since the 2021 coup, at least 11 journalists have been killed and 216

Members of the Sagaing Federal Unit Interim Government hand out relief supplies to flood-affected families in Sagaing Region on Aug. 13. (Credit: SFUG) Airstrikes kill 88 across flood-ravaged regions, NUG reports The National Unity Government (NUG) reported on Wednesday that at least 88 civilians have been killed and 157 others have been injured by 239 airstrikes carried out by the Burma Air Force across Sagaing, Magway, Mandalay, Tanintharyi and Bago regions, as well as Arak

Nai Aue Mon addresses the 61st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, in March 2026. (Credit: HURFOM) Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) Program Director Nai Aue Mon warned of a worsening human rights crisis across Mon State, Karen State, and Tanintharyi Region, characterized by escalating standoff air attacks, widespread displacement, and forced military conscription. In an exclusive interview with DVB, Nai Aue Mon addressed the h