(Reuters) -Armed soldiers loyal to a turncoat warlord patrol the streets of southeastern Myanmar's frontier town of Myawaddy, as troops of the ruling junta and rebels jostle for control of the outpost ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on a Myanmar warlord, his two sons and the militia he leads for facilitating cyber scams, human trafficking and cross-border ...

The Karen National Army and its leader Saw Chit Thu have been described as “key enablers” of the region’s online fraud operations. The U.S. government has sanctioned a major militia in eastern Myanmar ...

(MENAFN- Asia Times) Justice has finally caught up with one of Myanmar's notorious Karen strongmen, Saw Chit Thu, head of the Karen National Army (KNA) and widely seen as the mastermind behind the ...

The US is trying to hit back at online fraudsters by cracking down on a military leader in Asia who’s allegedly fueling and profiting from the cyber scams. The Treasury Department today announced ...

BANGKOK: The Karen militia chief spearheading the scam crackdown on Myanmar’s border with Thailand has called for international help to care for around 7,000 call centre workers awaiting repatriation.

The United States imposed sanctions on Monday (May 5, 2025) on a Myanmar warlord, his two sons and the militia he leads for facilitating cyber scams, human trafficking and cross-border smuggling, the ...

Hundreds of thousands of people have been trafficked across Southeast Asia and forced to work in scam operations. (AP pic) The US imposed sanctions yesterday on a Myanmar warlord, his two sons and the ...