The agreement between the military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army came after months of Chinese pressure to return to political dialogue.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Scammers under leading telecom fraud syndicates in north Myanmar are handed over to Chinese custody, on January 30, 2024. Photo: VCG. A senior officials' meeting on Lancang-Mekong

In the pretext of getting high-paying jobs, about 47 people from Gopalganj district of Bihar are stranded in Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar and Cambodia, and they are forced into conducting cyber fraud and other illegal activities.

ASEAN's fifth envoy to Myanmar, Tan Sri Othman Hashim, appointed during the bloc's meeting of foreign ministers.

Myanmar’s ruling junta has called on neighbouring countries to help combat the issue, which analysts say is worth billions of dollars.

Authorities from Myanmar, China, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam agreed to arrest the leaders of criminal syndicates. Read more at straitstimes.com.

ASEAN is progressing cautiously on Myanmar as it is critical to secure peace in the country, said Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said ASEAN’s approach is not about enforcing a particular system but ensuring inclusivity and peace as well as the importance of participatory democracy.

Myanmar's ruling junta said Tuesday it had deported to China more than 50,000 people suspected of involvement in online scam operations since October 2023, as it made a rare call to neighbouring countries to intervene.

YANGON-- Myanmar’s ruling junta said Tuesday it had deported to China more than 50,000 people suspected of involvement in online scam operations since

Police in Lai Chau Province, northern Vietnam on Friday announced the arrest of Lo Thi Kem, a 38-year-old woman from Than Uyen District, for trafficking women and minors under 16.