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Latest news, updates and opinion on Myanmar, covering politics, economy, society and the country’s relationships with China and India, and other countries in Southeast Asia.

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  • The visit, which will include joint naval security exercises, comes as armed rebel groups have taken over a series of key locations along the border
  • The militias reportedly helped a recent crackdown on cybercrime in the region, prompting speculation Beijing may change its Myanmar strategy
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Malaysia’s foreign ministry said the group were stranded in Laukkaing, a town known as a notorious hub for major organised crimes. An Indonesian and a Hongkonger were also evacuated.

PLA Daily says Beijing is determined to protect border security after Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army announces seizure of crossing point along China’s frontier with the Southeast Asian country.

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An armed group in Myanmar has seized control from the country’s ruling junta of the Kyin San Kyawt border gate, a lucrative border crossing to China, a local media outlet said.

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It will benefit India to have a ‘working relationship’ with the resistance groups as the security situation along the border continues to deteriorate, analysts say.

Myanmar authorities have handed over thousands of telecoms fraud suspects to China since law enforcement officers from both countries launched a crackdown on online scams.

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Amid concerns about trafficking and a lack of resources to help the persecuted minority who have been fleeing Myanmar, Aceh villagers gave out supplies and repaired the group’s boat after desperate passengers tried to sink it.

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Defence ministers from Indonesia and Malaysia have called for a truce, saying terrorism is condemned and ‘parties must exercise utmost restraint and de-escalate’.

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South Korea did not disclose information on the ‘illegal’ firm responsible for detaining the 19, nor on the individuals held captive.

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Sean Turnell, a co-defendant with Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, was imprisoned in Myanmar after being accused of being a spy and convicted by a junta-run court.

A proposal to allow UN-registered refugees to work – but only in ‘dirty, dangerous, difficult’ jobs – reveals the state’s lack of empathy over their plight, advocates say.

Scientists have spent years working on the conundrum and think they have found the landmass, which split from Australia, hidden under Southeast Asia’s eastern islands.

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Myanmar’s exiled opposition said resistance fighters had seized control of key positions in Kawlin in what it described as the first time that an administrative district capital had been attacked and captured since the February 2021 coup.

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The assault by the ‘Three Brotherhood Alliance’ armed group follows recent extensive Chinese operations to take out scam networks along the border.

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The US also slapped sanctions on three entities and five people said to be connected to Myanmar’s military, in action coordinated with Britain and Canada.

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