Chinese authorities have charged 16 Myanmar citizens with crimes including murder and telecoms fraud as part of a crackdown on cross-border cybercrime. Criminal gangs are accused of luring hundreds of thousands of people to cross the border into Myanmar and then forcing them to take part in telecoms scams in the so-called Golden Triangle. Myanmar […]
Another important rebel group in Myanmar has announced that it is willing to engage in China-brokered talks with the military junta, with the aim of ending more than a year of fighting in Shan State along the Chinese border. In a statement issued this morning, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) declared a unilateral […]
The PNLO has joined the war against Myanmar’s junta, prompting a minor leadership crisis, but while that was swiftly resolved, a rival Pa-O group has only grown more powerful. By FRONTIER While members of the Pa-O National Liberation Organization were sitting down for negotiations, their counterparts in the Myanmar military were planning airstrikes on their […]