Myanmar Junta’s Scam Crackdown Pushes Fraud Networks Deeper Inland
Myanmar’s scam centers have largely targeted Chinese and American victims.
Myanmar’s scam centers have largely targeted Chinese and American victims.
Chinese companies are extracting rare earths and gold from the mountains of eastern Shan State, Myanmar, in territory controlled by ethnic armed groups where government oversight, environmental regulation, and public accountability are largely absent.
Myanmar’s former junta chief and 2021 coup leader, Min Aung Hlaing, has recast himself as the country’s civilian president following elections widely derided as a sham.
“If our Starlink doesn’t work, we will be in darkness, sir.
A new report from International Christian Concern revealed trends threatening Christians around the world, helping believers in the West remember our brothers and sisters in other countries in prayer.
Burma (Myanmar) has been in a state of civil war since the military overthrew the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in a February 2021 coup.
Southeast Asian country of Myanmar has been rocked by the death of an American diplomat in its largest city of Yangon.
Christians in the beleaguered nation of Myanmar are facing renewed bouts of persecution at the hands of the country’s military regime.
The scam centers operating along Burma (Myanmar)’s borders are among the most significant revenue streams sustaining the junta and the ethnic armed organizations aligned with it, alongside mining and Chinese investment through the Belt and Road Initiative.
Two decades in prison for dealing in international death and mayhem.
This week, the Global Light of Myanmar, the mouthpiece publication of the junta that seized control of Burma, referred to the pro-democracy resistance as terrorists, as they always do.
Across Burma (Myanmar), it is now estimated that as many as 4 million people have been displaced by war.
Karenni State, Burma (Myanmar): Less than two kilometers outside the city lies the front line.
Back in Karenni State, Burma (Myanmar), the situation is eerily calm.
The Burma (Myanmar) military junta activated its conscription law on February 10, 2024, requiring men aged 18 to 35 and women aged 18 to 27 to serve in the military.
The first round of Burma (Myanmar)’s three-phase elections began on December 28, 2025, under a framework imposed by the military junta that seized power in January 2021.
The Burma (Myanmar) election leaves observers asking whether it can truly be called a legitimate election when opposition parties and much of the population are prohibited from participating.
Four years after the Myanmar military seized power in a February 2021 coup, overthrowing the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, the junta is staging a sham election on December 28, 2025.
A small wooden sign reading “Jungle School of Medicine Kawthoolei” hangs on a bamboo frame beside a vegetable garden, with a row of bamboo buildings behind it that serve as a hospital and classrooms.
Religion seems to be the last thing on his mind.
China’s economy has been slowing since President Trump began the trade war during his first term.
The Myanmar military junta continues to run extensive criminal enterprises that finance its war and atrocities, with cyber scam compounds at the center of its revenue stream.
President Trump has made rare earth diplomacy a key element of his foreign policy, securing major supply chain and mining agreements across allied nations to counter China’s control of 90% of global processing capacity.
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), launched in 2013, is central to Xi Jinping’s global ambitions, using infrastructure lending to expand Beijing’s political and economic reach.
Life in Burma (Myanmar) is already difficult enough for the population, with those living in resistance-controlled areas subjected to bombings by government forces, while those in government-controlled areas face repression and tyranny.
The story in brief: The war in Burma (Myanmar) has displaced 3.5 million people, now living in IDP camps that receive little or no international support and remain targets of government airstrikes.
During rainy season, the world’s oldest conflict generally takes a bit of a break.
The Trump administration is reportedly weighing two proposals to remove China from critical U.S.
Inside a concrete schoolhouse that once echoed with children’s laughter, an elderly woman sits against painted yellow walls, tears streaming down her weathered face.
In the past two months, the Burma Army bombed a school, killing schoolchildren and two teachers, blew up a wedding, killing the bride and several guests, and has continued its bombing onslaught against survivors displaced by the March 28 earthquake.
President Trump’s new global tariff policy has taken effect, targeting countries with unfair trade practices. Learn how these changes will impact international relations and the American economy.
In the wake of a devastating earthquake, Burma’s junta intensifies airstrikes on civilians, obstructing vital aid and deepening the humanitarian crisis. This tragedy reveals the regime’s brutal tactics and urgent need for international intervention.
A devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck Thailand, resulting in the collapse of a high-rise in Bangkok and numerous casualties. The unfolding tragedy demands urgent attention and comprehensive coverage.
Pro-democracy advocates are escalating calls for the UN to dismiss its Myanmar envoy amid troubling revelations of her ties to China, raising serious questions about impartiality and the UN’s effectiveness in addressing the ongoing crisis.
The ongoing conflict in Myanmar has precipitated a humanitarian disaster, with millions displaced and facing dire conditions. This blog post delves into the urgent realities of survival amid escalating violence and international indifference.
In the midst of ongoing conflict, internally displaced Christians in Burma find hope and resilience, coming together to celebrate Christmas amidst dire circumstances. Discover their inspiring story of faith and community.
In the wake of the Burma Army’s relentless assaults, churches have become tragic symbols of a nation in turmoil. Discover the devastating impact on communities and the ongoing struggle for survival in our in-depth report on this humanitarian crisis.
In a bombed-out village in Karenni State, Burma (Myanmar), a Free Burma Ranger, a member of the Karenni ethnic group, comforts a woman whose eight-year-old daughter was killed by the Tatmadaw, the Burma Army.
A missing woman in Indonesia has been found deceased in the most disturbing of circumstances.
Antonio Graceffo Reporting from the Burma border In the heart of Burma, where tens of thousands have sacrificed their lives, and millions have been displaced by the ruthless attacks of the junta forces, ethnic resistance armies, and people’s self-defense forces fight to establish a federal democracy with equal rights for the 135 ethnic minorities.
Antonio Graceffo reporting from inside the war zone in Burma/Myanmar.
Reporting from the war zone in Burma/Myanmar The UN and the global community have failed to enforce an arms embargo against the Myanmar junta, which receives weapons from Russia and China, while private donors are prohibited from supplying weapons to the rebels.
At the urging of the United Nations, aid is being sent to Gaza, where it will be received and distributed by Hamas, the authority in Gaza.
Antonio Graceffo Reporting from inside the war zone in Myanmar/Burma Americans are sick of solving the world’s problems, and many are fed up with funding Ukraine.
Reporting from the Thai/Burma border “We have done so much, with so little for so long, now we know we can do anything forever with nothing.” Old military saying, originally attributed to Konstantin Josef Jireček In 2007-2008, when I was embedded with an ethnic resistance army in Myanmar (Burma), I saw rebel soldiers wearing flip-flops.
Following the US Federal Reserve’s sharpest tightening in monetary policy in decades, India has offered its currency as an alternative for trade to nations that are experiencing a shortage of dollars, Bloomberg reported.
The FTX scandal is only getting started. Another cryptocurrency by the name of Tether is also on the brink of failing and both FTX and Tether appear to have been tools of the Deep State. A week ago TGP reported that FTX was used as a money laundering scheme in Ukraine where money sent there was sent back to US politicians.
On Monday, Japan’s Foreign Ministry warned its citizens against possible terror attacks in six Southeast Asian countries – Singapore, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Myanmar.
George Soros met Aung San Suu Kyi in New York on 24 September 2016.
While US taxpayers struggle to pay their bills and keep their jobs, the $1.9 trillion Democrat slush fund for “COVID relief” also contains $11 billion for foreign aid for US AID etc.
Aung San Suu Kyi On Sunday the leaders of Myanmar were arrested by the nation’s military for allegedly committing massive vote fraud during the November 2020 elections.
Guest post by Niall McCrae No book has been cited by political and social observers more often than George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.