American foreign policy complicates an already difficult situation for those reporting on the civil war in Myanmar.

Sai Zaw Thaike, a photojournalist for the independent news website Myanmar Now, works at his desk in Yangon, Myanmar in August 2020. (Myanmar Now via AP) BANGKOK (AP) — An independent online news ...

From Chinese meddling to staged scam-center crackdowns and a sham election, The Irrawaddy looks back at the key events and figures in another difficult year for Myanmar.

BANGKOK (AP) — Some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar, Thailand's army announced ...

South-east Asia has become the “ground zero” for the global online scamming industry, according to the UN, costing victims ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government extended its crackdown on online scam activities to a second major location, detaining hundreds of foreigners and seizing thousands of mobile phones used ...

Myanmar will hold the first phase of a general election on Sunday, its first vote in five years and an exercise that critics ...

Myanmar authorities have handed over seven people suspected of involvement in online scams targeting Chinese citizens to Beijing authorities, state media reported Thursday. Criminal syndicates are ...

MAE SOT, Thailand — A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation, and those helping them say the ...

Milwaukee’s Burmese population has become one of the largest in the country over the last roughly 15 years. Refugees move from across the U.S. to join the community, which is largely concentrated on ...

BANGKOK (AP) — An independent online news agency in Myanmar said Friday that one of its journalists arrested two years ago has been subjected to daily physical and mental abuse after exposing human ...