Myanmar conflict

Despite a string of recent cryptocurrency scandals, the country's resistance forces have a lot to gain from pushing toward fintech's frontiers.

The Thais were reportedly victims of human trafficking rescued from online scam centers in Laukkai, in northern Shan State.

The calls came as the 17th ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting convened in Jakarta, amid a host of pressing international crises.

The MNDAA says that it is close to capturing Laukkai, the capital of the Kokang region in Shan State, a hub of online gambling and cyber-fraud operations.

The military's long-standing policy of "divide and rule" is breaking down as ethnic resistance groups gain the upper hand across the country.

The opening of another major front in Rakhine State could be disastrous for the country's besieged and overextended junta.

The issuing of the warrants offer the surest sign yet of Beijing's tacit support for the resistance offensive against the junta-aligned force in Kokang.

Growing political turbulence, especially in the northern part of Shan State, has drastically narrowed the chances of progress on a host of large-scale projects.

The steep rise in the number of those displaced reflects the ferocity of the fighting that has taken place since October 27.

Many U.N. and foreign government statements about recent atrocities have avoided naming the party responsible. That needs to change.

The measures included the U.S. Treasury Department's first sanctions against the Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise, the military's largest single source of foreign revenue.

Some Myanmar observers hope that the coordinated offensive in Shan State will catalyze wider changes, and even lead to the collapse of the military administration.