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The KK Park complex on Sunday, following a declared military crackdown that left some destruction at the scam compound in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township.
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Images show Myanmar scam hub largely standing despite crackdown
One expert said the images were evidence that military raids were limited in order to preserve the hugely profitable illicit industry.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Myanmar junta says demolishing 150 scam hub buildings
Experts say the raids are likely limited, choreographed and intentionally publicized as the junta tries to appear cracking down on scammers while still profiting from them.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Myanmar scam hub sweep triggers fraudster recruitment rush
Online scam hubs have mushroomed across Southeast Asia, draining victims of billions of dollars annually in elaborate romance and crypto cons.
Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said India has sought Thailand's cooperation in the repatriation of some 500 Indian nationals who fled a Myanmar scam center.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 29, 2025
India to repatriate 500 nationals who fled Myanmar scam center: Thai PM
More than 1,500 people from 28 countries have crossed the border into Thailand following a military raid.
A Thai soldier keeps watch over people who crossed over from Myanmar, as they wait to be screened and interrogated by officials on Oct. 23.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2025
Myanmar detains over 10,000 foreigners in scam center crackdown
By Khine Lin Kyaw
The move comes as the international community pressures the junta to dismantle billion-dollar scam networks.
Construction at the KK Park complex in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township on Sept. 17, seen from across the Thai border
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2025
Hundreds flee to Thailand after latest raid on Myanmar scam center
By Montira Rungjirajittranon
A recent investigation revealed construction at several compounds, while Starlink receivers had been installed apparently connecting the hubs to the satellite internet network.
The KK Park complex in Myanmar's eastern Myawaddy township, as pictured from Mae Sot district in Thailand's border province of Tak on Sept. 17.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 20, 2025
Myanmar junta says it raided scam compound and seized 30 Starlink receivers
Internet sweat shops where workers scam unsuspecting foreigners with business or romance schemes have thrived in war-ravaged Myanmar's lawless border regions.
Police officers escort repatriated South Koreans, who were detained by authorities in Cambodia over alleged cyberscam operations, upon their arrival at Incheon international airport, west of Seoul, on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2025
64 South Koreans held in Cambodia return home under arrest
South Korea had sent a team to Cambodia on Wednesday to discuss cases of fake jobs and scam centers involved in kidnapping dozens of its nationals.
SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won arrives to attend a hearing at the National Assembly in Seoul in December 2016.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2025
South Korean top court partially overturns SK Group chief's near $1B divorce deal
By Joyce Lee and Heejin Kim
Last year, the Seoul High Court said Chey should pay $972.5 million to his estranged wife, Roh So-yeong, as part of their planned divorce and additional funds in alimony.
Motorists ride past the Prince International Plaza in Phnom Penh on Wednesday. U.S. authorities on Tuesday unsealed an indictment against Chen Zhi, a British-Cambodian businessperson who owns Prince Group and who is accused of running forced labor camps in Cambodia.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Oct 16, 2025
U.S. and U.K. sanctions target Cambodia's Prince Group and tycoon Chen Zhi
Prince Holding Group, one of Cambodia's largest conglomerates, was a front for "one of Asia's largest transnational criminal organizations," the U.S. Department of Justice said.

Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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