More than a million people have fled Myanmar's brutal civil war to seek shelter and work in neighbouring Thailand, where ...

A public memorial service bursting with music, including performances by Stevie Wonder and a surprise visit by Lauryn Hill, ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of foreign nationals pulled out of scam compounds in Myanmar during a crackdown on centres run by criminal gangs have little food, scant healthcare and filthy toilets ...

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First published in 1955, Kojien, a cross between a Japanese-language dictionary and an encyclopedia, is on its seventh edition, released in 2018. The dictionary still contains words that can be ...

The whereabouts of some 20 Japanese nationals believed to have been present at a scam-operating center in eastern Myanmar are unknown, an ethnic armed group who conducted a search of the facility said ...

Let’s talk about heroes, shall we? The dictionary defines hero as “a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements or noble qualities.” Somehow, we seem to have ...

Just a few months after Myanmar’s army seized power through a coup in February, military officers forced their way into the homes of a Japanese diplomat and a Japanese aid agency official ...

At least seven Japanese nationals have been taken into protective custody from large-scale scam centers at the Thai-Myanmar border — thought to hold at least 120,000 people — with many more ...

Myanmar has allegedly become a hub for fraud rings operated by Chinese crime syndicates and others. Japanese high school students are among the many foreigners forced to work on scams there.

BANGKOK, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Some 7,000 people rescued from illegal call centre operations in Myanmar were waiting be transferred to Thailand, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said on Wednesday.