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In KK Park, on the Myanmar-Thai border, those who refuse to scam face torture, starvation and even murder. DW investigates one of Asia's most brutal scam compounds.

The article is originally from the official website of Australia section of ASF-IWA and submitted by a comrade named "Comrade Kay" from Yangon Anarchist Association (a pro-IWA group from Burma).

January 24, 2024. (Karen Information Center/ Thanlwin Times and editors) Even the personal visit of the Junta Deputy Commander-in-Chief Vice Senior General Soe Win to Hpa-An Township to plead with Border Guard Force (BGF) leaders to continue their role as a proxy militia in Myawaddy, failed to reverse the BGF decision to declare an autonomous zone in Karen State, no longer

Observers say the move diminishes the military’s power and the junta’s influence on ethnic groups.

With Junta -appointed ward and village administrators actively recruiting residents from the villages of Kyauktaga Township Bago Region, to join militia aligned with the Military Council, locals report many residents are fleeing their homes to avoid forced conscription. Under the pretext of mandatory service for regional peace, local administrators compel men aged 18 to 60 to

The surprising connection among cybercrime, human trafficking, and a raging guerrilla war.

The Military Council and its Border Guard Force (BGF) subordinates are taking proactive measures to prevent potential renewed attacks by the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) and People's Defense Force (PDF) on military installations along the Chaunghnitkhwa and Mudon road sections of Kyainseikgyi and Kyaikmaraw townships, a source close to the resistance movement said.

The vehicles in which 33 people were killed and set alight in December 2021 lie rusting on the roadside.

The two sides pledged to “jointly maintain peace and stability on the China-Myanmar border” and fight telecom scam operations.

If confirmed, the fall of the capital of the Kokang Self-Administered Zone would mark a significant defeat for the military junta that seized power in February 2021.