Essential background on how the online scam industry sprung up and evolved – and how Indians became its targets.

As Myanmar marks the fourth anniversary of the military coup, new research shows that factories supplying major high street fashion brands including H&M, Frasers Group, BESTSELLER (and its brand Vero Moda) and Reserved are linked with allegations of serious labour rights abuses.

In early January, a little-known Chinese actor was swept up in an international controversy revolving around Chinese nationals being trafficked and exploited in other Asian countries. The 31-year-old Wang Xing,

A rickety wooden boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya landed at the northernmost province of Aceh as it continued to receive the refugees fleeing persecution and political unrest in Myanmar.

China and Thailand have pledged to jointly crack down on dozens of cyber scam gangs in Myanmar and related human trafficking, including setting up at least one coordination centre, according to Thai media reports.

Conflict tracking in Myanmar. Investigations of Chinese human trafficking. Refugee healthcare in Thailand. Strengthening independent media in Mongolia. Environmental conservation in Tibet. These are just a few of the Asia-focused programmes operating with US government funds that risk permanent closure after US President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week suspending all foreign aid,

The Myanmar junta insists online scam operators are foreigners thriving on cross-border infrastructure, and neighboring countries must do their part to suppress them.

Police chiefs in three districts of Thailand’s Tak province were removed for failing to combat scam-related activity.

A rickety wooden boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya Muslims landed Wednesday in Indonesia as the northernmost province of Aceh continued to receive the refugees fleeing persecution and political unr

In a humanitarian crisis, over 100 Rohingya Muslims arrived in Indonesia, fleeing persecution in Myanmar. The journey, facilitated by human traffickers, was plagued by a broken boat engine. With rising refugee numbers,

Chinese travelers are canceling plans to visit Thailand during the Lunar New Year holiday, as concerns over the kidnapping of actor Wang Xing continue to reverberate through the country.

The suspect was wanted in connection with the high-profile kidnapping of the Chinese actor Wang Xing earlier this month.