Myanmar military’s raid on KK Park resulted in thousands of arrests and confiscation of illegal equipment, but analysts say the operation was an empty spectacle by the junta to create the impression it was cracking down on the scam industry. Read here: https://t.co/tgt0aRKP6F

This week on our podcast What’s Happening in Myanmar: ASEAN dithers once again, the UEC announces election updates, the TNLA signs a ceasefire, and faith rights advocate Aung Khant discusses religious freedom in Myanmar since the 2021 coup. https://t.co/bhYyWEBiXW

The Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar are succumbing to an environmental nightmare of deforestation, landslides, flooding and fires – exacerbated by cuts in international aid that have halted most efforts to mitigate the effects of such disasters. Read here:

OPINION | A recent high-level conference at the United Nations failed to chart a path to solve the Rohingya crisis, while the need for international commitment and a comprehensive approach is more acute than ever, argues Laetitia van den Assum. Read here:

The junta’s conscription drive has been targeting men since early last year, but with reports spreading that women’s names are now being collected, some underage girls are getting married as a means to shield themselves from the draft. Read here:

This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the UEC announces campaigning restrictions, SpaceX cuts off Starlink for scammers, and adjunct fellow at CSIS Hunter Marston comments on the upcoming ASEAN summit’s prospects for progress on Myanmar. https://t.co/ko5GThnlLO

AFP | SpaceX has cut service to more than 2,500 Starlink internet devices at Myanmar scam centres, a company executive said Wednesday, after Agence France-Presse revealed that their use had exploded in the illicit industry. Read here:

The winner of the Members' Award in our photo contest Struggles and Resilience of Myanmar is Ko Kaung for his photogallery Surviving amid crisis and danger, a poignant depiction of survival and resilience in the face of natural disasters across Myanmar.

The winners of the Judges Award in Frontier's photo contest Struggles and Resilience of Myanmar are Ei Thandar Aung and Myo Htet Hla Thaw for their photogallery The dream of the Yaw youth, a powerful depiction of resistance in the Yaw region of Magway.

The Union Solidarity and Development Party is already campaigning for the junta’s upcoming election, leveraging its military connections to gain an unfair advantage and leaving other parties struggling to compete. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar Read here:

AFP | Myanmar’s junta raided one of the country’s most notorious internet scam centres and seized Starlink devices, it said Monday, after an AFP investigation revealed an explosion in their use in the billion-dollar black market. Read here:

This week on Frontier’s podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military retakes Hsipaw but loses Nat Yay Kan, and visiting fellow at Harvard University’s Asia Centre Jacob Sims discusses the scourge of human trafficking and scam centres in Myanmar. https://t.co/91Nykr1OHH

DOH ATHAN | Security concerns amid civil war have made it difficult for women in Myanmar’s central plains to travel outside their villages for jobs, while those who work face pay gaps compared to the higher wages men earn for similar work. Listen here:

OPINION | The United States has designated Myanmar and Cambodia as state sponsors of human trafficking – a dubious honour that demands more than polite concern from the international community, argues Jacob Sims. Read here:

AFP | They said they had smashed them. But fraud factories in Myanmar blamed for scamming Chinese and American victims out of billions of dollars are still in business and bigger than ever, an Agence France-Presse investigation can reveal. Read here:

In early June, United States President Donald Trump announced a visa ban on 12 countries, including Myanmar, derailing the plans of many students who were already far along the rigorous process of attending school in the country. Read here:

AFP | Rarely a week passes without civilians being killed in a mass-casualty bombing, often of schools or monasteries occupied by children or monks, and sometimes also sheltering people already displaced by fighting. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here:

This week on our podcast What's Happening in Myanmar, the military massacres civilians at a Buddhist celebration, the UEC posts problematic voter lists, and election experts Amaël Vier and Tharindu Abeyrathna discuss a new report on the regime elections. https://t.co/FpyZ38eeo9

Conflict and a transportation blockade by the junta have led to widespread hunger in Rakhine State, leading residents to take desperate measures, from selling their own blood to killing themselves. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here:

Women in Myanmar’s central plains are unable to travel for work due to security concerns in the midst of civil war, and those who do work are struggling to support their families as they receive lower pay than men. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read here: