Category: Regions
Freed Myanmar scam workers desperate to go home: ‘I can finally escape this hell’
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. About 7,000 people endure heat and mosquito bites at a squalid camp in Myawaddy as repatriation process slows. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3300339/freed-myanmar-scam-workers-desperate-go-home-i-can-finally-escape-hell?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreThursday Briefing
New York Times President Trump’s relationship with Europe. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/briefing/trump-europe-hostages.html
Read More7-Eleven Founding Family’s Bid to Block Foreign Takeover Collapses
New York Times The proposal worth over $50 billion by Junro Ito, the son of the founder of Seven & i Holdings, was aimed at fending off a takeover bid from Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/business/7-eleven-buyout-bid-collapse.html
Read MoreWhy Scam Centers in Southeast Asia Keep Flourishing
New York Times A China-led crackdown on online fraud rescued thousands from Myanmar this month. But this massive business of grift keeps growing. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/asia/scam-centers-myanmar-thailand-china.html
Read MoreSome European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them
New York Times Debate is building over just how deep the Trump administration’s antagonism runs, and whether the real goal is to destroy the European Union. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/europe/trump-eu-allies.html
Read MoreElectric Shocks and Tied Crucifixion-Style: The Life of a Scam-Mill Worker
New York Times Tens of thousands of people from dozens of nations have been trafficked to cyberfraud hubs in Myanmar, where they must con victims or endure brutal punishment. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/world/asia/scam-center-torture-abuse.html
Read MoreScam kingpin holds China, Turkey passports, bought 8 condos in Malaysia: police
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. The head of an international scam ring that targeted online gamers from China was arrested during raids in Kuala Lumpur. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3300323/scam-kingpin-holds-china-turkey-passports-bought-8-condos-malaysia-police?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MoreWhy urban renewal in Malaysia has stoked racial tensions
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Debate rages as opposition claims government wants to seize homes of the nation’s poorest. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3300316/why-urban-renewal-malaysia-has-stoked-racial-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed
Read MorePossible Remains of Indigenous Women Slain in Canada Found in Landfill
New York Times The search in Manitoba uncovered possible human remains from two victims of a serial killer, a devastating case that spotlighted an epidemic of violence against Indigenous women in Canada. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/world/canada/canada-serial-killer-landfill-search.html
Read MoreTumult in Singapore’s Kwek dynasty as battle for CDL’s US$18 billion empire deepens
Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Succession battle erupts into public view amid accusations of corporate governance lapses and a lawsuit between patriarch Kwek Leng Beng and his son. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3300301/tumult-singapores-kwek-dynasty-battle-cdls-us18-billion-empire-deepens?utm_source=rss_feed
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