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Myanmar Net က စစ်ကောင်စီအတွက် ထောက်လှမ်းရေးလုပ်ပေးနေ - Myanmar Now

1 month ago | myanmar-now.org | Caroline Henshaw

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရှိ အင်တာနက်ဝန်ဆောင်မှုပေးသည့် Frontiir ကုမ္ပဏီသည် အင်တာနက်သုံးစွဲသူတို့၏ လုပ်ဆောင်မှုများကို ထောက်လှမ်း စောင့်ကြည့်ရန်အတွက် အလွန်အဆင့်မြင့်သည့် တရုတ်နည်းပညာကို သုံးစွဲနေသည်ဟု ယူဆရသော အချက်အလက်များရှိနေသည်။ Frontiir သည် Myanmar Net အမှတ် တံဆိပ်ဖြင့် သန်းပေါင်းများစွာသော ပြည်သူများအား အင်တာနက်ဝန်ဆောင်မှု ပေးနေသည့် ကုမ္ပဏီ ဖြစ်သည်။ ထိုကုမ္ပဏီသည် အွန်လိုင်းမှ ခြေရာခံနိုင်သော၊ ဝက်ဘ်ဆိုက်များကို ပိတ်ဆို့နိုင်သော၊ VPN အသုံးပြုမှု တားဆီးနိုင်သော စက်ပစ္စည်းများကို သုံးစွဲနေကြောင်း...
European govts back company that uses Chinese tech to monitor Myanmar internet users

1 month ago | myanmar-now.org | Caroline Henshaw |Aung Naing

An internet service provider backed by European state development funds in military-run Myanmar appears to have installed highly sophisticated Chinese technology that information gathered by reporters indicates is being used for online surveillance.
Caroline Henshaw (FU)

1 month ago | myanmar-now.org | Caroline Henshaw |Aung Naing

European govts back company that uses Chinese tech to monitor Myanmar internet usersAn investigation by Myanmar Now and Finance Uncovered reveals how Frontiir, a Yangon-based ISP, is making it easier for the country’s regime to track users’ online activity
Aftershocks and Airstrikes: What Myanmar’s deadly earthquake means for the country’s resistance

2 months ago | myanmar-now.org | Caleb Quinley

As Myanmar’s brutal civil war continues to rage, an unexpected force has entered the battlefield: nature’s wrath. A powerful earthquake recently struck the country, hitting Sagaing and Mandalay regions the hardest, killing thousands and shaking an already fragile landscape where resistance fighters battle the junta into an expanse of pure chaos. But beyond the destruction, could this seismic shift alter the trajectory of the war itself?
Uncertainty, dangers loom for Myanmar women, girls, and other vulnerable populations after earthquake

2 months ago | myanmar-now.org | Maggi Quadrini

Last week’s earthquake in Myanmar is the latest of a series of unprecedented challenges the country’s people have confronted since the military junta attempted a coup on February 1, 2021. The quake’s effects have once again aggravated and highlighted the vulnerability of women, girls, and gender-diverse people, who often bear the brunt of impacts from disaster.
Maw Baw Meh, Maggi Quadrini, Author at Myanmar Now

2 months ago | myanmar-now.org | Maggi Quadrini

As with past disasters, last week’s earthquake is expected to have a disparate impact on women, and the need for a response that is sensitive to the needs of the vulnerable and disadvantaged has never been more acute Read More »
International aid flows to Myanmar after devastating quake

2 months ago | myanmar-now.org | Caleb Quinley

The United Nations and international aid organisations are scrambling to respond to the devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar on Friday, leaving thousands dead and entire communities in ruins. The 7.7-magnitude quake, which rocked central Myanmar, caused widespread destruction in cities such as Mandalay, Sagaing, and Naypyitaw, overwhelming hospitals and displacing tens of thousands of people. The death toll has reached at least 1,700, but that figure is expected to rise in the coming days.
Thailand to shut off electricity to Myanmar’s scam hubs

Feb 6, 2025 | myanmar-now.org | Caleb Quinley

Thailand has cut electricity to Myanmar border towns harbouring scam centres tied to human trafficking and online fraud, Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday. Aiming to disrupt criminal networks exploiting trafficked victims, Anutin Charnvirakul oversaw the shutdown of power supplies to alleged call centre scam hubs from Bangkok, initiated at 9am, Wednesday.
Arakan Army intensifies border offensives in strategic push

Jan 28, 2025 | myanmar-now.org | Raung Ni

The Arakan Army (AA), which dominates much of Rakhine State in western Myanmar, is intensifying attacks on junta bases in neighbouring Ayeyarwady, Bago, and Magway regions, according to a statement and sources close to AA. One source closely affiliated with the AA told Myanmar Now that the powerful armed group is planning to launch offensives on the remaining junta bases in Rakhine State, hoping to overwhelm the junta near its borders. “The battles aren’t over yet,” the source said.
What does the Arakan Army’s victory in Rakhine State mean for the Rohingya?

Jan 16, 2025 | myanmar-now.org | Su Chay

With exploding bombs and shells still audible in the distance, Mohamed* has had little choice but to bide his time since August in a village under the control of the Arakan Army (AA) in Rakhine State’s Maungdaw Township, where he fled after clashes between the AA and Myanmar military forced him out of his home. The village, some six miles outside of Maungdaw’s urban centre, now hosts around 1,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in addition to its 1,500 longtime Rohingya residents.