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Thousands detained as Myanmar military raids notorious KK park scam compound

Myanmar's military moved in to tackle a major online scam operation near the Thailand border, state media reported

Myanmar’s military has raided a major online scam operation near the border with Thailand, detaining more than 2,000 people and seizing dozens of Starlink satellite internet terminals, state media has reported.

According to a report in Monday’s Myanma Alinn newspaper, Myanmar’s army raided KK Park, a well-documented cybercrime centre, as part of operations starting in early September to suppress online fraud, illegal gambling, and cross-border cybercrime.

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© Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Lillian Suwanrumpha/AFP/Getty Images

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Depending on China for rare-earths is one of our dumbest mistakes — and must be corrected PRONTO

In the 1960s, the conservative intellectual James Burnham wrote a book arguing that the decline of Western civilization was a self-imposed choice.  The volume, famously called “The Suicide of the West,” desperately needs to be updated with an epilogue about the US dependence on China for the mining and processing of rare earths, which ranks...

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