Hacker News with Generative AI: Myanmar

Shwe Kokko is accused of being a city built on scams (bbc.co.uk)
The tall, shiny buildings which rise out of the cornfields on the Myanmar side of the Moei river are a sight so jarring you find yourself blinking to be sure you haven't imagined it.
Myanmar, Scams, Urban Development, International Relations
217 points by inm 14 days ago | 94 comments
Thailand cuts power and internet to areas of Myanmar to disrupt scam gangs (bitdefender.com)
The government of Thailand has cut the power supply to areas near its border with Myanmar that are known to host brutal scam compounds.
Cybersecurity, Myanmar, Thailand, Crime, Government
24 points by speckx 15 days ago | 5 comments
Tracing Military Command Chains Through Time and Location (dot.studio)
Under Whose Command, a new platform for command chain analysis in Myanmar, is the culmination of a year–long collaboration between DOT • STUDIO (our agency) and Tony Wilson and Tom Longley at Security Force Monitor (SFM) — an NGO situated at the Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School.
Military, Data Analysis, Myanmar, Human Rights, NGOs
103 points by Gigamouse 36 days ago | 29 comments
The Script Creator (aeon.co)
In July 2019, I visited Siang Sawn, a small village in Chin State, western Myanmar.
Myanmar, Travel, Writing, Storytelling
33 points by tintinnabula 123 days ago | 1 comments
VPN ban is strangling communication in Myanmar (irrawaddy.com)
VPN, Myanmar, Censorship, Technology, Politics
126 points by PaulHoule 231 days ago | 74 comments