Chinese authorities have detained a key suspect in human trafficking cases linked to online scam networks in Myanmar.

The Arakan Army said its fighters were ‘unable to control their anger’ against junta forces when they committed the atrocity last year.

Drums, cymbals and the noise of an enthralled crowd gave a cacophonous welcome to the Lunar New Year in Myanmar’s commercial capital on Sunday.

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YANGON: Myanmar authorities have seized 11.635 kg of "happy water", a synthetic drug, 3.6 kg of ketamine, and various other illegal substances in central Myanmar, the state-run daily The Mirror reported on Monday.

The junta has strengthened its mandatory recruitment law, requiring those who meet the age and health criteria for military service to stay in Myanmar

The recent rescue of kidnapped actor Wang Xing has highlighted the transnational criminal networks that thrive in the region.

"The military is in a state of decline; it is weak and shrinking. The military has seen a wave of desertions, defeats, low morale and loss of dignity."

The latest China-brokered truce in Myanmar's civil war is likely to hold for now but lasting peace may still be a pipe dream, according to observers. Myanmar's military government and a major northeastern ethnic rebel group agreed to a ceasefire this month in the Chinese border city of Kunming - the second such pact to be signed there in just over a year.

By Larissa Liao, Kevin Krolicki and Poppy McPherson BEIJING/BANGKOK (Reuters) - The abduction and cross-border rescue had all the makings of the kind of action script struggling Chinese actor Wang Xing had hoped to land – only not as a reality star.

The Myanmar military and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) signed a formal agreement for a ceasefire that began on Saturday, China's foreign ministry said, halting fighting near the border of both countries.

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