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#Myanmar

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Jan Korbel 🐧

Nejen Izraelci, i my máme máslo na hlavě s podporou režimů potlačující základní lidská práva. A strategie je: zapírat, zapírat, zapírat, případně zamaskovat za boj s terorismem. #kybez #Myanmar

Do jakých ~130 zemí tenhle software asi dodáváme?

irozhlas.cz/zpravy-domov/pred-

iROZHLAS.cz · Před převratem, po převratu. Česká firma vysvětluje, proč Myanmaru prodala ‚šmejdící‘ softwareBy Matěj Skalický
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Corina Karstenberg

In February, #Thailand and #Myanmar authorities worked together to turn off electricity and the internet in an unprecedented operation to free thousands of trafficking victims forced to work in cyber-scam centers in Myanmar.
japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/ via @thejapantimes

Owned by tech billionaire Elon Musk's Space X, Starlink provides high-speed internet via portable packs.

"We're starting to see Starlink signals pop up more and more in the areas where these compounds are,”....

The Japan Times · Portable internet helps Asia scam centers bypass blackoutsBy Rebecca L. Root
#HumanTrafficking
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Harry Kuril
Myanmar earthquake: My first MapAction field deployment

I haven’t posted for a few weeks because I went to Myanmar to help after the earthquake struck. MapAction sent me and my team leader to join the team from UNDAC (United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination). Our goal was to produce maps and information for the humanitarian response, specifically: search and rescue, needs assessment, and distribution of aid.

The country was in disarray after the earthquake, and has a sensitive political situation (a mild term for civil war), and these factors sometimes limited what we could do. It took a long time to get in, and to travel from the old capital of Yangon to the new one, Naypyidaw. However, even before we arrived in the field, we were working manically to prepare daily maps for the assessment teams.

On this platform I mostly share trip reports and personal projects. I wasn’t in Myanmar to explore, but managed to observe a few aspects of the country and its rich culture while in transit, shown here: local clothes (longyi) and skincare (thanaka root paste), tropical scenery, and splendid pagodas. We were based in Naypyidaw, a surreal garden fortress, but sombreness was banished from the empty, cracked corridors was by the camraderie of our team and the welcome of the local people.

For these people, the recovery will continue for many months, and MapAction will continue to help. Please continue donating to them at https://cafdonate.cafonline.org/5803#!/DonationDetails, or to another related cause.

#earthquake #humanitarian #volunteering #myanmar
A photograph of Harry Kuril in a blue MapAction T-shirt, standing in front of the loading doors of a truck, which is full of luggage labelled ‘United Nations’.
A photo looking over a cracked kerb along a crack in the road. In the background is a damaged building, some trees with yellow flowers, a crane, and power lines at the top.
A photo of counter serving refreshments in Myanmar. Two men and one woman are visible in front of the counter, and all are wearing the traditional longyi (a garmet like a dress, consisting of a single piece of fabric wrapped around the waist and extending to the ankles) and sandals. The face of one of the men is visible and on his cheeks he has of thanaka, a paste made from a root, worn as skincare. Above the counter are pictures of juices and snacks labelled in Burmese.
A row of flagpoles, all of them bare except for the middle one, on which hangs the yellow-green-red flag of Myanmar at half mast. A hotel building is visible in the background, and in the foreground there is a road margin with a red and white painted kerb.
#Myanmar
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History April 23, 2019: The Hpakant jade mine collapsed in Myanmar, killing four miners and two rescuers. Hpakant is the largest jade mine on Earth. Jade pickers are often migrants from other parts of the country. They live in dilapidated shacks and work as “freelancers,” scavenging through the tailings for small pieces of jade. On July 2, 2020, a landslide at the mine killed 174 miners. The landslide was the worst mining disaster in the nation’s history. The value of Myanmar’s jade industry is over $30 billion per year.

Remains of the Hpakant miners’ shanty town after 2020 landslide.
#workingclass#LaborHistory#mining
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Prof. Dr. Dennis-Kenji Kipker

Am Montag hat das UN-Büro für Drogen- und Verbrechensbekämpfung (#UNODC) einen neuen Bericht vorgelegt, der sich mit südostasiatischen #Scammer-Netzwerken befasst. Die Syndikate arbeiten mit Milliardengewinnen und nutzen dabei die hohe Korruptionsrate in Staaten wie Laos, #Myanmar und Kambodscha aus. Viele der Personen arbeiten dort nicht freiwillig, sondern werden von Menschenhändlern an kriminelle Netzwerke ausgeliefert:
reuters.com/world/china/cancer #cybersecurity #cybercrime

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