Military leaders enacted a cybersecurity law on 1 January 2025 that among other measures tightens internet control, bans VPNs, requires platforms to store user data for 3 years and enforces compliance with the motivation of curbing disinformation

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  Civil war has fueled a surge in cross-border drug trade to Thailand, with rebel groups and militias running drug labs; meth pill seizures rose by 172% and crystal meth by 39% in 2024, yet low meth prices suggest significant volumes evade law enforcement

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  The collapse of public health infrastructure has left communities to address widespread trauma independently; Kawthoolei Care Hospital in Kayin is training community health workers to provide mental health support amid ongoing conflict and displacement

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  Myanmar has overtaken Afghanistan as the world’s top opium producer: driven by economic collapse after 2021 coup, production surges unchecked with no clear solutions in sight; the UN warns that rising cultivation fuels conflict, instability, health crises

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  Over 100 Rohingya refugees were rescued off Indonesia’s Aceh province, located in the northernmost part of the country; stranded at sea for weeks, their plight spotlights the urgent need for regional cooperation on this crisis

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