Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast Asian security issues, and cross-strait ties between China and Taiwan.

A new crackdown on online scam centers has led to over 7,000 people from around the world being held in a Myanmar border town awaiting repatriation.

People from China, Vietnam and Ethiopia, believed to have been trafficked and forced to work in scam ... the centers in Myawaddy district in eastern Myanmar, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo ...

In this photo released by Royal Thai Army, more than 250 people from 20 nations who were reportedly rescued from alleged scam centers in Myanmar, as they crossed into Thailand's Tak province on ...

(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) Thai soldiers provide security for the transfer of Indonesia nationals who had worked at scam centers in eastern Myanmar, on their arrival at Thailand's Mae Sot ...

(AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) A bus carrying Indonesia nationals who were forced to work at scam centers in eastern Myanmar arrives Mae Sot, Thailand before being sent back to Indonesia on Thursday ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar, Thailand's army ...

Thai soldiers provide security for the transfer of Indonesia nationals who had worked at scam centers in eastern Myanmar ... 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) 34,734 people played the daily Crossword ...

In this photo released by Royal Thai Army, more than 250 people from 20 nations who were reportedly rescued from alleged scam centers in Myanmar, as they crossed into Thailand's Tak province on ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Some 260 people believed to have been trafficked and trapped into working in online scam centers are to be repatriated after they were rescued from Myanmar, Thailand’s army ...