For centuries, monks have sought solitude and isolation on their path to spiritual enlightenment, choosing some of the most remote places on the globe to construct their monasteries. Some of these ...
It quickly became a nightmare. Upon arriving in Thailand last summer to pick up the “products,” the Hongkonger had their identity documents seized and was driven across the border into Myanmar. Days ...
An AI model that can translate speech and text, including direct speech-to-speech translations, for up to 101 languages is described in Nature. The model, named SEAMLESSM4T, fills gaps in language ...
The armed wing of the long-established, powerful ethnic national organisation Karen National Union (KNU) has been battling a breakaway group near the city of Dawei in Myanmar’s southernmost region ...
Machine learning is bringing us closer to a Babel-fish-style universal translation device. Meta has released a new AI model that can translate speech from 101 different languages. It represents a ...
Landslides in the jade mining area of Hpakant in Myanmar have been a regular theme ... Hpakant area is extremely difficult. Media reports translate the name as Spott, Sa Paut or Sput, none of ...
Chinese transnational criminal syndicates reportedly exploit this area with support from local armed groups, including Myanmar’s Karen Border Guard Force (BGF), previously known as the ...