Event kicks off celebration of Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday
DHARAMSALA, INDIA — The Dalai Lama said there would be a “structured framework” for his succession and reflected on a “profoundly purposeful and deeply fulfilling”...
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Hong Kong pro-democracy party to disband under pressure from Beijing
The League of Social Democrats, a pro-democracy party with a 19-year history, has announced it will hold a press conference Sunday to announce its disbandment,...
EXPLAINED: What are scam parks?
Cyber scam compounds made international headlines in January after a Chinese actor was rescued from Myanmar’s notorious KK Park. In late December, Wang Xing flew...
INTERVIEW: Secret deal means Laos has some of the world’s cheapest cigarettes
A pack of cigarettes in Laos costs as little as 32 U.S. cents, thanks to a secret deal between the Lao government and British tobacco...
Chinese ship conducts survey off Vietnam but Hanoi’s state media stays silent
A Chinese survey ship has been repeatedly circling within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the South China Sea since mid-June, raising concerns of a...
North Korea may send more troops to Russia by August, South Korea says
North Korea may deploy more troops to Russia as early as July or August to aid in its war against Ukraine, with recruitment efforts already...
Amnesty accuses Cambodia of ‘gross failure’ to stop rampant abuses in scam centers
Cambodia’s online scamming industry is a cesspool of “mass scale” rights abuses where hundreds suffer torture, forced labor, human trafficking, and slavery in at least...
Tempers rise at Thai-Cambodia border as stranded travelers demand passage home
BANGKOK – Tempers frayed at the Thai-Cambodian border on Wednesday as travelers left in limbo by the closure of international land crossing points amid a...
Treatment of ailing independent journalist in prison ‘a disgrace to Vietnam’
Independent journalist Le Huu Minh Tuan, who is serving 11 years for “conducting propaganda against the state,” has told his family that he is facing...
North Korea mobilizes students to collect stones daily for flood prevention walls
North Korea is mobilizing students in the northern border province of Ryanggang to gather rocks daily to help build flood walls as the region braces...
