Chinese students face uncertain future as US imposes visa crackdown
Chinese students who account for about one quarter of overseas students in the United States voiced anxiety Thursday as the Trump administration paused visa interviews...
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Rohingya groups condemn ‘global neglect’ after 427 refugees feared drowned at sea
Rohingya rights groups on Thursday decried “regional inaction and global neglect” over the plight of the Muslim minority from Myanmar after more than 400 refugees...
Thai prime minister urges calm after Cambodian soldier killed in border clash
View RFA Khmer reporting on this topic here. Updated May 28, 2025, 11:40 a.m. ET BANGKOK – The Thai prime minister said Wednesday she spoke...
South Korean presidential debate mired in top contender’s alleged link to North Korea
TAIPEI, Taiwan – The final televised presidential debate ahead of South Korea’s June 3 election was dominated by fierce scrutiny over the leading candidate from...
Fears of a purge in shipyard town after North Korea destroyer launch goes wrong
SEOUL – The mood in the North Korean port city where a warship launch went badly wrong last week is grim, local residents say, as...
Developing nations face ‘tidal wave’ of debt repayments to China in 2025: report
China’s role in developing countries’ finances has transformed from capital provider to chief debt collector as a “tidal wave” of repayments due on loans Beijing...
Cambodia police seek Thai extradition of critic of the govt’s trade negotiators
See reporting on this topic in Khmer here. A Cambodian woman who criticized Phnom Penh’s inconclusive efforts to negotiate with Washington over trade tariffs is...
North Korean POWs in Ukraine excluded from Moscow-Kyiv prisoner swap: South lawmaker
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Two captured North Korean soldiers fighting with Russia in its war against Ukraine were not among the 1,000 prisoners of war recently...
High-rise collapse exposed Thai failure to protect laborers it needs for construction
BANGKOK – Seven weeks after a deadly earthquake triggered the collapse of a high-rise construction site in Bangkok, labor rights groups say the disaster has...
Too big to conceal: North Korea fesses up to botched warship launch
SEOUL/WASHINGTON – Notoriously secretive North Korea quickly owned up to the botched launch of a 5,000-ton naval destroyer ship that listed sideways in front of...
