Massive fire razes 200-year-old monastery in Nepal
A massive fire has destroyed much of Nepal’s ancient Hinang Pungtsey Buddhist monastery on the border with Tibet, according to sources. The fire, which broke...
Category : news
Japanese and Dutch officials in US to discuss chips
Officials from Japan and the Netherlands, two of the world’s biggest microchip exporters, are in Washington for talks on a trilateral deal to limit sales...
As residents flee Hong Kong, officials trawl region in the hope of luring talent
Hong Kong officials have begun traveling the region in a bid to attract fresh talent, particularly younger people, to settle in the city as a...
North Koreans forced to clear snow from roads to capital on Lunar New Year
Severe winter weather in North Korea dampened spirits over the Lunar New Year holiday, as the government forced citizens to shovel snow from major roads...
Army beats 2 men and a boy to death in Sagaing region
Junta troops have beaten two men and a teenage boy to death after arresting them at a checkpoint in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region, according to...
Opium production in Myanmar nearly doubles over past 2 years under junta, UN finds
Opium production in Myanmar has nearly doubled since the military coup two years ago, a U.N. report found Thursday, reversing years of declines, as farmers...
Lao government seeks to rein in external debt by cutting new projects
The Lao government has come up with a plan to try to reduce the country’s crushing external debt this year by eliminating investments in new...
US sentences Army Reservist to 8 years in prison for spying
A Chinese former graduate student was sentenced in Chicago on Wednesday to eight years in prison for spying for China. 31-year-old Ji Chaoqun, who is...
Junta troops shoot 4 men in Mandalay region village
Soldiers shot four men in a village in Myanmar’s central Mandalay region and burned their bodies, a local told RFA. Around 200 troops raided the...
INTERVIEW: ‘Our interviewees share sensitive stories that could get them arrested’
A group of Chinese students at overseas universities has set up a political magazine to carry forward the momentum of the “white paper” protest movement,...
