Once treasured lapel pins of North Korea’s former leaders now sell for cheap
Their portraits must be framed and hung in every home and public building, in classrooms and subway cars. They are enlarged to epic proportions at...
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No successor for departing U.S. ambassador to Myanmar
There will be no immediate replacement for the U.S. ambassador to Myanmar, Thomas Vajda, when he leaves his post this month, with his deputy instead...
Uyghur groups urge world leaders to make Dec. 9 Uyghur Genocide Recognition Day
Some 55 Uyghur organizations have called on world leaders to recognize Dec. 9 as Uyghur Genocide Recognition Day, marking the day a year ago that...
Chinese journalists mourn cutting-edge Caixin editor who died under Beijing lockdown
Journalists working in China’s tightly controlled media industry are mourning the loss of a leading news and investigative editor who is believed to have taken...
Myanmar junta raid and burn 20 villages over 3 days in Sagaing region
Junta troops stormed 20 villages in Tigyaing township over three days this week, burning down over 400 houses as their arson campaign continued in Myanmar’s...
Taiwan calls TikTok ‘harmful to national security’
Taiwan has joined several U.S. states in banning TikTok from communication devices in the public sector on security concerns over the world’s most downloaded app....
Uyghur groups urge leaders of Muslim states to condemn genocide in China’s Xinjiang
More than 50 Uyghur groups on Thursday urged heads of states and leaders of international organizations meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week in...
Laos having hard time clamping down on wildlife trafficking
Laos is having a hard time clamping down on the trafficking of animal wildlife caught in protected areas – from tigers, pangolins and other endangered...
Religious leader Hkalam Samson set to be prosecuted by Myanmar’s junta
Myanmar’s junta authorities are preparing to prosecute Baptist bishop Hkalam Samson, an advisor to the Kachin Baptist Convention, according to the religious group. He was...
Vietnam’s human rights situation ‘continues to deteriorate,’ civil society groups say
The Vietnam Interfaith Council has joined forces with four organizations representing overseas Vietnamese in a renewed call on Hanoi to respect its commitment to improving...
