2,500 people flee to Thailand amid clashes between Myanmar forces, anti-junta groups
Thailand is giving shelter to some 2,500 Burmese who fled from fighting between Myanmar junta forces and Karen rebels in Mae Htaw Thalay, a borderland...
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Western nations condemn recent jailing of dissidents in Vietnam
Western nations this week condemned Vietnam’s jailing of four dissidents, including land-rights activists and an award-winning journalist, calling their sentences an attempt to stifle free...
Myanmar’s junta confident Cambodian PM Hun Sen will repair ASEAN relations as chair
Myanmar’s junta is confident that Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen will repair its relations with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), but analysts say...
Beaten detainees who joined ‘Silent Strike’ protest denied medical aid
Authorities at Yangon’s Insein Prison have refused to allow medical treatment to nearly 90 detainees who were brutally beaten a week ago during a nationwide...
University president warns Chinese students not to harass other Chinese on campus
A U.S. university president who is a former governor of Indiana has condemned Chinese nationalist students in his state who harassed a Chinese pro-democracy graduate...
Turnout plummets as Hong Kongers choose among China-approved ‘patriotic’ candidates
Less than a third of registered voters turned out to vote in elections for Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo) on Sunday, in the first election to...
Rising worry about risks Vietnam’s ‘container people’ take for a new life in Europe
A slew of raids in recent months conducted by German police and partnering authorities appear to be taking aim at Vietnamese smuggling and human trafficking...
Debt-trapped Lao ‘chat girls’ forced to sell sex in China-run economic zone
When a young woman from the Lao capital Vientiane took on a job at as a “chat girl” at the Kings Romans Casino in far...
