Myanmar religious leader detained and banned from leaving the country
Police and junta troops detained well-known Myanmar religious leader Kalam Samson at Mandalay International Airport as he tried to fly abroad for medical treatment. They...
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Nostalgia, castigation greet Jiang Zemin’s passing on Twitter
The death of former Chinese President Jiang Zemin on Nov. 29, 18 years after his retirement from top leadership positions, evoked responses ranging from nostalgia...
Mission: Return to North Korea to retrieve remains of US Navy’s first Black aviator
Adam Makos, the author of “Devotion,” who visited North Korea in 2013 to negotiate the retrieval of a Korean War soldier’s remains, hopes to return...
INTERVIEW: China’s push to build an overseas media empire
Joshua Kurlantzick is senior fellow for Southeast Asia at the Council on Foreign Relations. His latest book, “Beijing’s Global Media Offensive: China’s Uneven Campaign to...
Victims in Urumqi fire that sparked protests were all Uyghurs, officials confirm
The victims who died in last week’s apartment block fire in Urumqi – which triggered protests across China against harsh anti-virus restrictions – were all...
Botched illegal abortion prompts criminal complaint, nationwide probe in Cambodia
A man in Cambodia has filed a criminal complaint against a private hospital in Kampong Speu province after a midwife removed part of his wife’s...
Myanmar’s Archbishop calls for dialogue after military raid on his home village
Myanmar’s Catholic Archbishop has called for a peaceful solution to the country’s political crisis following a brutal attack by the military on his home village...
UN rights chief slams Myanmar death penalty cases
More than 130 people have been sentenced to death in secret closed-door trials held by Myanmar’s military junta since it seized power last year, a...
North Korean worker in Laos dies after elevator repair accident
A North Korean worker in Laos has died after falling while servicing an elevator at the Dansavanh Hotel in downtown Vientiane, sources in the Lao...
North Korea publicly executes 2 teenagers for distributing South Korean movies
North Korea has publicly executed three teenagers by firing squad – two for watching and distributing South Korean movies and one for murdering his stepmother...
