Kinmen locals shocked by claims army colonel swore to surrender to China
A Taiwanese army colonel on the frontline island of Kinmen has been accused of pledging allegiance to China and even promising, on the record, to...
Month : November 2022
Vietnamese court sentences couple to jail for YouTube channel content
A Vietnamese court on Tuesday sentenced a couple to prison for “abusing democratic freedoms” on their popular social media channel by allegedly smearing Vietnamese officials,...
US-China defense chiefs hold talks in Cambodia
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met with his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Wei Fenghe, Tuesday in the Cambodian city of Siem Reap to discuss managing...
Yangon court sentences freelance journalist to 2 years in prison
Burmese journalist Thuzar, who goes by a single name, was sentenced to two years in prison by Yangon’s Insein prison court on Tuesday, according to...
RFA blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy honored with Vietnam human rights award
Jailed Radio Free Asia blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy and six other activists have been awarded the 2022 Human Rights Prize by the U.S.-based Vietnam Human...
Vietnamese founder of outlawed Buddhist sect dies in prison
Vietnamese prisoner of conscience Phan Van Thu, who founded an independent sect of Buddhism that later became outlawed by the communist government, died Sunday in...
Thai police hold Chinese dissident after lone Bangkok protest against Xi Jinping
Police in Bangkok have detained an exiled Chinese dissident who staged a lone street protest against Chinese leader Xi Jinping inspired by the “bridge man”...
Junta troops torch nearly 400 houses in a Sagaing region township
The Myanmar junta’s brutal arson campaign continues in the country’s northern Sagaing region, with at least 385 houses torched in Khin-U township since the end...
Apartment owners claim assault outside Vingroup’s Hanoi HQ
A group of owners of three high-end apartment blocks in Vietnamese tourism resorts say they were assaulted when they gathered in front of the Vingroup...
Marcos, Xi discuss maritime disputes during first face-to-face meeting
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed during their first-ever meeting that South China Sea disputes should not narrowly define the...
