Myanmar’s NUG, analysts criticize Thailand for hosting junta foreign minister
Myanmar’s shadow government, analysts and human rights groups have lambasted the Thai government for holding a meeting on the post-coup crisis there that included the...
Month : December 2022
Nearly 250 million people in China could have COVID-19, leaked document shows
Nearly 250 million people may now be infected with COVID-19 following the lifting of control measures in China, according to a leaked government document circulating...
Junta troops kill 9-year-old boy fleeing Sagaing region village
A nine-year-old boy was shot dead by junta troops as he tried to escape a village in Sagaing region with his family, locals told RFA....
China steps up Coast Guard patrols near Japanese islands
Chinese vessels have intensified activities around Japan this week, sending a clear message of deterrence after Tokyo designated Beijing an unprecedented “strategic challenge” in its...
Thai boat rescues Cambodian fisherman whose vessel sank in storm
A Cambodian fisherman was rescued after being found floating at sea with the bodies of three crewmates tethered to him with a rope after their...
Former Cambodian minister linked to company at heart of monkey-smuggling probe
Veng Sakhon, who until October this year was Cambodia’s agriculture minister, flew to Seoul in August to sign a memorandum of understanding with a biomedical...
Junta shelling kills 3 locals, forces over 1,000 to flee homes in Kayin State
A 61-year-old man died Thursday when a junta shell landed on a village in Kayin State’s Kawkareik township, locals told RFA. Residents said more than...
Australia’s Foreign Minister pushes China to drop sanctions during Beijing visit
The Australian government nominated a prominent China expert to be its ambassador to the United States as Foreign Minister Penny Wong staged an ice-breaking visit...
Indian Buddhist organization says no to Beijing-appointed Dalai Lama successor
An India-based Buddhist organization has declared that it would not support any Chinese-appointed successor to the Dalai Lama, Tibet’s foremost spiritual leader, and neither would...
China denies report it is developing reefs and cays in the South China Sea
UPDATED AT 2:02 a.m. ET ON 12-21-2022 China has dismissed a report that Beijing has been developing at least four unoccupied features in the South...
