China accuses US of fueling tensions in Taiwan Strait
A U.S. naval ship made another “routine” Taiwan Strait transit Thursday, drawing criticism from China which said the exercise would “escalate tensions” in the region....
Month : January 2023
Junta airstrike kills 1, injures more than 30 in Kachin State
A junta military airstrike on a popular gold prospecting area in Myanmar’s Kachin State killed one man and injured more than 30 other people, some...
Vietnamese rescue teams halt work to recover body of missing 10-year-old
Vietnamese rescue workers are still trying to recover the body of a 10-year-old boy who fell down a hollow concrete pillar on New Year’s Eve....
North Koreans step up scrap metal collection to support struggling steel works
North Korea has ordered its people to donate large amounts of scrap metal in the new year to help the country’s steel industry, which is...
China’s coast guard patrols site of Indonesian gas field
UPDATED at 10:50 a.m. EST on 01-05-2023. The China Coast Guard’s leading ship has been patrolling the waters around Indonesia’s Natuna islands in the South...
Battle between Karen rebels and junta troops intensifies in Myanmar’s Kayin State
Fighting between junta troops and Karen National Liberation Army joint forces continued in Kayin State Thursday, a day after the rebel group attacked three military...
Hanoi court sentences former AIC chairwoman to 30 years in prison
Hanoi People’s Court has sentenced the former chairwoman and general director of Advanced International Joint Stock Company – known as AIC – to a total...
Vietnam arrests a man who made critical Facebook comments about his employer
Vietnamese authorities arrested a man on Tuesday on unknown charges after he posted two short messages on his Facebook page that appeared to criticize his...
Cambodia begins dismantling scorched Poipet casino
Cambodian authorities have started to dismantle the charred remains of the Grand Diamond City Casino in Poipet to pave the way for new construction, only...
Myanmar’s junta pardons more than 7,000 prisoners
Myanmar’s military rulers ordered the release of 7,012 inmates, including some political prisoners, in an Independence Day amnesty Wednesday. Detainees held in prisons and police...
