Vietnamese journalist may be released in July
Vietnamese blogger Le Anh Hung, serving a five-year sentence for allegedly “abusing democratic freedoms,” may soon be released from prison, his mother told RFA. When...
Month : January 2023
Lao business owners decry the shuttering of money-changing shops
A move by the Lao government to shut down money-changing shops in an effort to rein in rampant inflation has upset business owners, who say...
Two die, seven missing after flash flood hits holidaymakers on China’s Yellow River
At least two people are dead and seven remained missing on Monday after families celebrating Lunar New Year were swept away in a sudden flood...
Mine blast kills 2 pro-junta militia members in Sagaing region
A grenade and mine attack by the Red Eagle anti-junta group killed two Pyu Saw Htee militia members and injured another in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing...
Freed activist vows to continue fight against illegal toll booths
Former prisoner of conscience Dang Thi Hue plans to continue her campaign against toll booth operators who cheat motorists out of money, she told RFA....
INTERVIEW: ‘The loneliest time is New Year’s Day and other major holidays’
As Lunar New Year approaches in South Korea, and people travel to spend the holiday with their extended families, the nation’s trains run over-capacity and...
Myanmar’s junta chief meets Thai counterpart at beach resort to discuss military ties
UPDATED AT 1:16 p.m. ET ON 1-20-2022 Myanmar’s junta chief met with his Thai counterpart at a Myanmar beach resort on Thursday for talks that...
Rights groups consider legal steps in case of Uyghurs facing deportation in Malta
Two human rights groups instrumental in getting the European Court of Human Rights to order Malta to halt the forcible deportation of two Muslim Chinese...
Fiji’s new leader makes official trip abroad as tensions with military simmer
Fiji’s newly elected prime minister is on his first official trip abroad even as tensions simmer between his government and the coup-prone Pacific island country’s...
Police in China’s Zhejiang hold man after stabbing spree leaves six people dead
Police in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang have detained a man following a knife rampage in Pingyang county that left six people dead, with...
