Rising food prices sap North Koreans’ holiday cheer ahead of Lunar New Year
The holiday spirit in North Korea is at a low ebb as higher prices for meat, rice and other foods make celebrating the Lunar New...
Month : January 2023
Tens of thousands of students pledge loyalty to Beijing before arriving abroad
Tens of thousands of Chinese students studying overseas on government-backed scholarships are required to sign a document pledging loyalty to the ruling Communist Party, as...
US will not make Philippines choose sides over China rivalry
The United States, the Philippines’ oldest defense ally, will not ask Manila to choose sides in a perceived geopolitical rivalry with China, a senior American...
Human rights group estimates that up to 220,000 Tibetans will die of COVID
A new report by an international human rights group estimates that more than 220,000 Tibetans over the age of 60 could die this year from...
Hun Sen threatens opposition, seeking to divide party ahead of July elections
Repeating what has become a pattern in recent weeks, Prime Minister Hun Sen lashed out again at the main opposition Candlelight Party on Thursday in...
Prison court sentences 6 men to life for blowing up telecoms towers
A court in Yangon’s Insein prison has sentenced six men to life in prison for attacks on telecommunications towers owned by a company tied to...
Rescuers recover body of Vietnamese boy from concrete pillar
The body of 10-year-old Thai Ly Hao Nam was finally recovered Friday, 20 days after he fell down a 35-meter (115 foot) shaft at a...
U.S. launches private refugee sponsorship program
The U.S. State Department launched a new program on Thursday called the Welcome Corps that will allow Americans to privately sponsor refugees applying to move...
China could see 36,000 COVID deaths a day during Lunar New Year holiday
China could see as many as 36,000 deaths a day over the Lunar New Year holiday period as millions of people travel to their ancestral...
China’s navy stages combat exercise in South China Sea
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has held a number of live-fire drills, including a “confrontational exercise” by the Shandong aircraft carrier group, in the South...
