Quizzed at UN, Chinese delegates deny rights abuses against Uyghurs, Tibetans
Under intense questioning by UN experts over two days, a delegation of 40 Chinese officials staunchly denied any human rights violations against Uyghur and Tibetan...
Month : February 2023
Villagers to be displaced by Luang Prabang Dam want more compensation
Villagers in northern Laos who will be displaced by the massive Luang Prabang Dam project are demanding five times higher compensation than the government is...
Myanmar junta targets Kayin state on Thai border, a rebel hotbed in a key location
Myanmar’s junta has focused much of its military firepower on Kayin state, carrying out 57 airstrikes on two key areas in January alone, highlighting the...
Train brings goods from China to Thailand and back to China for first time
A train carrying goods and produce between China, Laos and Thailand – and back to China – has made its first journey along the newly...
Philippines intercepts Vietnamese fishing boat in Reed Bank
The Philippine Coast Guard said Friday that it intercepted a Vietnam-flagged fishing boat inside Manila’s exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea, days after...
Vietnam court convicts 24 people of bringing in ‘fake experts’
A court in Vietnam’s Da Nang city has wrapped up a three-day trial of 24 defendants accused of faking documents to bring in South Korean...
Biden seeks ‘common global norms’ for aerial objects
U.S. President Joe Biden said Thursday he would seek new “common global norms” for launching and maintaining unmanned aerial objects, following a two-week period in...
Top Biden China adviser steps down from role
A key China policy adviser to U.S. President Joe Biden will step down next month, according to National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. The staffing change...
Myanmar military kills 7 villagers in Sagaing region
Residents of a Sagaing region village say they found the bodies of seven unidentified men when they returned after a junta raid. Troops carrying out...
Buddhist monk ousted for joining march calling for restoration of social ethics
A Buddhist monk who joined a peaceful march organized by an opposition party official that called on the Cambodian government to restore social ethics was...
