US blacklists 28 more Chinese firms
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday added to its export blacklist 28 Chinese and three Burmese entities, accusing them of supplying security equipment to...
Month : March 2023
China’s Xi to battle rising debt, economic woes and political rivals at congress
Ruling Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping will be looking to eliminate high-profile rivals and other influential figures from the political scene, while taking a...
Calls grow for compassionate pass for Hong Kong subversion trial defendant Claudia Mo
Two years after national security police rounded up dozens of former opposition lawmakers and democracy activists in mass arrests for “subversion,” politicians are calling on...
Myanmar’s capital hit by 3 days of blasts
Myanmar’s capital city Naypyidaw – seat of the junta leadership – has been rattled by explosions for three days in a row. On Tuesday, attackers...
Court sentences Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha to 27 years for treason
UPDATED AT 11:03 p.m. ET ON 03-02-2023 Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha has been found guilty of treason five years after his arrest in Phnom...
Ice wall climbing competition in India-Chinese border area has defense implications
More than 100 people, including teams from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, participated in the first-ever ice wall climbing competition in northern India, to demonstrate athletic skills...
Vo Van Thuong sworn-in as Vietnam’s new president
Vietnam’s National Assembly has elected Vo Van Thuong as the country’s new president signaling an increased focus on stamping out corruption at all levels of...
Prisoner killed as inmates break out of police van in Naypyidaw
Police shot dead a prisoner who was among nine that escaped from a prison van in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw, a source close to the prison...
Vanuatu gets support for International Court of Justice opinion on climate change
The Pacific island country of Vanuatu said more than 100 nations have signed on to its bid to get the International Court of Justice to...
Myanmar junta sentences nearly 2,400 people in February alone
Myanmar’s military junta sentenced almost 2,400 people to prison terms in February, more than doubling the number of prisoners it sentenced since taking power in...
