Week of fierce fighting forces 50,000 to flee Kale township in Myanmar’s north
Heavy artillery began raining from the sky onto villages to the north of Kale township on March 30, touching off what would become a week...
Month : April 2023
Asia Fact Check Lab: Did Tsai’s McCarthy meeting violate the ‘One-China’ principle?
In Brief Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met with the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy on May 5, setting a precedent for...
Myanmar junta sentences strike leader to a further 34 years in prison
A prison court in Sagaing region’s Monywa township has sentenced student activist and anti-regime strike leader Wai Moe Naing to 34 years in prison. He...
U.S. Embassy says it doesn’t support opposition – only ‘multi-party democracy’
The U.S. Embassy said Thursday it doesn’t “support any particular individual, institution, or political party” in Cambodia, and only wants the country to have “an...
More than 4,000 people flee into Thailand after fighting in Kayin state intensifies
Intense fighting in southeastern Myanmar’s Kayin state has prompted more than 4,000 people to flee across the Thai border, where many have crowded together in...
Sticky rice cake stuck to North Korean colleges sparks crackdown on superstition
In North Korea, it’s college entrance exam season, and aspiring students are sticking chalttok, or sticky rice cakes, on signs and walls of universities in...
Junta court sentences 4 people to life for ‘funding terrorism’
A military court in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region has sentenced four people to life imprisonment under the junta’s anti-terrorism laws, locals told RFA. They were...
China promises resolute response after Tsai-McCarthy meeting
China vowed Thursday to take “strong and resolute measures” after a meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California,...
Demolition of Kashgar’s Khan Bazaar creates uncertain future for Uyghur shop owners
Kashgar’s centuries-old Khan Bazaar, seen at left in a Dec. 21, 2022, image, is being demolished by Chinese authorities. The results of the destruction can...
Former 1989 student leader stands trial over calls for massacre reappraisal
A former student leader of the 1989 protest movement at Hangzhou University has stood trial in the eastern province of Zhejiang for “picking quarrels and...
