Is the Taiwan Strait open to international vessels under international law?
In Brief On April 16, the guided-missile destroyer USS Milius sailed through the Taiwan Strait, sparking an outcry from mainland China and the People’s Liberation...
Month : April 2023
Over 20,000 locals flee as Myanmar’s military raids Sagaing region villages
More than 20,000 locals abandoned their villages in Sagaing region’s Khin-U township as Myanmar’s military intensified its offensive against local People’s Defense Forces. A column...
Papua New Guinea, United Kingdom tighten defense relationship
Papua New Guinea and the United Kingdom signed a defense agreement that the Pacific island country’s foreign minister said had been “gathering dust for many...
Video of dancer in mosque inflames Uyghur anxieties about China’s attacks on religion
A Chinese tourism advertisement portraying a medieval Buddhist fantasy, shot in the prayer hall of Xinjiang’s second-largest mosque, has alarmed diaspora Uyghurs, who call it...
China reins in rural ‘enforcers’ amid outcry over backyard vegetable-growing ban
The China’s propaganda machine has been scrambling to soothe public anger amid reports that local “agricultural management” officials threatened to uproot backyard fruit and vegetable...
Woman killed in attack on junta truck in Myanmar’s Kachin state
A woman has died after the Kachin Independence Army set off a mine under a truck carrying junta troops in Myanmar’s eastern Kachin state. Along...
Fast-fashion outlets may be skirting Uyghur slave labor laws
Global fashion websites such as Shein may be selling clothes made by Uyghur slaves directly to American consumers by exploiting a loophole in the Uyghur...
Friends say it’s likely Vietnamese blogger was abducted from Bangkok
Wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt, shorts and sandals, the man with the glasses whistled as he slid onto the saddle of his Fino motorbike, backed it...
US calls on Myanmar to free religious leader
The U.S. State Department has condemned the six year prison sentence handed down to Myanmar religious leader the Rev. Dr. Hkalam Samson. Myitkying Prison Court...
Albert del Rosario, who led the Philippines in landmark case vs China, dies
Albert del Rosario, the Philippines’ former top diplomat who successfully led the country in its international arbitration case over a territorial dispute with China in...
