Hun Sen and son preside over Khmer New Year celebration near Angkor Wat
Prime Minister Hun Sen and his youngest son kicked off a lavish Khmer New Year celebration at the Angkor temples complex on Friday as several...
Month : April 2023
High inflation puts damper on Lao New Year celebrations
Ongoing double-digit inflation in Laos has put constraints on Lao New Year celebrations, the first public observance of the holiday in the country after it...
Blinken’s trip to Vietnam may result in possible upgrade for US-Vietnam ties
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is hoping to upgrade relations with Vietnam to a strategic partnership from the current comprehensive one during meetings with...
Girl denied Chinese birth certificate reunited with parents in Kazakhstan
A 6-year-old ethnic Kazakh girl who was born in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region but denied a birth certificate by local authorities there has been reunited...
Drone attack kills 8, injures 30 in Sagaing region
Eight people were killed and 30 were injured when a drone bombed a water festival pavilion in a village in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region. Locals...
North Korea warns parents to send their truant kids to school
It’s been more than 10 days since the new school year began in North Korea, and a large number of poor children have yet to...
Tibetan official says video of Dalai Lama with boy showed his usual jovialness
The leader of the Tibetan government-in-exile defended the Dalai Lama on Thursday, telling reporters that video footage of the Tibetan Buddhist leader kissing a boy...
North Korea sentences 20 young athletes for ‘speaking like South Koreans’
About 20 aspiring North Korean winter athletes were abruptly sentenced to three to five years of hard labor in prison camps after they were found...
Trafficked teens tell of torture at scam ‘casino’ on Myanmar’s chaotic border
It was a clear day when Kham set out from his home in northwestern Laos for what he thought was a chance to make money...
Brazilian kickboxer granted Cambodian citizenship after promoting national sport
At Prime Minister Hun Sen’s behest, Cambodia has granted a Brazilian kickboxer and his wife citizenship for promoting Kun Khmer, the national sport, in the...
