North Korea botches firing ‘space launch vehicle,’ South Korean military says
UPDATED at 8:47 p.m. EDT on 05-30-2022 North Korea launched what it called a “space launch vehicle,” but after an “abnormal” flight it fell into...
Month : May 2023
Guards beat prison inmates to death in Myanmar’s Bago region, sources say
Guards have severely beaten and interrogated 24 inmates of a prison in Myanmar’s eastern Bago region, according to sources close to the prison. Three of...
Palau says Chinese vessel slowed over undersea cable during incursion into waters
A Chinese research vessel appeared to show interest in Palau’s undersea fiber optic cable during a days-long foray into the Pacific island country’s waters, a...
Intense clashes in Myanmar’s Chin, Shan states leaves 19 dead
Intense fighting between the military and anti-junta forces in Myanmar’s Chin and Shan states since the weekend left 19 dead, including four civilians, RFA Burmese...
Malaysia investigates Chinese ship over looting of British WWII wrecks
Malaysia said Tuesday it had detained a Chinese-registered ship carrying what is believed to be World War II-era cannon shells and was investigating the vessel’s...
Why the Philippines is deploying navigation buoys in the South China Sea
Earlier this month, the Philippine Coast Guard deployed five 30-foot navigational buoys near islands and reefs within its territory in the South China Sea, saying...
British minister raised Jimmy Lai case with China’s vice president but to no avail
British foreign minister James Cleverly raised the case of jailed Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai with a top Chinese official recently to no avail...
China braces for second COVID wave amid public doubts over homegrown vaccines
Chinese experts are warning of a mounting wave of COVID-19 cases, but face ongoing public distrust that homegrown vaccines targeting the XBB Omicron variants will...
Constitutional body rejects Cambodian opposition party’s ballot appeal
Cambodia’s Constitutional Council rejected an appeal from the country’s main opposition party to be allowed to register for the upcoming parliamentary elections, a decision on...
China pilots paying civil servant salaries in digital yuan cryptocurrency
Chinese local governments have started paying public employees in “digital yuan,” a move experts say leaves users open to surveillance and instant revocation of their...
