Analysts: Junta meetings with ethnic groups was just for show
Myanmar’s military rulers held peace talks with five ethnic armed groups in the capital Naypyidaw this week, but the meetings produced no agreement and several...
Month : June 2023
China to reach renewable power goal 5 years early, report says
The boom in renewable power projects in China will likely help the country reach its 2030 target five years early, boosting the effort to limit...
Myanmar junta sentences LGBTQ activist to 10 years in prison
Mynamar’s military junta this week sentenced a male LGBTQ activist to 10 years in prison on Wednesday on charges of terrorism, activists and students told...
Meta’s oversight board orders removal of Hun Sen’s Facebook video
Meta’s oversight board on Thursday ordered the removal of a video posted on Facebook by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in which he threatened violence...
China-US quiet war of words escalates
Chinese-language state media was silent on Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s meeting with a bipartisan U.S. congress visit this week, but the English-language tabloid Global Times...
Myanmar military arrests 10 workers for garment factory strikes
Myanmar’s junta authorities have arrested 10 workers from Yangon region for incitement to riot, state-controlled newspapers reported Thursday. Reports said two members of the outlawed...
Asian plastic waste management could cut greenhouse emissions by 229 million tons
Recycling all mismanaged plastic waste in South and Southeast Asia will decrease greenhouse gas emissions by nearly a quarter of a billion metric tons by...
Myanmar junta uses Telegram as ‘military intelligence’ to arrest online critics
Telegram is becoming the messaging platform of choice for fans of Myanmar’s junta, who are using it to report on critics – some of whom...
Uyghur forced labor is focus of German, French and U.S. scrutiny
A string of multinational companies – including German car giant Volkswagen, Spanish clothier Zara and China-based online retailer Temu – have come under renewed scrutiny...
Monk killed in Myanmar junta air raid on Sagaing region monastery
Junta air raids on two Sagaing region villages killed 12 civilians including a monk, locals told RFA Wednesday. They said 11 people from Pale township’s...
