Myanmar military burns houses, captures villagers in Sagaing region
A woman was burned to death in her home when junta troops raided her village in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region, residents told RFA Thursday. The...
Month : June 2023
US official: Blinken not seeking ‘deliverables’ in Beijing
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will not be seeking “deliverables” during a visit to Beijing this weekend, according to a top official, who instead...
Chinese police target prominent rights lawyers with harassment, travel bans
Police in China are keeping up their harassment of prominent rights lawyers, putting pressure on recently evicted Wang Quanzhang and his family, slapping a travel...
Myanmar’s shadow government creates guerilla militia in Yangon
Myanmar’s shadow government has established an armed battalion in the country’s largest city of Yangon, intended to strengthen opposition to the junta and strategically formulate...
Junta cracks down on residents of Myanmar’s Kale township
A junta slipknot is tightening in Sagaing region’s Kale township, as troops guard every intersection, conducting door-to-door searches and arresting people suspected of being involved...
Russia resumed shipments of oil to North Korea in December, UN data shows
Russia has resumed supplying oil to North Korea after a 27-month hiatus due to international sanctions, data from the United Nations showed. Experts told Radio...
Three weeks of fighting in eastern Myanmar leaves nearly 3 dozen civilians dead
Three weeks of fierce fighting between junta troops and ethnic Karenni forces in eastern Myanmar has killed at least 35 civilians, including three children, a...
Indonesia: China-funded high-speed rail project set for limited August launch
Indonesia’s first high-speed rail is on track to start limited operations in two months’ time, the consortium building the China-funded project announced Tuesday after a...
Myanmar policeman killed in Naypyidaw grenade attack
A policeman was killed in a grenade attack on a police station in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw, residents of Lewe township told RFA Tuesday. Several more...
US government, activists demand release of jailed 19-year-old Uyghur student
The U.S. government and human rights activists have called for the immediate release of a 19-year-old Uyghur university student serving jail time in Xinjiang for...
