Officials order mass evacuations amid heavy rainfall, red flood warnings in Beijing
Authorities in Beijing have evacuated tens of thousands of local residents following heavy flooding in suburban areas to the west of the capital, amid warnings...
Month : July 2023
Myanmar junta announces fourth extension of emergency rule
Myanmar’s military junta extended a state of emergency on Monday on the eve of a deadline, delaying elections it had vowed to hold by the...
‘Ticking bomb’ malware threatens to compromise US security
The Biden administration is on the hunt for malware that may compromise military and civilian power grids, communications systems and water supplies, according to a...
In Philippines, researchers engineer rice varieties to adapt to changing climate
A top rice research center headquartered in the Philippines, a country vulnerable to climate change, says it is developing varieties of this grain and staple...
Activist says he’ll continue to struggle for democracy in Vietnam
Radio Free Asia interviewed 74-year-old Australian citizen and democracy activist Chau Van Kham after his release from a Vietnamese prison last week. He was arrested...
Myanmar junta has killed at least 13 political prisoners during ‘prisoner transfers’
At least 13 political prisoners in Myanmar have been killed by the junta while transferring from one detention facility to another, family members and rights...
Study: Tibetan prisons shift to Xinjiang-like long-term detentions
When she was just 13, Ngawang Sangdrol was arrested for protesting Chinese Communist Party (CCP) rule in Tibet. She spent more than a decade in...
Lao police detain Chinese rights lawyer who was headed to the United States
A Chinese human rights lawyer who lost his law license after speaking out about the cases of 12 Hong Kong activists has been arrested in...
Tibetan rappers gain popularity among diaspora with songs about ethnic identity
Tenzin Younten wanted Tibetans living in the diaspora in Darjeeling, India, to speak in their native language. So, the 19-year-old rapper wrote a song about...
NLD chief Suu Kyi transferred to ‘state-owned residence’ in Myanmar capital
Myanmar’s junta has relocated Aung San Suu Kyi, the jailed head of the deposed National League for Democracy, from a prison in the capital Naypyidaw...
