Hong Kong’s prison inmates suffer in ‘unbearable’ summer heatwave
As Hong Kong continues to swelter through a July heatwave, the authorities have opened up heat shelters across the city for people needing to cool...
Month : July 2023
Import of 10 live lions for Lao ‘zoo’ raises roaring concerns
Wildlife conservationists have raised a concern that Laos’ recent importation of ten live lions from South Africa may be used to produce and export big-cat...
Fiji prime minister shelves China visit after falling while looking at mobile phone
Fiji’s prime minister has canceled an official visit to China after he tripped while looking at his mobile phone and injured his head. Addressing Fijians...
Myanmar junta’s new banknote causes gold prices, currency value to fluctuate
The introduction of a new banknote by Myanmar’s ruling junta has pushed up the price of gold and affected the value of the country’s currency,...
Xi’an police probe agencies amid angry protests by parents over exam ‘immigrants’
Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Xi’an have moved to tamp down angry protests by thousands of parents over an influx of out-of-town students...
Junta raids force 5,000 residents of Myanmar’s Sagaing region to flee township
A junta raid on Tuesday forced nearly 5,000 residents from 10 villages in Sagaing region to flee, locals told RFA. They said a junta column...
Village raid by Myanmar forces leaves 14 civilians, resistance fighters dead
More than a dozen civilians were killed by Myanmar junta forces, with some brutally tortured before being executed, during a six-hour raid on a village...
INTERVIEW: ‘He was completely devoted to the revolution’
On July 23, 2022, Myanmar’s military junta executed three activists and a former lawmaker for continuing to fight for democracy after the military ousted the...
China fumes over Taiwan presidential hopeful
The recent flurry of diplomatic assaults on China by the United States has done little to placate a perennially irate Beijing. The latest object of...
Myanmar court sentences student union member to another 5 years in prison
A junta-controlled court in Yangon region has sentenced a student to a further five years in prison for alleged terrorism, a Myanmar-based student union told...
