Safe-as-houses Country Garden posts record loss
Long considered safer than its embattled property-developer rivals, Chinese property developer Country Garden has revealed a record U.S.$6.7 billion loss for the first six months...
Month : August 2023
Junta arrests 11 civilians in Myanmar’s Kachin state
Junta troops have arrested 11 people in a raid on Myitkyina township in Myanmar’s Kachin state, locals told RFA Thursday. They said that six men...
Palau, United States expand maritime security arrangements after Chinese incursions
The U.S. Coast Guard will have an expanded right to board vessels in Palau’s waters under a new maritime law enforcement agreement that comes after...
Remembering enforced disappearance victims in Asia
What do a prize-winning rural development expert from Laos, two Tibetan sisters, a Uyghur anthropologist and a Burmese monk have in common? They are all...
US’s Gina Raimondo concludes China visit on mixed notes
United States Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo wrapped up a four-day visit to China on Wednesday with remarks at a conference for women executives in Shanghai...
Myanmar army kills 2 villagers in Sagaing region raid
Junta troops killed two civilians in a raid on a village in Sagaing region’s Wetlet township, residents told Radio Free Asia Wednesday. Nearly 100 soldiers...
Vietnam’s ‘Onion Bae’ activist loses appeal against 5½ year sentence
A court in Vietnam on Wednesday upheld the five and a half year prison sentence for activist Bui Tuan Lam, known as “Onion Bae,” his...
INTERVIEW: ‘I don’t know if it’s possible for me to ever return to Hong Kong’
A photography professor from the Massachusetts Institute of Art and Design has been refused entry to Hong Kong for the second time, further evidence that...
2 Uyghur suspects in Bangkok bombing return to court after 9-month delay
After appearing in court in a wheelchair as their trial resumed Tuesday, one of two Uyghur men suspected in a deadly bombing in Bangkok said...
Myanmar military shells Bago region townships, injuring 8 civilians
Junta heavy artillery attacks on two townships in central Myanmar’s Bago region have injured eight people, including a child, according to the Karen National Union....
