Chinese fire water cannons at Philippine Coast Guard in disputed sea
Manila on Sunday protested the China Coast Guard’s use of water cannons against a Philippine Coast Guard vessel escorting civilian supply boats delivering goods to...
Month : August 2023
Myanmar prison guards torture inmates marking Martyrs’ Day
Prison guards at Myanmar’s Thayarwady (Tharyawaddy) Prison have beaten 31 inmates for marking the country’s Martyrs’ Day and four are being treated for their injuries...
China plan to flood villages to spare Beijing sparks clashes in Hebei province
Residents of northern China’s Hebei province have been taking to the levees protecting their homes to prevent excavation teams from breaching them, amid criticism that...
Hong Kong police plan to arrest Danish artist, hold trial in mainland China: report
The Danish sculptor whose “Pillar of Shame” statue commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen massacre was seized by Hong Kong authorities said he is saddened by a...
Two years after prison release, Hoa Hao follower arrested again in Vietnam
A former religious prisoner of conscience in Vietnam has been arrested on an anti-state charge related to his social media activity, just two years after...
Malaysian investigators seek public’s help finding missing Myanmar activist, family
Updated at 4:20 p.m. EDT on 2023-08-04 Malaysian police have posted photos of a missing Myanmar democracy activist and her family online to ask the...
‘He told me that if I ran away he would report me to the Chinese police’
When Park Eun Mi and Son Hye Young fled North Korea and stepped into China, they thought their troubles would be over. They were escaping...
More than 16,500 homes and buildings destroyed by Myanmar junta since coup
Pyinmabin village in Yangon’s Mingalardon township, seen in this April 2022 image [left], was razed on orders from Myanmar’s junta on Nov. 25, 2022....
Tourism development near Laos’ Plain of Jars to be studied
A private company will study ways to develop northern Laos’ Plain of Jars archaeological site for tourism, according to an agreement signed with Xieng Khouang...
Christian deacons presumed dead after abduction by Myanmar military in Chin state
Three Christian deacons abducted by Myanmar junta troops in mid-July on allegations that their church was involved in supporting an anti-regime armed group are believed...
