Papua New Guinea opposition seeks Supreme Court review of US defense pact
Papua New Guinea’s opposition leader has sought a Supreme Court review of the legality of a recently signed defense cooperation agreement with the United States,...
Month : August 2023
Visiting Xinjiang, Xi Jinping doubles down on hard-line policies against Uyghurs
Visiting Xinjiang for the second time in just over a year, President Xi Jinping vowed to double down on China’s hardline policies toward the 11...
Upset about Fukushima, Chinese netizens bash Japan, make nuisance calls
Chinese social media was awash with anti-Japanese sentiment on Monday after Beijing criticized the release of wastewater from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the...
Junta troops snatch villagers from monastery, kill 4
Junta troops arrested six civilians who were sheltering in a monastery in Myanmar’s Sagaing region and killed four of them, locals told RFA Monday. They...
‘Self-help’ schools thrive in Myanmar’s Chin state despite military attacks
More than two years after a coup d’etat, anti-junta “self-help” community schools are thriving in western Myanmar’s Chin state, but teachers and parents say studies...
Cyber scams keep North Korean missiles flying
The man speaks English, says he’s Japanese and claims to be a mobile and web developer ready for hire. “I have the experience to start...
US jet fuel sanctions welcomed as tool to curb junta air strikes
Myanmar’s shadow government, armed resistance and activists have welcomed the U.S. Treasury Department’s expansion of sanctions targeting those who procure jet fuel the military regime...
INTERVIEW: ‘All we see is an increase in violence’
Nicholas Koumjian is the chief of the United Nations Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, or IIMM, which earlier this month said that it had collected...
Beijing’s protests over Fukushima water release spark panic-buying of salt
Chinese shoppers are panic-buying salt amid concerns that the release of treated radioactive wastewater from Japan’s damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant could affect future...
Observers question US commitment to Southeast Asia as Biden to skip regional summit
Observers are casting doubt on Washington’s repeated commitments to Southeast Asia after the White House announced that President Joe Biden would skip the ASEAN summit...
