Popular comedian detained, beaten and fined for YouTube videos, relative says
Relatives of a stand-up comedian said he was detained by police in Ho Chi Minh City, beaten and then fined for videos about social issues...
Month : August 2023
Escaped Taiwanese drug lord ran trafficking ops from Cambodia prison
A Taiwanese drug lord freed from his 52-year jail sentence by masked gunmen while he was on a prison-granted dentist visit was conducting secret drug...
Hong Kongers flock to Taiwan to savor milk tea and freedom
They are flocking to Taiwan, in search of milk tea and freedom. While Hong Kong recently fell out of favor with tourists from Taiwan, the...
Junta troops kill, burn 4 civilians in Myanmar’s Sagaing region
Junta troops killed and burned the bodies of a pregnant woman and three men in a gold mining area of Sagaing region’s Pinlebu township in...
China slams UK fast-track visa for Hong Kongers as ‘interference’ in its affairs
China has criticized the British government’s new fast track visa service for emigrating Hong Kongers, accusing London of “manipulation” through its immigration policy. “China has...
Displaced Burmese want Thailand to set up safe zone as sanctuary from fighting
Burmese citizens displaced by fighting and who have sought refuge on both sides of the Thai border want Thai lawmakers to approve a proposed safe...
Retired party school professor plotted ‘violent attack,’ security ministry now claims
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is making a political example of a retired party school professor who called on President Xi Jinping to resign, accusing...
Chinese cargo vessels lie empty in port amid economic downturn: ship owners
Ports on China’s eastern seaboard are littered with empty cargo vessels with no loads to carry, amid an ongoing downturn in the domestic economy, according...
Victims of jade mine landslide were mostly displaced by conflict in Myanmar
Many of the 42 people who went missing in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state after a landslide buried workers at a jade mine were migrants displaced...
Bangladesh bank freezes accounts belonging to U.S.-sanctioned Myanmar banks
Bangladesh’s Sonali Bank has frozen accounts of two Myanmar state-owned banks due to U.S. sanctions against them, its chief executive officer said Wednesday. Confirmation of...
