S Korea detains boat carrying suspected N Korean escapees
South Korean authorities said Tuesday it detained a North Korean boat carrying four people believed to be seeking to defect, to assess the legitimacy of...
Month : October 2023
US officials: China’s economic woes may slow military rise
China’s military may be more aggressive than ever before, but economic woes could force some tough spending decisions that slow its continued rise, two U.S....
Taiwanese iPhone maker targeted by Beijing
iPhone assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry, which employs hundreds of thousands of Chinese in various provinces, is facing tax audits and on-site investigations, according to...
Junta sentences 7 men to death in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region
Myanmar’s military regime sentenced seven men in Ayeyarwady region to death, Pyapon township residents told Radio Free Asia over the weekend. Pyapon District Court issued...
Jailed follower of Vietnam religious group gets early release
Vuong Thanh Thuan, a member of the independent Pure Hoa Hao Buddhist group, has been released from prison seven months early, his family told Radio...
Will Hong Kong’s star shine again?
A typical Friday evening in Mong Kok district comes to a hush before midnight. It is the new normal for a district once fused with...
Free homes for rural North Koreans are unfit for country living
North Korea is building free homes for people in the countryside, but the homes are impractical for the realities of rural life, residents told Radio...
US soldier who crossed into North Korea charged with desertion
The U.S. Army private who sprinted into North Korea in July and was returned home to the United States last month has been charged with...
Volunteer teachers quit in Laos amid weak job prospects
At least 41 volunteer teachers in northeastern Laos have resigned, leaving many schools short-staffed as the former teachers seek paying jobs amid high inflation and...
In Taiwan, even the street food vendors elect their own president
Every evening, shortly after the kids get out of school, vendors start pushing their carts laden with raw ingredients, cooking apparatus, oil and other paraphernalia...
