Vietnam, Japan upgrade relations to highest level
Vietnam and Japan have officially upgraded relations to a “comprehensive strategic partnership” during a visit by the Vietnamese president to Tokyo. Monday’s agreement came during...
Month : November 2023
Chinese authorities fire tear gas at people fleeing Myanmar fighting
Chinese authorities fired tear gas at people attempting to flee from intensifying fighting between Myanmar’s military junta and allied ethnic armed groups. Social media videos...
China, Vietnam hold joint patrols in the Gulf of Tonkin
China and Vietnam are holding two joint patrols this month in the Gulf of Tonkin despite conflicting interests in the wider South China Sea. A...
National Unity Govt army claims it arrested 16 Myanmar policemen
A resistance group in central Myanmar arrested 16 junta policemen after capturing their police station, the people’s defense force told Radio Free Asia. The group...
N Korea restores armed guard posts along border with the South
North Korea is reestablishing its Guard Posts (GPs) equipped with weapons along its border with South Korea – a move seen as part of Pyongyang’s...
‘We want to amplify the voices that have been censored in China’
One year after crowds of protesters across China held up blank sheets of paper, chanting slogans calling for an end to the zero-COVID policy and...
S Korea, Japan, China fail to set summit date, condemn N Korea
South Korea, Japan, and China have not only failed to agree on a date for a landmark trilateral summit of their leaders, but also in...
Vietnamese exports come under tight scrutiny by US customs
Vietnam’s exports to the United States have come under closer scrutiny by U.S. Customs and Border officials since a law preventing material or products made...
Pacific Games stirs pride in the Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands capital Honiara is buzzing with sporting fervor and patriotic pride as the island country that was rocked by riots two years ago...
Cambodian man gets 3 years for Facebook posts critical of government
A Cambodian man who criticized the country’s longtime ruling party on Facebook over its inability to prevent illegal immigration from Vietnam and drug use was...
