Tuvalu’s Taiwan ties, Australia security treaty in focus following election
Tuvalu’s recognition of Taiwan and its contentious security treaty with Australia could be reviewed by a new government after elections in the Pacific island country...
Month : January 2024
Chinese Communist Party continues crackdown on LGBTQ+ people
This report contains references to suicide that may be disturbing to readers. Nearly five years after democratic Taiwan legalized same-sex marriage, LGBTQ+ activism is all...
Kim Jong Un’s sister ‘not to be underestimated,’ author says
North Korea’s next global “charm offensive” will be led by leader Kim Jong Un’s younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, who is the strategic mastermind in...
North Korea cracks down on theft of electricity meant for industry
North Korea is cracking down on electricity theft, punishing not only residents who tap into factory supply wires, but also the corrupt officials that sell...
China tests new ethnic assimilation policy on Uyghurs
Northwest China’s Xinjiang region is the first area to implement a government policy promoting integration among ethnic groups to achieve President Xi Jinping’s goal of...
Film highlights Taiwan’s frontier island where past, future mingle
S. Leo Chiang, whose short documentary “The Island Between” has just been nominated for an Oscar, grew up under the Kuomintang government of Taiwan, singing...
US urges China to push Iran to pressure Houthis over Red Sea attacks
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has asked Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to use Beijing’s influence on Iran to push it to stop the...
Vietnam sentences ethnic minority man to 4½ years for religious activities
Vietnam on Friday sentenced religious freedom activist Nay Y Blang to four years and six months in prison for crimes he is said to have...
Myanmar junta arrests 1,000 Chinese nationals in Shan state
Myanmar junta authorities arrested more than 1,000 Chinese citizens in Namhsan, in southern Shan state, who had possibly fled from online scam crackdowns in the...
Thousands flee capital of Myanmar’s Rakhine state as battle looms
Thousands of residents have fled the capital of western Myanmar’s Rakhine state in anticipation of a looming battle between the rebel ethnic Arakan Army and...
