Bhutan ‘open for business’ as voters choose former PM Tobgay to rebuild economy
“Bhutan is open for business,” wrote Prime Minister-elect Tshering Tobgay on X, after the people of the tiny Himalayan kingdom returned him to power in...
Month : January 2024
No Japanese cabinet members visited areas hit by the Noto earthquake?
Chinese-language media outlets have reported that as of Jan. 7, no members of the Japanese cabinet visited the regions impacted by the Noto earthquake, which...
At Vatican, Pope Francis meets with Vietnamese Communist Party officials
Pope Francis met with a delegation from the Vietnamese Communist Party at the Vatican in a visit that could presage a visit by the pontiff...
Female inmates in Myanmar routinely sexually abused
This report contains graphic content that may be disturbing to readers. Discretion is advised. Female political prisoners in Myanmar’s prison system are routinely sexually harassed...
Airfields are disappearing, suggesting a shift to drones
The military airfield at Ryongsong in Pyongyang, seen at left on March 31, 2023, has been replaced by a group of buildings in the Jan....
Vietnam’s former minister of commerce accused of ‘wrongdoings’ in oil deals
A Politburo member who is the son of a former state president is under investigation by the Vietnam Communist Party’s Central Inspection Committee for suspected...
Clashes displace 50,000 from Myanmar’s Paletwa township
More than 50,000 people, or about half of the population of Paletwa township in western Myanmar’s Chin state, have been forced to flee conflict in...
China is the world’s worst jailer of journalists, CPJ says
China is the worst jailer of journalists in the world, a report by a New York-based watchdog said, and nearly half of the journalists behind...
‘If I don’t have a dream, what on Earth is the point of living?’
>>> See the special page here. New Malden in southwest London is one of the largest Korean enclaves in all of Europe. It has all...
Two civilians die as fighting continues in northern Myanmar
Fighting between the Kachin Independence Army and junta troops in northern Myanmar left two residents dead, locals told Radio Free Asia on Friday. On Thursday...
