India is home to at least 718 snow leopards: survey
India’s inaugural survey on snow leopards has unveiled a population of 718 individuals within its borders, signaling hope for the species despite threats from poaching,...
Month : February 2024
N Korean leader shuns talks with South, threatens ‘annihilation’
The North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said this week that cutting ties with Seoul allows North Korea to “strike and destroy the South,” according...
Spirit of Uyghurs is celebrated in paintings of ‘Home’
“Home” means different things to young Uyghurs – some of whom may have not even visited their ancestral homeland in China’s far western Xinjiang region....
State sector employees tighten belts ahead of Lunar New Year
China’s state employees say they are tightening their belts ahead of once-lavish Lunar New Year celebrations, amid backlogs of unpaid salaries and slashed bonuses at...
Laos to reap little profit from growth of farm exports
A 20% year-over-year increase of agricultural exports from Laos in 2023 was largely on the back of Chinese plantations, according to trade officials, meaning that...
Border guards who fled Myanmar tell of losing contact with commanders
Myanmar border guards and soldiers fled into Bangladesh earlier this week after losing contact with their commanders during fierce fighting in Rakhine state, an interpreter...
Eight songs that didn’t make it into China’s Lunar New Year gala
As people across China welcome the Year of the Dragon, the ruling Communist Party’s propaganda machine has stepped up a campaign of “positive energy” and...
These false eyelashes are ‘Made in China,’ wink wink
They stick on the eyelids and provide more volume than mascara ever could. False eyelashes are big business. But consumers who buy them may be...
Tibetan tourists flock to Lhasa amid easing travel rules aimed at jolting economy
Tibet’s regional capital of Lhasa is seeing a flurry of Tibetan visitors for Losar, the Tibetan New Year, thanks to a relaxation in travel restrictions...
Critics dismiss Vietnam’s clemency for death row inmates as ‘progress’
Vietnam’s President Vo Van Thuong recently commuted the sentences of several inmates on death row to life in prison as part of a general amnesty,...
