Hong Kong lawmaker deletes Facebook posts under new security law
Hong Kong lawmaker Paul Tse, who was among dozens of pro-government legislators who voted in favor of the city’s Safeguarding National Security Ordinance last week,...
Month : March 2024
Indonesian President-elect Prabowo to visit China in first official post-polls foreign trip
Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto will visit China next week at the invitation of President Xi Jinping for what will be his first official overseas visit...
Fired Myanmar garment workers await court resolution after 4 years
When Phyu Phyu Mar from Myanmar got a job at VK Garments in 2017, she had plans to one day open her own small business. ...
Fleeing war and hardship, Myanmar youth seek jobs in South Korea
War, economic hardship and now the threat of military conscription by the junta are driving young people in Myanmar to seek jobs overseas, with South...
Young activists recall abuse at Hong Kong juvenile correctional facility
Young political activists jailed under a crackdown on public dissent have described a litany of physical and sexual abuse inside one of Hong Kong’s juvenile...
Vietnamese police arrest 4 more Khmer Krom monks in pagoda dispute
Vietnamese police have arrested four more Buddhist monks from the Khmer Krom indigenous group in an ongoing clash over a pagoda in the country’s south....
Facebook videos show Lao fishermen using grenades to boost catch
Fishermen in northern Laos are using grenades to haul in large catches that otherwise might take hours of work to net, according to residents and...
Returning from China, North Korean workers are paid in dubious IOUs
North Korean workers returning from China with hopes of a big payday are incensed because the government is not paying them in cash. Instead, it’s...
RFA closes Hong Kong bureau after passage of new security law
Radio Free Asia on Friday announced it has closed its Hong Kong bureau, saying the city’s recently enacted national security law, also known as “Article...
Ethnic army seizes major trade route on Myanmar-Chinese border
An ethnic army seized five military junta camps near the Myanmar-Chinese border, residents told Radio Free Asia on Friday. During an offensive, the Kachin Independence...
