Illegal Chinese fishing off East Africa hurts local communities: report
A multibillion dollar global fishing industry backed by the Chinese government is driving a surge in Chinese vessels engaged in illegal activities and exploiting fishing...
Month : June 2024
Government mum about Hun Sen audio calling for opposition to be ‘smashed’
Former Prime Minister Hun Sen encouraged supporters of the ruling Cambodian People’s Party to “smash” and “destroy” opposition political activists in audio comments that circulated...
INTERVIEW: Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz takes up the cause of Uyghurs
Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, an influential Jewish social activist, educator and author of books on Jewish ethics, has spoken out on behalf of refugees and asylum...
Vietnam’s barefoot monk Thich Minh Tue leaves parents’ home
Independent Buddhist monk Thich Minh Tue has left a garden where he was staying near his family’s home in Vietnam’s Central Highlands for another location,...
China hands 5-year jail term to feminist journalist Sophia Huang
A court in southern China on Friday handed down a prison sentence of five years to feminist journalist Sophia Huang after finding her guilty of...
Junta troops destroy roads in northern Myanmar as renewed fighting looms
Military junta troops have destroyed major roads that connect several towns and cities controlled by rebel forces in northern Myanmar’s Shan State in what could...
Exiled Tibetan political leader honored with democracy medal
The leader of Tibet’s government-in-exile on Thursday won the Democracy Service Medal from the U.S.-based National Endowment for Democracy, recognizing Sikyong Penpa Tsering’s commitment to...
Cambodia’s Hun Sen holds rare meeting with CIA chief
Veteran Cambodian leader Hun Sen has disclosed that he recently had a meeting with William Burns, director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), who...
Allied ethnic forces capture junta-occupied buildings in Myanmar
Five ethnic armed groups have joined forces to fight the junta for a township in Myanmar’s west, a group member told Radio Free Asia on...
Japan tight-lipped on report of meeting with North Korea in Mongolia
The Japanese government declined to comment on a South Korean media report that officials from Japan and North Korea had a secret meeting in Mongolia...
