Five dead, 20 missing in Myanmar landslide
Updated June 5, 2024, 06:18 a.m. ET. Rescue workers in northern Myanmar recovered the bodies of five mine workers, including one Chinese national, on Wednesday...
Month : June 2024
South Korea to resume border military activity after suspending inter-Korean pact
South Korea will restore all border military activities for the first time in more than five years, after it suspended a 2018 inter-Korean military pact,...
Animal welfare group calls for end to dog and cat meat trade in Vietnam
A global animal welfare organization has begun a campaign in three major Vietnamese cities, calling for an end to the trade of dog and cat...
Philippines denies its troops pointed guns at Chinese coast guard personnel
The Philippines on Tuesday rejected Beijing’s allegations that Filipino troops had pointed guns at Chinese coast guard personnel after they “dangerously approached” a military outpost...
US Defense Secretary visits Cambodia amid concern about China
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in Phnom Penh on Tuesday for a brief visit, days after Cambodia and China wrapped up their biggest...
Taiwan holds up torch of Tiananmen as Hong Kong is silenced
Taiwan was due on Tuesday to mark 35 years since Chinese soldiers fired on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, with a series of events...
North Korean companies ‘scrambling’ to send workers to Chinese factories
North Korean trading companies have been contacting factories and companies in China about hiring more North Korean workers as Pyongyang seeks to bring in more...
Dozens dead following junta’s mass arrests in Myanmar: ethnic army
Myanmar junta forces killed more than 50 civilians in a raid on a village last week in Rakhine State in the west, according to the...
South Korea to suspend inter-Korean military pact over trash balloons
South Korea decided on Monday to suspend a 2018 inter-Korean tension reduction pact until “mutual trust is restored” in a response to North Korea’s sending...
Vietnam intensifies repression of Khmer Krom, activists say
Authorities in southern Vietnam have stepped-up harassment of activists from the ethnic Cambodian Khmer Krom community who are trying to promote the rights of the...
