Emotional reunion for Vietnamese activist jailed 16 years
Read this story in Vietnamese Recently released after nearly 16 years in prison, Vietnamese human rights activist Tran Huynh Duy Thuc walks up the stairs...
Month : September 2024
‘Asian NATO’ supporter Ishiba to become Japan’s prime minister
Veteran Japanese lawmaker Shigeru Ishiba, who supports the creation of an “Asia version of NATO”, was set on Friday to become prime minister after winning...
Domestic violence plagues Vietnam – but services offer hope
This story contains depictions of violence against women and children. As a social worker, Hoa has sat down with dozens of victims of domestic violence,...
Indian border fence cutting off crucial supply route to Myanmar’s Sagaing region
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese India is erecting a fence along its border with Myanmar, which residents of Myanmar’s Sagaing region say...
INTERVIEW: Umbrella Movement ‘was about protecting Hong Kongers’
Rev. Chu Yiu-ming, one of the three founders of the 2014 Occupy Central movement for fully democratic elections, should have been looking forward to retirement. ...
China investigates US company for refusing to buy Xinjiang cotton
Read RFA coverage of this story in Uyghur. China has launched an investigation into PVH Corp., the U.S. parent company of fashion brands Calvin Klein...
China calls on Hong Kong tycoons to help kickstart national economy
Read RFA coverage of this story in Cantonese. The ruling Chinese Communist Party has called on Hong Kong’s leader to mobilize the city’s wealthiest families...
Chinese nuclear submarine sank at dock: media
A Chinese nuclear submarine of the latest generation sank in late May or early June during construction at a shipyard in Wuhan province, U.S. media...
Myanmar junta invites insurgents, ‘terrorists’ to join election
Myanmar’s junta has called on its insurgent enemies to abandon their “terrorist way” and join a planned election but a parallel civilian government spearheading opposition...
Chinese truck convoys crowd main bridge to North Korea
Read a version of this story in Korean The main bridge connecting North Korea has been packed bumper-to-bumper with Chinese trucks over the past week,...
