Key figures in the Umbrella Movement: Where are they now?
The 2014 Umbrella Movement was a 79-day pro-democracy civil disobedience campaign in Hong Kong. The protesters, many of whom were teenagers and university students, used...
Month : September 2024
Hong Kong sentences 2 journalists to prison for sedition
A Hong Kong court sentenced two former news editors to prison on Thursday for conspiracy to publish seditious material, the latest journalists to fall foul...
US, EU demand China respond to human rights abuses in Xinjiang
The U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Human Rights Council called on China on Tuesday to implement recommendations made by the U.N.’s human rights office in...
Biden meets Vietnam’s president in New York
U.S. President Joe Biden and his Vietnamese counterpart, To Lam, met on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, with...
Junta offensive underway to recapture towns in northern Shan state
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Myanmar’s junta is shifting troops from southern to northern Shan state in a bid to recapture several...
Beijing says Taipei behind anti-China hackers
China’s ministry of state security on Monday accused the Taiwanese military of supporting a hacking group called Anonymous 64 that it said was responsible for...
Did Kim Jong Un make a statement threatening Israel?
A claim has been repeatedly shared in social media posts that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made a statement threatening Israel in support of...
Myanmar students in Thailand must renew passports at home, junta says
Myanmar nationals studying in Thailand on short-term education visas will no longer be able to renew their passports at their embassy in Bangkok or consulate...
Vietnam releases 2 political prisoners ahead of leader To Lam’s US trip
Read RFA’s coverage of this topic in Vietnamese Vietnam has released two prominent political prisoners, a day before its top leader To Lam headed to...
Philippine coast guard ship leaves disputed shoal in South China Sea
The Philippine coast guard vessel at the center of a standoff with China in the South China Sea has left the disputed Sabina Shoal, according...
