US bars 29 more Chinese companies over Uyghur slave labor
WASHINGTON – The United States has banned another 29 Chinese companies from exporting their goods to America due to their alleged use of Uyghur slave...
Month : November 2024
As Chinese buyers snap up Chiang Mai properties, Thais fear for future
Read this story in Thai at Benar News. Originally published Nov. 19. CHIANG MAI, Thailand — Visitors who walk through a new housing development in...
Mayor of Lao tourist town hit by poisoning promises justice for victims
The mayor of the Lao tourist town of Vang Vieng has promised justice for the six foreign tourists who died after consuming drinks suspected of...
Khmer Krom group calls on Vietnam to release activists
An international group representing Vietnam’s Khmer Krom community is calling on the country’s leaders to release five Buddhist monks and four activists before their trial...
Myanmar rebels capture town on main road to Chinese-built port
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Updated on Nov. 22, 2024, 02:47 p.m. Insurgents in western Myanmar have captured a town on a...
Cambodia, Laos sack foreign ministers in preparation for more combative geopolitics
On Nov. 19, Sok Chenda Sophea, who was only brought in as Cambodia’s foreign minister last year, was given the heave-ho and replaced by his...
4 inmates on hunger strike in Vietnamese prison
Four prisoners began a hunger strike at a central Vietnam prison in early November to protest the confiscation of paper, pens and books from inmates,...
6 tourists dead after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos
Read more on this topic in Lao Updated on Nov. 22, 2024, 03:38 p.m. A young Australian woman has died after drinking alcohol laced with...
What happens when China puts boots on the ground in Myanmar?
It now appears to be a question of “when, not if” Chinese security personnel will arrive in Myanmar, with Beijing looking to secure its strategic...
Cambodian trafficking victim describes forced marriage, abuse in China
Sok Suosdey had always worked hard to help support her family in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province, on the border with Thailand, but no matter what...
