Myanmar junta blocks military-aged men from work abroad
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Myanmar’s junta has banned employment agencies from sending military aged men abroad as it struggles with a...
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Tibetan writer put under surveillance after release from jail
Read RFA coverage of this story in Tibetan. A Tibetan writer and former elementary school teacher, imprisoned for having contact with Tibetans living abroad and...
Thousands of ‘Terrorism Suspects’ on ‘Shanghai List’ Include Uyghur Children, Elderly
>>> See the special page here. May 11, 2021 The recently leaked document provides new insight into how China characterizes extremist threats. More than three...
In the blink of an AI
DeepSeek, an open-source artificial intelligence app founded by a tech entrepreneur with close ties to the Chinese government, knocked a US$1 trillion-sized hole in an...
Myanmar aid groups struggle with freeze as UN warns of ‘staggering’ hunger
MAE SOT, Thailand – Groups helping victims of Myanmar’s turmoil are struggling to provide assistance after the U.S. put a 90-day freeze on nearly all...
Thai lawyer petitions court for release of detained Uyghurs
BANGKOK – A Thai lawyer is seeking the release of 42 Uyghurs who have spent more than a decade in detention and who rights groups...
Freeze to US aid hits Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar hard
On the Thai-Myanmar border, sick patients are being sent home from hospital. In Laos, school meals have been interrupted. And in Cambodia, hundreds of staff...
North Korea’s Kim inspects nuclear facilities, warns of ‘vicious’ hostility
North Korea’s leader visited a nuclear-material production base and Nuclear Weapons Institute and warned that “confrontation with the most vicious hostile countries is inevitable,” and...
About 5,000 people displaced by war return to Myanmar border town
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. About 5,000 internally displaced people have returned to the western Myanmar border town of Maungdaw after the...
Vietnam bars monk from attending US religious freedom conference
Read more on this topic in Vietnamese Authorities in Vietnam have barred a monk from leaving the country to attend an international religious freedom conference...
