Moveable feasts: Asia offers many ways – and dates – to celebrate the New Year
Hundreds of millions of people in China and other parts of East Asia are on the move this week to celebrate New Year’s with family...
Month : January 2025
Elusive large-antlered muntjac likely breeding in Cambodian national park
BANGKOK – Southeast Asia’s elusive large-antlered muntjac deer likely has a foothold in a national park in northeastern Cambodia, researchers said, after a trail camera...
Arakan Army captures junta camp on road to central Myanmar
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. An ethnic minority insurgent force that has captured most of western Myanmar’s Rakhine state has seized a...
Hanoi considers doubling traffic fines
Read more on this topic in Vietnamese. Authorities in Vietnam’s capital, Hanoi, are planning to ramp up traffic fines to try to reduce the number...
Blast in Chinese city 3 days after Xi visit
An explosion occurred on a busy market area in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang on Sunday, just three days after a visit by President...
China’s DeepSeek AI tops app charts in US, Europe
China’s homegrown open-source artificial intelligence model DeepSeek topped app charts in the United States and Europe on Monday, beating out U.S.-based rival ChatGPT for the...
North Korea tests cruise missile; warns US, South Korea on ‘provocation’
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the successful test of a cruise missile system, North Korea’s state media reported, as it accused the United...
Philippines suspends South China Sea science mission after China ‘harassment’
MANILA – Philippine authorities suspended a scientific survey in the disputed South China Sea after its fisheries vessels faced “harassment” from China’s coast guard and...
Exiled Myanmar musicians find new voices after coup
Once a full-time musician who toured throughout Myanmar, indie-pop star Linnith now finds himself in vastly different circumstances –- just like so many other celebrities...
Five years after Wuhan lockdown, China still ‘struggling to recover’
Five years ago, authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan and surrounding areas in Hubei province imposed a travel ban on some 18 million...
