Rubio holds phone call with China’s Wang Yi
UPDATED at 5:00 p.m. on Jan. 24, 2025. WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi spoke by telephone...
Month : January 2025
Cambodian worker in South Korea says passport revoked after online comments
A Cambodian migrant worker in South Korea said on Friday that his passport was recently revoked after he used Facebook to criticize the Cambodian government....
‘Smart balloons’ drop leaflets, loudspeakers into North Korea
This is part 3 of a 3-part series, “Along the DMZ: Life at the Korean Border.” Read parts 1 and 2. Read a version of...
Tide of Myanmar war refugees tests Thailand’s welcome mat for migrants
The threatened deportations from Thailand of a Vietnamese ethnic minority activist and 48 Uyghurs detained after trying to flee China have cast a harsh spotlight...
Facebookers fined for mocking wealthy founder of budget Vietnamese airline
Read RFA coverage of this story in Vietnamese. Two Hanoi Facebook users have been fined and ordered to delete satirical content they posted online about...
Myanmar’s Arakan Army confirms torture, execution of POWs in leaked viral video
Read RFA coverage of this story in Burmese. Ethnic Rakhine rebels on Friday confirmed the torture and execution of two prisoners of war from Myanmar’s...
Interview: Trump would like to resume personal diplomacy with Kim Jong Un
Fred Fleitz is the vice chair of the America First Policy Institute’s Center for American Security, and until recently he was a member of the...
Did US President Trump’s son Barron mock Zelenskyy on social media?
A claim emerged in Chinese-language social media posts that U.S. President Donald Trump’s youngest son Barron mocked Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy by calling him a...
Taiwan says 85% of national security cases involve retired army, police
Updated Jan. 24, 2025, 4:25 a.m. ET TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan said 85% of its national security cases were found to involve retired military and...
Vietnam, South Korea finalizing $300m howitzer deal: Korean media
Vietnam and South Korea are close to wrapping-up a US$300 million arms deal, the first between the two countries, Korean media reported. Yonhap News Agency...
