China bans monks, aid workers from visiting quake-hit areas of Tibet
Chinese authorities in Tibet have forbidden aid workers and Buddhist monks from entering areas of the region struck by deadly earthquakes last week, three residents...
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South Korea, Japan stress importance of trilateral ties with US
The foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan stressed the importance of trilateral ties with the United States at a news conference on Monday during...
Dozens missing in mudslide at Myanmar jade mine
A mudslide at a Myanmar jade mine swept over a village on Monday and eight people were confirmed killed with dozens missing, residents of the...
Ukraine willing to swap North Korean captives: Zelenskyy
Updated Jan. 12, 2025, 11:08 p.m. ET. Ukraine is prepared to swap captured North Korean troops for its soldiers being held prisoner by Russia, President...
Hong Kong pink dolphin numbers dwindle to a handful
Hong Kong’s iconic pink dolphins have dwindled to just a handful in the waters off northern Lantau Island in recent years, with concerns for the...
Unexploded WWII bombs plague Palau amid US military build-up
Read this story at BenarNews PELELIU, Palau — Palauan Sharla Paules surveys the contaminated ground of her lush tropical home island of Peleliu, still littered...
At least 100 dead in one Tibetan township in wake of deadly earthquake
UPDATED at 5:28 P.M. ET on 01-10-2025 In the wake of the recent earthquake that hit Dingri county in Tibet, at least 100 people died...
Have California wildfires engulfed the iconic ‘Hollywood’ sign?
A video clip circulating on Chinese social media site Weibo shows the iconic “Hollywood” sign going up in flames – one of several fake or...
North Korean launch of ‘new’ missile fires up Guam security debate
Read this story on BenarNews HAGATNA, Guam — North Korea’s launch of a “new” intermediate range ballistic missile earlier this week that “will reliably contain...
Thailand lets autocratic neighbors hunt down opponents on its soil
Even by Cambodian standards, it was a brazen attack on an opposition figure. Lim Kimya, a 73-year old member of the banned Cambodia National Rescue...
