Rakhine rebels seize first police station in Myanmar’s heartland
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. The Arakan Army has seized a police station in the Ayeyarwaddy region, the first in Myanmar’s heartland...
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Vietnam asks Y Quynh Bdap’s family to urge his surrender ahead of appeal trial
Vietnamese authorities have asked the family of an ethnic Ede activist Hanoi convicted of “terrorism” in absentia to convince him to surrender instead of appealing...
Man wanted in Lim Kimya murder is Cambodian official’s brother, records show
A Cambodian man who is wanted by Thai police in connection to the murder of a former opposition lawmaker is the brother of Pich Sros,...
Chinese actor rescued from Myanmar’s scam park
Chinese TV actor Wang Xing is heading back to China on Friday following his rescue from Myanmar’s notorious KK Park human trafficking and scam operation,...
Myanmar junta bans 7 books with LGBTQ+ themes
Myanmar has banned seven books because of their LGBTQ+ content and will take legal action against their publishers, the military government announced, adding that the...
Hun Sen’s nephew trades angry statements with businessman amid lawsuit threats
The nephew of former Prime Minister Hun Sen has threatened to sue a prominent businessman who alleged that US$9 million was stolen from a Chinese...
Dalai Lama says no reason to be angry at China over Tibet quake
Read RFA coverage of this story in Tibetan. In a prayer ceremony for victims of Monday’s earthquake in Tibet, the Dalai Lama told listeners that...
A hole to China
U.S. lawmakers are demanding answers after it was revealed that China-backed hackers had accessed Treasury Department workstations and unclassified documents through a compromised third-party software...
Myanmar junta bombs Rohingya Muslim village killing 41, rescuers say
The Myanmar air force has bombed a fishing village in Rakhine state killing 41 civilians and wounding 52, most of them Rohingya Muslims, residents involved...
Vietnamese lawyer goes on trial for Facebook posts
Lawyer Tran Dinh Trien went on trial in Hanoi on Thursday, accused of “infringing upon the interest of the state,” Vietnamese media reported. He faces...
