China expels 1,000 monks and nuns from Larung Gar Buddhist Academy
Read RFA coverage of this story in Tibetan. Chinese authorities have expelled over 1,000 Tibetan monks and nuns from the Larung Gar Buddhist Academy in...
Month : February 2025
China condemns US ships in Taiwan transit; conducts drills
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The transit through the Taiwan Strait by two U.S. naval vessels, the first such voyage under the new Trump administration, was a...
Myanmar militia hosting scam centers says it will deport 8,000 foreigners
Read RFA coverage of these topics in Burmese A pro-junta Myanmar militia hosting extensive online fraud operations in its zone on the Thai border has...
North Korea demolishes facility for family reunions: Seoul
TAIPEI, Taiwan – North Korea has begun dismantling a facility where families separated by a decades-old war could meet on the border with South Korea,...
Telecom outages impact livelihoods in Myanmar’s Rakhine
Read RFA coverage of this story in Burmese. Telecommunications outages in western Myanmar’s embattled Rakhine state have persisted for nearly 100 days, impinging on its...
Taiwan to scale up annual military drill as China tensions mount
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Taiwan is going to increase the scale of its main annual military exercise by mobilizing more reserve brigades, amid media reports that...
EXPLAINED: How US tariffs affect Vietnam’s economy
Read more on this topic in Vietnamese Vietnam’s steel industry faces a double threat from the U.S. after President Donald Trump signed an executive order...
Myanmar refugees in limbo after US suspends resettlement program
Read RFA coverage of this story in Burmese. UMPIEM MAI REFUGEE CAMP, Thailand — Saw Ba had been living in a refugee camp on the...
New Thai rule gives Myanmar junta greater power to block workers: activists
MAE SOT, Thailand – Thailand’s latest labor documentation rule requiring Myanmar government approval has raised concern among migrant worker advocates, who warn the policy could...
Did a Taiwan official say he didn’t want Chinese tourists coming in bulk?
A claim began to circulate online that Taiwan’s minister of the Mainland Affairs Council Chiu Chui-cheng said in a media interview he didn’t want a...
