Residents of Vietnam’s capital object to planned hike in traffic fines
Read more on this topic in Vietnamese While Vietnamese motorists are still coming to terms with tougher road rules and higher fines for breaking them,...
Month : February 2025
South China Sea: Massive chunk of coral reef destroyed by island-building rivals
Updated Jan. 31, 2025, 1:32 p.m. ET. Rivals in the South China Sea developing artificial islands to back up their claims have destroyed nearly 28.3...
Pristine atolls, seas in Marshall Islands get marine sanctuary protection
BANGKOK – The Marshall Islands has designated coral rich waters around two of its remotest Pacific Ocean atolls as a marine sanctuary, hoping to protect...
Myanmar extends state of emergency for another 6 months
Myanmar’s ruling military extended a state of emergency for another six months on Friday four years after it ousted an elected government in a coup,...
Life in Myanmar’s Kayah state after rebels pushed out the junta | RFA Insider #25
On February 1, Myanmar will mark four years since soldiers and military vehicles raided the country’s capital at dawn, signaling the military’s forceful seizure of...
Is Boeing to blame for the plane crash in Washington?
Speculation has emerged on Chinese social media that flaws in an airplane made by Boeing, a U.S. aerospace manufacturer that has faced a raft of...
Vietnam’s To Lam consolidates power through personnel changes at 10th Plenum
Exactly one year ahead of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s 14th Party Congress, the Central Committee convened its 10th Plenum, where General Secretary To Lam...
How does DeepSeek answer sensitive questions about China?
Radio Free Asia asked DeepSeek, the Chinese-made artificial intelligence platform that earlier this week beat out U.S.-based ChatGPT as the most popular free app on...
Defying orders, Chinese miner hasn’t stopped operating near 2 sinkholes in Laos
Defying orders from Lao officials, a Chinese-owned potash mining company hasn’t stopped operating near two massive sinkholes in central Laos, a Lao official, a worker...
Over 1,000 civilians flee Sittwe amid tension between Myanmar junta and ethnic army
More than 1,000 civilians have fled Rakhine state’s capital Sittwe and nearby areas in western Myanmar, fearing heavy artillery attacks as tensions rise between junta...
