China claims discovery of 100 million-ton oilfield in South China Sea
Updated on March 31, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. TAIPEI, Taiwan – The China National Offshore Oil Corporation, or CNOOC, has discovered an oilfield in the...
Month : March 2025
Seniors with HIV: A ticking time bomb for China
In January 2025, a 79-year-old man went viral on social media after testing positive for HIV at a hospital in the southern Chinese province of...
Search for survivors continues 3 days after massive quake hit Myanmar, Thailand
BANGKOK – Rescuers in Myanmar and Thailand continued their search for survivors Monday, saying signs of life were still being detected following the 7.7 magnitude...
No more Uyghurs left in immigration detention center: Thai police
BANGKOK – Thailand said Thursday there are no longer any Uyghurs stranded in its immigration facilities following the internationally criticized repatriation of 40 Uyghur men...
Migrant workers face grim wait after Bangkok high-rise collapse
BANGKOK – Hnin Nu Yee, a migrant worker from Myanmar, was on the ground floor of a high-rise office in Bangkok tending to construction trash...
UN averts drastic food aid cuts for Rohingya in Bangladesh
Read this story on BenarNews DHAKA, Bangladesh — The United Nations food agency said it managed to avoid drastic food aid cuts to Rohingya refugees...
Radio Free Asia files lawsuit against US administration to restore funding
WASHINGTON — Radio Free Asia, which transmits uncensored news to millions of people living under authoritarian regimes in Asia, filed a lawsuit on Thursday to...
Russia’s Putin says North Korea, China should join Ukraine ceasefire talks
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukraine could be placed under a “temporary administration” as part of a peace process that could...
Myanmar pardons four Thai fishermen, expecting release soon: Thai PM
BANGKOK – Myanmar has pardoned four Thai fishermen detained in the country since last November after they allegedly ventured into its territorial waters, Thailand announced...
Uyghur rapper was imprisoned in China for ‘extremist’ lyrics, rights group says
A young Uyghur rapper and singer-songwriter not seen since his arrest 20 months ago is imprisoned in China, serving a three-year sentence for composing lyrics...
