Eight hurt as South Korean jets bomb civilian area in exercise with US
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Two South Korean jets accidentally dropped bombs in a civilian area on Thursday, injuring at least eight people and causing extensive damage...
Month : March 2025
Mother of Cambodian teen found dead says she was working to pay family debts
A Cambodian woman who authorities say was killed by two Chinese nationals last month dropped out of school when she was 15 to help her...
Whistleblowing citizen journalist Zhang Zhan ‘to stand trial again soon’
COVID-19 whistleblowing citizen journalist Zhang Zhan will soon undergo a second trial in Shanghai on public order charges amid reports she is once more refusing...
Myanmar army tries to clear fighters from road, 20,000 villagers flee, rebels say
Read RFA coverage of this story in Burmese. Myanmar’s military has launched air and artillery strikes as it tries to clear pro-democracy fighters from the...
Vietnamese news site deletes negative articles about minister
Read a version of this story in Vietnamese VietnamNet has been removing articles about Vietnam’s new minister of ethnic and religious affairs, Dao Ngoc Dung,...
Philippines accuses Chinese state outlet of ‘deceptive messaging’ on disputed shoal
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine authorities accused a Chinese government-owned broadcaster of deceptive messaging and propaganda after it reported that a Philippine ship had deliberately engaged...
Beijing groans under tight security as top advisory body opens
China’s parliamentary advisory body opened in Beijing on Tuesday as priority traffic lanes for delegates and officials created traffic gridlock, amid tight citywide security checks,...
Tougher times for Myanmar’s political prisoners, a parent and rights group say
Read RFA coverage of this story in Burmese. Military authorities in Myanmar have imposed harsher conditions and punishments on political prisoners, restricting their access to...
North Korea vows to ‘step-up’ action against US as aircraft carrier arrives in South
TAIPEI, Taiwan – The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned on Tuesday of a “stepped-up action” against the U.S. as one...
INTERVIEW: ‘North Korea could have 300 nuclear warheads within 10 years’
Ankit Panda, an expert on North Korea’s nuclear program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, was interviewed by Radio Free Asia regarding Pyongyang’s nuclear...
