Did an unqualified pilot fly the Delta Air lines’ plane that crashed in Toronto?
A claim began to circulate in Chinese-language social media posts that the Delta Air Lines flight that overturned and crashed while landing at Toronto’s Pearson...
Month : March 2025
Thailand considers building a wall on its border with Cambodia
BANGKOK – Thailand is considering building a wall on part of its border with Cambodia to tackle illegal crossings, particularly by gangsters involved in online...
Vietnam courts American businesses, pledges to cut surplus with US
BANGKOK – Vietnam’s prime minister met dozens of U.S. business leaders over the weekend, seeking to smooth any possible trade issues with the new administration...
OPINION: Despots face a security rethink in the age of drones
On Feb. 11, Hun Sen, Cambodia’s de-facto ruler, claimed that the authorities had weeks ago uncovered a plot to kill him at his provincial mansion...
Homemade banana chips brings in tourists to rural Cambodian village
Dozens of families in Cambodia’s Battambang province have developed a thriving side business: selling bags of homemade banana chips to foreign and Cambodian tourists. Wives...
Southeast Asia’s scam center crackdown conundrum | RFA Insider #27
This episode of RFA Insider balances vice and virtue, as Amy and Eugene explore the sophisticated scam compounds of Southeast Asia and one internet-famous monk’s...
Kazakhstan man detained, ‘drugged’ in China had planned to petition in Beijing
Kazakhstan national Zhengis Zhanat, who is recovering in hospital in Almaty after returning from a trip to China beaten and in an altered mental state,...
Cambodian gov’t spokesman calls arrest warrants in Bangkok shooting ‘useless’
Thai arrest warrants for two suspected Cambodian accomplices in the fatal shooting of a former opposition lawmaker are “useless” and won’t result in extraditions unless...
North Korean tour guides know about soldiers dispatched to Ukraine war, tourist says
A French travel blogger who was among the first group of Western tourists to visit North Korea in five years told Radio Free Asia that...
Former Hong Kong lawmaker gets 3 more years after being injured by mob
A court in Hong Kong has handed down a three-year, one-month jail term to a former pro-democracy lawmaker for “rioting,” after he livestreamed unrest at...
