North Korea unveils its first airborne radar, AI-powered suicide drones
TAIPEI, Taiwan – North Korea unveiled what appears to be its first airborne radar system and suicide attack drones equipped with artificial intelligence, adding to...
Month : March 2025
North Korean officials in China seen pretending to be South Korean
Recently, when entering restaurants or leaving official events, North Korean trading officials dispatched to China have been seen taking off lapel pins featuring the smiling...
Does a video show Japanese foreign minister pulling out a chair for China’s Wang Yi?
A video emerged in Chinese-language social media posts that claim it shows the Japanese foreign minister Takeshi Iwaya pulling out a chair for the Chinese...
Myanmar junta announces schedule for December, January election
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Myanmar junta has announced that the election it plans to hold in December and January would be...
Laos investigates executives who oversaw long-delayed hydro dam
Lao authorities are investigating officials responsible for a hydropower dam that is a decade behind schedule in another sign of problems surfacing from the country’s...
Chinese influencer Yaya ordered to leave Taiwan after posting pro-China video
Prominent Chinese influencer Liu Zhenya, also known as “Yaya,” left Taiwan Tuesday evening on orders from the Taiwanese government after she got in trouble for...
OPINION: Tibetans’ voices will be silenced if RFA, VOA are shut down
BEIJING – The U.S. government’s announced plans to cut funding to international broadcasters Radio Free Asia and Voice of America have dealt a heavy blow...
Junta chief vows to hike defense budget, seeking to expand global presence
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Myanmar’s junta chief said the military would increase the defense budget, while seeking to expand his international...
North Korean troops sent to Russia included relatives of defectors: report
TAIPEI, Taiwan – Some of the thousands of soldiers North Korea sent to Russia to fight in Moscow’s war against Ukraine were family members of...
Taiwan accuses China of 60 incursions into restricted waters
Chinese coast guard vessels intruded more than 60 times in the past year in waters near Taiwan-held Kinmen islands, which lie close to mainland China,...
