Vietnamese in Thailand hope stern US response on Uyghurs might deter deportations
Read a version of this story in Vietnamese Campaigners for the rights of Vietnamese who fled from repression in their country to Thailand say they...
Month : March 2025
North Korean soldiers scrounge for cigarette butts
Read a version of this story in Korean The North Korean army is ordering soldiers to stop scrounging the streets for cigarette butts to smoke...
Police in China’s Anhui detain 2 Christians for ‘cult’ activities
China has detained two members of a Protestant church the eastern province of Anhui over its refusal to join a government-backed body, accusing them of...
Myanmar’s junta drops ‘more than 500’ bombs on Chin state town during week of clashes
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. An intense battle is underway in western Myanmar as junta troops attempt to re-take Falam, the second-biggest...
China blocks South Korean inspection of disputed sea structure: Seoul
TAPEI, Taiwan – South Korean and Chinese authorities faced off at sea for two hours last month after Chinese authorities blocked the South’s attempt to...
Cambodia’s Ream naval base to open in early April
The Chinese-developed Ream naval base in southwest Cambodia’s Sihanoukville province is slated to open early next month after three years of construction, a Cambodian commander...
State-run TV station apologizes after program shows South Vietnamese flag
A Vietnamese state-run TV station said a program mistakenly showed footage of a restaurant owner in America getting a tattoo of the yellow-and-red flag of...
North Korea orders people to change names that sound too South Korean
Read a version of this story in Korean North Korea has ordered that parents give their children names that reflect the country’s revolutionary spirit —...
Video: Burmese refugees come together for violin lessons in Thai border town
MAE SOT, Thailand — Phoe San was one of thousands of Burmese migrants who fled to the Thai border town of Mae Sot after Myanmar’s...
He escaped China. Harassment followed him to a New York courtroom
The knock on Christmas Eve LONG ISLAND, New York — Ma Ju was in the kitchen making dinner on Christmas Eve 2023 when he heard...
