China, Philippines raise rival flags on disputed South China Sea sandbank
TAIPEI, Taiwan – China and the Philippines have staged rival flag-raising displays on a contested sandbank in the South China Sea, further escalating tensions between...
Month : April 2025
One month on, Myanmar’s quake victims see ‘not even a water bottle’ in aid
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Some families have waited one month, hoping to receive critical aid in the aftermath of Myanmar’s earthquake,...
North Korea confirms the open secret of its troop deployment to Russia
TAIPEI, Taiwan – North Korea on Monday acknowledged for the first time that it deployed troops to Russia to support Moscow’s war against Ukraine, saying...
North Korea orders schools to breed more rabbits to feed army
Authorities in North Korea have ordered schools across the country to raise more rabbits to supply and feed its army or face punishment, sources told...
PHOTOS: Mementos of fallen children recovered from the rubble in quake-hit Myanmar
Four weeks after a devastating earthquake in central Myanmar, a local charity has retrieved dust-covered backpacks, water bottles and lunch boxes from the rubble of...
Vietnamese monk forced to cut short his walk through Sri Lanka, heads to India
Authorities have barred a Vietnamese Buddhist monk from continuing a barefoot pilgrimage through Sri Lanka so he’s departing instead for his final destination, India, a...
Hanoi denies Washington will snub Vietnam War commemoration
Updated April 25, 2025, 12:30 p.m. ET BANGKOK – The Vietnamese government says it is expecting a sizable U.S. presence when it marks the 50th...
China, ASEAN ‘committed’ to having legally binding sea code by 2026: Manila
TAIPEI, Taiwan – China and Southeast Asian nations are “politically committed” to establishing legally binding rules for their conduct in the South China Sea by...
Faithful in Asia hope region will provide next Pope
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Several prominent cardinals in Asia are regarded by the region’s faithful as worthy candidates to lead the...
China rolls back tariffs on some US goods: media
TAIPEI, Taiwan – China appears to be quietly removing 125% retaliatory tariffs on some U.S. imports, including semiconductors, media reports said, following President Donald Trump’s...
