Junta bombs northern Myanmar after rebels reject peace negotiations
Myanmar’s military launched attacks on four villages in northern Myanmar controlled by an insurgent group, according to a statement published by rebels on Friday, despite...
Month : May 2025
Highlights of RFA Burmese reporting
Since its inception, Radio Free Asia has been a crucial source of independent news in Myanmar where the dominant military has brooked no criticism, even...
Now ‘friends of steel’: Xi and Putin meet in Moscow
The leaders of China and Russia vowed to deepen their “strategic partnership” in a show of solidarity in Moscow on Thursday, casting themselves as defenders...
Hong Kong removes protection against land reclamation in Victoria Harbor
Hong Kong’s legislature has passed a law that will make it easier for the government to conduct land reclamation in the territory’s iconic Victoria Harbor,...
Myanmar junta bombs hospital days after declaring ceasefire extension
Junta airstrikes on villages in southeast Myanmar destroyed a hospital and forced over 8,000 residents from their homes, leaving them in urgent need of aid,...
Imprisoned Vietnam activist charged for writing ‘down with communism’
Prominent Vietnamese land rights activist Trinh Ba Phuong is facing a second charge of anti-state propaganda after prison guards found a document in his cell...
US, China in for protracted trade talks, warn experts ahead of crucial Geneva meet
U.S. and Chinese officials will hold high-level talks in Switzerland this weekend, a first step toward easing trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies...
Highlights of RFA coverage of Laos
Communist-run Laos is stuck in a political rut but it has seen a physical and economic transformation since Radio Free Asia first went on air...
Myanmar’s ethnic Karen face food shortages amid aid cuts to camps on Thai border
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Myanmar residents forced to flee their homes for camps across the border in Thailand are facing growing...
4 year sentence and lifetime ban from politics: Cambodia throws book at Rong Chhun
A Cambodian court convicted prominent opposition figure Rong Chhun on an incitement charge Monday and sentenced him to four years in prison and permanently barred...
