Month: May 2023

On Sunday, Cyclone Mocha slammed into the coast of western Myanmar’s Rakhine state, flattening homes, blocking roads with fallen electricity pylons, splintering trees and causing widespread flooding. Power was cut off to…

Human rights groups welcomed last week’s early release of Vietnamese environmental activist Nguy Thi Khanh, who was imprisoned on tax evasion, saying that international pressure to free her influenced authorities’ decision to…

Republicans ripped into Cabinet officials during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on efforts to enhance U.S. security measures and the nation’s ability to compete with China. Three of Biden’s cabinet members defended…

Mysterious bottles full of rice, US dollars and memory sticks containing anti-North Korean content that showed up in the Han River around the South Korean capital of Seoul are the work of…

Hong Kong"s national security police used a fake social media account to troll pro-democracy activists for years, according to information revealed during a "subversion" trial of 47 pro-democracy activists who took part…

The years-long process of clearing unexploded bombs dropped on Laos by U.S. bombers during the Vietnam War has run out of funding, and workers say they are not getting paid for their…

The splashy sporting extravaganza drawing to a close in Phnom Penh on Wednesday featured 12,000 participants from 11 nations and included free tickets, free food and free accommodations – and also helped…

U.S. President Joe Biden has shelved his planned visits next week to Papua New Guinea and Australia, an apparent setback for efforts to show a renewed commitment to a region where China…

As news slowly emerges about the extent of damage caused by Sunday’s cyclone, residents of a township in Myanmar’s Magway region told RFA Wednesday that Mocha destroyed a displaced persons camp housing…

Authorities in Beijing have expelled rights attorney Zhou Shifeng from the city after holding him for months under house arrest following his release from prison, a move likely linked to his whistleblowing…