A junta air attack on a mine near the Thai-Myanmar border left three people dead. The attack happened in the early hours of Wednesday morning, according to local residents. The identity of…
Month: May 2023
UN group calls for the release of political prisoner Tran Duc Thach
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD), has called on Vietnamese authorities to release poet, author and human rights campaigner Tran Duc Thach. WGAD’s report, posted on Nov. 4, called…
Conflict in Europe overshadows G-20 in Bali as leaders condemn missile strikes
The Indonesian president led world leaders in a ceremonial planting of mangroves Wednesday to draw attention to the global climate crisis, but the final day of the G-20 summit on the tropical…
Fed up with COVID lockdowns, migrant workers in Guangzhou break through barriers
Migrant workers whose movements have been restricted by rolling lockdowns and compulsory COVID-19 testing under China’s strict zero-COVID policy have taken to the streets of the southern province of Guangdong in recent…
Plan to build 50,000 new homes in North Korean capital is running out of money
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s ambitious plan to build 50,000 new homes in the capital of Pyongyang has ground to a halt due to a lack of funding, sources in the…
Popular Tibetan video-sharing app to be shut down
The creator of a popular Tibetan language video-sharing app abruptly announced on Thursday he was shutting it down for financial reasons, a source inside the Tibetan Autonomous Region said. But a group…
Lao preacher arrested previously for evangelism found dead and badly beaten
A Lao Christian preacher who had previously been arrested for evangelism was found dead and badly beaten a few days after disappearing, villagers told Radio Free Asia. A few days before his…
Boat with more than 100 Rohingya lands in Indonesia’s Aceh province
A boat carrying more than 100 weak and hungry Rohingya landed in a coastal village in Indonesia’s westernmost Aceh province on Tuesday, local authorities said, adding that the refugees were at sea…
Congress urged to streamline China conflict planning
A congressional advisory group has called for the creation of two new U.S. government bodies to plan for economic sanctions and supply chain management in the event of a conflict with China….
Rugby match anthem gaffe prompts police to probe 'national security law breach'
Hong Kong police on Tuesday announced a criminal investigation into the playing of "Glory to Hong Kong," a banned song linked to the 2019 protest movement, at a rugby match in South…