U.S. President Joe Biden says he and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, will discuss their respective “red lines” during a meeting on Monday before the Group of 20 leaders summit in Bali….
Month: May 2023
'You must do whatever you can. Do it today, and do it well'
Bao Tong, former top Communist Party aide to late ousted Chinese premier Zhao Ziyang, died in Beijing on Wednesday at the age of 90, just four days after his 90th birthday. Bao…
Hun Sen's mediation efforts fall flat during tough year as ASEAN chair
Cambodia’s longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen may be a shrewd and ruthless politician but his chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations this year has not enhanced his reputation as a…
Videos show brutal interrogation in Myanmar, allegedly at hands of junta soldier
Sunlight streams into a room where two men sit on a green, floral-patterned mat – one bound and blindfolded, the other holding a gun. The armed man is wearing a jacket with…
Police arrest 7 farmers in land-use dispute in Vietnamese highlands
In the latest clash over land-use rights in Vietnam, police have detained seven residents in the Central Highlands for trying to prevent men from cutting down a farmer’s coffee and durian trees…
‘Accident Prevention Month’ means police extort more than usual in North Korea
November is “Accident Prevention Measures Month” in North Korea – which means that police are shaking down citizens for fines and bribes more than usual, sources in the isolated country told Radio…
Bao Tong, aide to ousted top Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang, dies at 90
Bao Tong, a former aide to deposed Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang who spent years in jail and house arrest following the crushing of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, died Wednesday at the…
Week of summits to test Biden’s foreign policy
A seven-day overseas trip looks likely to prove the biggest test of U.S. President Joe Biden’s foreign policy chops since he entered office last year, with four back-to-back summits culminating in what…
Junta raid on Sagaing region village kills 8 civilians and 6 Defense Force members
At least 14 people have been killed in a junta raid on Monywa township in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, according to residents. The bodies were discovered on Monday evening as locals returned to…
Facebook user’s wife says claims her husband insulted authorities are groundless
The wife of Vietnamese Facebook user Bui Van Thuan says he has never admitted to breaking the law in the 15 months since his arrest. Trinh Thi Nhung also said Thuan had…