Myanmar junta soldiers are warning local residents and aid group workers against providing medical treatment to people who were injured during a bombing of a concert in Hpakant township, Kachin state, last…
Month: May 2023
After setbacks on the ground, Myanmar junta holds power by ruling the skies
The bombing of a concert in Kachin state last weekend that killed more than 60 people showed the brutal advantage the Myanmar military retains in its struggling campaign for control of the…
National Defense Strategy says China is the biggest challenge to the US
The U.S. Defense Department has released its long-awaited 2022 National Defense Strategy, identifying China as “the overall pacing challenge” while Russia remains an “acute threat” to the United States. The 80-page document,…
Junta troops raid militia and administrative offices in Sagaing, leaving 11 dead
State Administration Council (SAC) troops launched a combined ground and air attack on the office of the Pale township’s People’s Administration Group (PAG) and the office of the local People’s Defense Force…
CPJ: Vietnam must ‘stop equating independent journalism with crime’
The U.S.-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which promotes press freedom, has called on Vietnam to release journalist Le Manh Ha and other journalists. The CPJ issued the appeal on Oct. 26,…
Portugal joins global probe into illegal Chinese police stations
UPDATED AT 01:53 A.M. ON 10-28-2022 Portugal became the latest nation to open a probe into allegations that China has been running “illegal police stations” in the country just as Ireland ordered…
Protests spread in Lhasa over COVID-19 restrictions
Trying to contain Sangay Kyab, a Tibet expert based in Spain, told RFA that Chinese authorities likely did not resort to violence to crack down on the protests in Lhasa because they…
Wife of slain Cambodian activist accepts compensation, but still demands justice
The widow of a slain Cambodian opposition party activist said she received compensation for her husband’s death, but had not agreed to withdraw charges against the assailant as court officials claimed she…
Ireland orders China to close police office as Netherlands probes 'service centers'
Ireland on Thursday ordered Beijing to shut down its "overseas Chinese police service center" in Dublin, as the Dutch government said it would investigate media reports about Chinese police offices in the…
Fire at Formosa steel factory in Vietnam emits thick putrid yellow smoke
The foul-smelling yellow smoke belching from the steel factory’s many chimneys was much worse than the usual fumes that Vietnamese high-school student Thanh Tam was used to. “On that day, on the…