Southeast Asian foreign ministers decided Thursday to persist with a failed peace plan on Myanmar, a move that a top human rights group called “a huge disappointment,” days after the bloodiest single…
Month: May 2023
2 more Rohingya killed by armed groups in Bangladesh camps
Two Rohingya were gunned down inside their camp in Cox’s Bazar on Thursday, in the third such killing in the past two days by suspected supporters of the ARSA militant group, according…
Chinese police detain dissident who forwarded 'Bridge Man' content
Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang have detained a dissident who openly supported the Oct. 13 "Bridge Man" anti-Xi Jinping banner protest ahead of the 20th party congress in Beijing,…
U.S. official: Key allies will adopt China chip-export bans
A multilateral deal to extend a U.S. ban to China of exporting technologies used to make cutting-edge microchips will be inked “in the near term,” a U.S. Commerce Department official said on…
Malaysian official tells UN to stop interfering about Myanmar deportations
United Nations organizations and other groups should stop meddling in Malaysia’s internal affairs, the country’s home minister said Thursday when asked about these agencies criticizing the deportations of Myanmar nationals, including asylum…
Charter amendments turn Chinese Communist Party into a 'gang' led by Xi, analysts say
Amendments to the Chinese Communist Party charter have transformed the ruling party from an organization for political cooperation to a "gang" led by general secretary Xi Jinping, analysts told RFA. The amendments,…
Around 190 locals arrested in Myanmar’s Mandalay region
Police in Mandalay region’s Wundwin township have been arresting and interrogating locals for more than two weeks, following the murders of a police inspector and the township administrator, residents told RFA. Acting…
US Navy chief: Can’t rule out Taiwan invasion by 2023
Beijing could invade Taiwan as early as this year or next, the chief of U.S. naval operations said at a forum in Washington on Wednesday. The comments came days after U.S. Secretary…
Prisoner’s wife submits petition to authorities after receiving threatening visits
The wife of Vietnamese prisoner of conscience Bui Van Thuan has filed a petition for help after a series of strangers visited her house, sometimes swearing and asking how she paid for…
Dozens of ethnic rebels killed alongside civilians in Myanmar airstrike
An ethnic rebel group said Wednesday that dozens of its personnel were among those killed along with 17 civilians, in what is believed to be the bloodiest single airstrike in Myanmar since…