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…
Category: Uncategorized
Cambodia’s top opposition party officially blocked from July elections
Cambodia’s main opposition Candlelight Party was officially rejected by the National Election Committee on Monday and won’t be allowed to compete in the July 23 parliamentary elections. The decision deals an enormous…
Biden cancels Papua New Guinea stopover in setback for Pacific influence
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…
Smashing window and sending death threats, landlord tries to evict Beijing lawyer
In a bid to evict prominent rights lawyer Li Heping from his Beijing home, the landlord smashed a window of his apartment and issued a death threat, Li’s wife told Radio Free…
With help from China, Cambodia’s Hun Sen closes ‘win-win’ SEA Games
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…
Kim Jong Un gains a new title among youth: ‘Respected Father’
North Korean young people are now required to refer to the country’s 38-year-old supreme leader Kim Jong Un as “Respected Father” – generating resentment among youth who consider him to be similar…
Hidden terror: Clearing unexploded bombs from Laos hits snag
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…
Using fake Facebook account, Hong Kong police trolled pro-democracy activists
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…
Escapee group in South Korea floats bottles of rice and cash to the North
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…
Republicans pummel top officials over China policy at Senate hearing
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…