China"s foreign ministry on Monday walked back comments calling into question Ukraine"s national sovereignty from one of its "wolf-warrior" diplomats who told a French TV station over the weekend that the country…
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Junta’s second bombing of Sagaing village meant to destroy evidence, rebels say
A military airstrike last week on a village in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region where an earlier attack killed nearly 200 people was part of a bid to “destroy evidence,” a member of…
Japanese woman of Uyghur origin wins seat in Japan’s parliament
A Japanese woman of Uyghur ethnicity and who was educated in the United States has been elected a member of the Japanese parliament — the first person of Uyghur heritage to run…
Weekend attacks in Cambodia’s capital target two more opposition party members
Two more opposition party activists were assaulted over the weekend as they traveled in Phnom Penh – the latest in a series of similar attacks in recent months that members of the…
Chinese aircraft carrier returns to South China Sea
China’s aircraft carrier the Shandong left the Western Pacific and returned to its usual operational area, the South China Sea, the Japanese Ministry of Defense has said. Ten days before this, the…
Former UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki-moon meets with junta leaders in Myanmar
Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made a surprise visit to Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw over the weekend and met with junta chief Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing to discuss the country’s political…
Junta helicopter drops bomb on hospital where war refugees were being treated
A hospital in Myanmar’s southern Shan state that’s been providing care to war refugees and civilians was bombed by the military junta on Tuesday, according to a local People’s Defense Force official….
China tightens border controls, slaps travel bans on blacklisted dissidents
Authorities in China are carrying out extensive checks on passengers leaving the country, slapping travel bans at border checkpoints on individuals seen as "politically sensitive," according to rights activists. While bans on…
South Korea’s Yoon and Biden likely to discuss nuclear deterrence, trade at summit
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol is in the United States this week for a state visit to mark Seoul’s 70-year alliance with Washington and for talks with President Joe Biden will…
North Korea cracks down on private home sales ahead of peak real estate season
The buyer meets the go-between in a vacant lot downtown. Money is exchanged and delivered to the seller, who in turn hands over the goods. But this kind of shady deal isn’t…