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Uyghurs seeking justice for loved ones imprisoned in China have turned to a little-known United Nations body for help. Over the past year, the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention has issued…

A search is underway for six workers who went missing after a lift cage fell at a Chinese-backed copper mine in Tibet during shaft construction of an open-pit mine drainage system project,…

Australia’s top diplomat urged ASEAN on Wednesday to be vigilant in upholding the territorial rights of member-states that have claims in the South China Sea as the bloc negotiates with China for…

Chinese and Russian entities have sent more than US$660 million in weaponry and other arms-related equipment to Myanmar’s military since its coup two years ago, enabling the junta to wage its brutal…

China has opened a huge hotpot restaurant on the main island it controls in the disputed South China Sea, a Hong Kong newspaper reported, drawing poor reviews from Hanoi for Beijing’s latest…

North Korean soldiers beat a middle school student to death for trying to steal gasoline from a military truck, apparently because he was hoping to sell the gasoline to pay for an…

Myanmar’s junta is threatening stiff prison terms and even the death penalty under a law regulating weapons ownership that analysts say aims to instill fear in supporters of the armed resistance. The…

Despite pressure from Beijing, South Korea"s biggest human rights group went ahead on Thursday with an award to jailed Hong Kong barrister and rights activist Chow Hang-tung. The Seoul-based 5.18 Memorial Foundation…

Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have pulled the plug on a concert by a Japanese Buddhist monk amid a widening political crackdown on cultural and artistic performances. A planned…

Lao troops got firsthand experience using modern Chinese weapons during joint China-Laos military exercises, which analysts say neighboring Vietnam is watching warily. The three weeks of drills – Friendship Shield 2023 –…