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…
Ignoring Beijing, Korean rights group recognizes jailed Hong Kong barrister
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…
Myanmar enacts Weapons Law aimed at keeping guns away from resistance
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…
North Korean student beaten to death for trying to steal gasoline
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…
Vietnam stews over Chinese hotpot restaurant on disputed South China Sea island
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…
Weapons from China and Russia fuel Myanmar’s bloody civil war
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…
No word on six miners missing after lift-cage accident at Tibet mine
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,…
Anti-junta militia members escape from prison in Myanmar’s Bago region
Myanmar police and troops are searching for nine People’s Defense Force members who were among 10 that escaped from a prison in Myanmar’s Bago region, the junta said Friday. Its information group…
North Korea prepares to launch new spy satellite, state media reports
North Korea is preparing to launch a spy satellite that it claims will bolster its defensive capabilities, state media reported, boasting that its launch would be “ a clear stride forward” in…
At Central Asia Summit, China’s repression of Uyghurs is ignored, rights groups say
China’s President Xi Jinping rolled out the red carpet for Central Asian leaders attending the first China-Central Asia Summit, held Thursday and Friday in Xian, as Beijing seeks to expand its influence…