ASEAN

Thousands flee junta raid that torched 250 homes in Myanmar’s Sagaing region

A joint force of junta troops and pro-military militiamen set fire to a village in Myanmar’s embattled Sagaing region over…

3 years ago

Vietnamese journalist gets 3 1/2 years for online criticism

A court in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City Tuesday sentenced a journalist to three years and six months in jail…

3 years ago

Water release from Vietnamese dam floods villages in southern Laos

A sudden discharge of water from a dam on the Sekong River in Vietnam flooded downstream villages in Laos, destroying…

3 years ago

Vietnam approves 17 religious texts for use in prisons

Vietnamese authorities announced plans to deliver thousands of religious books to the country’s prisons, but former inmates and activists told…

3 years ago

More than 130 journalists arrested in Myanmar, media group says

A total of 135 journalists have been arrested in Myanmar since the Feb. 1, 2021, military coup that overthrew civilian…

3 years ago

Philippine, Chinese foreign ministers hold talks amid South China Sea tensions

The top diplomats of the Philippines and China met over the weekend in a Chinese district and exchanged views on…

3 years ago

Myanmar’s Magway region suffers under military’s March offensive

Myanmar’s military killed as many as a dozen civilians and arrested nearly 30 others in restive Magway region in the…

3 years ago

Cambodian police deny reports of Thais being held against their will in the country

Cambodian authorities Friday denied media reports that Thai citizens are being held against their will in Cambodia by criminal gangs,…

3 years ago

Cambodian election authority removes opposition candidates from list

Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC) has removed more than 100 candidates from the opposition Candlelight Party from the list of…

3 years ago

Musician fears beloved Burmese bamboo xylophone will be a casualty of COVID, coup

Kyaw Myint, an 83-year-old musician from Yangon, Myanmar's largest city and culture center, fears that among the country’s many losses…

3 years ago

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