ASEAN

Russian PM wants closer economic cooperation with Vietnam after trade rises 24%

Updated Jan. 14, 2025, 06:55 a.m. ET.Vietnam and Russia are reaping the benefits of a free trade deal at a…

1 week ago

Dozens missing in mudslide at Myanmar jade mine

A mudslide at a Myanmar jade mine swept over a village on Monday and eight people were confirmed killed with…

1 week ago

Unexploded WWII bombs plague Palau amid US military build-up

Read this story at BenarNewsPELELIU, Palau — Palauan Sharla Paules surveys the contaminated ground of her lush tropical home island…

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Thailand lets autocratic neighbors hunt down opponents on its soil

Even by Cambodian standards, it was a brazen attack on an opposition figure., a 56-year-old Thai-based Lao democracy activist who…

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Man wanted in Lim Kimya murder is Cambodian official’s brother, records show

A Cambodian man who is wanted by Thai police in connection to the murder of a former opposition lawmaker is…

2 weeks ago

Myanmar junta bans 7 books with LGBTQ+ themes

Myanmar has banned seven books because of their LGBTQ+ content and will take legal action against their publishers, the military…

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Myanmar junta bombs Rohingya Muslim village killing 41, rescuers say

The Myanmar air force has bombed a fishing village in Rakhine state killing 41 civilians and wounding 52, most of…

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Landowners restrict public access to hundreds of religious sites in Myanmar’s Bagan

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese.Around 400 ancient religious monuments in Myanmar’s U.N.-designated World Heritage Site of Bagan…

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Myanmar’s Kachin rebels take key town on approach to Bhamo

Ethnic minority Kachin fighters in northern Myanmar captured military camps on the approaches to the major town of Bhamo on…

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Thai police: Former Cambodian opposition lawmaker fatally shot in Bangkok

A former opposition party lawmaker was fatally shot just after arriving in Bangkok from Cambodia’s Siem Reap province, apparently by…

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