East Asia

Alarming Pollution in Yangtze River in Wuhan, China

The Yangtze River, China’s longest and most iconic waterway, has recently experienced a significant drop in water levels, revealing an…

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Fresh Chinese support may not be enough to save Myanmar junta

Myanmar’s military dictator, Min Aung Hlaing, returned from a five-day trip to China, his first since the February 2021 coup,…

15 hours ago

Kim Jong Un wants North Korea to mass produce suicide drones

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wants the country to begin mass production of suicide drones, raising concerns that Pyongyang…

2 days ago

Myanmar’s Kachin rebels stop rare earth exports to China

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese.An ethnic minority insurgent group in Myanmar has closed crossings it controls on…

3 days ago

China hawk Marco Rubio nominated for US secretary of state

WASHINGTON – Marco Rubio, a strident foreign policy “hawk” when it comes to relations with China, has been nominated by…

4 days ago

Jakarta seeks to contain fallout from South China Sea agreement with Beijing

JAKARTA – Indonesia is seeking to contain the fallout from a maritime cooperation agreement with China that analysts say appears…

4 days ago

China hawk to steer Trump’s national security

Michael Waltz, a Republican congressman from Florida, will be President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for national security advisor-- a position in…

5 days ago

Hong Kong ‘upgrades’ lamppost that matched Tiananmen massacre date

Authorities in Hong Kong have been going to extraordinary lengths to avoid shining a light on some of the more…

6 days ago

Chinese state TV drama about Xi’s father fails to impress

China’s state broadcaster has launched a historical TV show with an all-star cast dramatizing the role of President Xi Jinping’s…

7 days ago

Jailed Tibetan community leader denied retrial

Read a version of this story in Tibetan Chinese authorities in Tibet have denied to retry an envirnomental activist who…

1 week ago

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