East Asia

Southeast Asia remains world rice bowl as pockets of region suffer crop disasters

Rice crops in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar have taken a hit from flooding and conflict this year, casting a shadow…

2 years ago

Chinese sportswear brand apologizes after fashion likened to Japanese WWII uniforms

Chinese sportswear brand Li-Ning has apologized after some of its latest fashion clothing sparked public anger in China over a…

2 years ago

Top Vietnamese leader heading to China on Sunday to meet Xi

Vietnam’s top leader Nguyen Phu Trong will travel to China on Sunday to visit President Xi Jinping, the first foreign…

2 years ago

Protests spread in Lhasa over COVID-19 restrictions

Protests over COVID-19 restrictions in the Tibetan capital Lhasa spread to at least four different areas of the city Thursday,…

2 years ago

Laos to grant honorary citizenship to foreigners who invest US$1.5 million

Laos will allow foreign nationals to acquire honorary citizenship if they donate and invest roughly U.S. $1.5 million, but critics…

2 years ago

Xi Jinping’s extended term as supreme leader sparks warning to China’s ethnic groups

Xi Jinping's third term in office as Chinese Communist Party supreme leader will likely mean more suffering for ethnic minority…

2 years ago

Military jets bomb concert in northern Myanmar, killing at least 50

Military jets bombed a concert northern Myanmar commemorating the founding of an ethnic political group on Monday, killing at least…

2 years ago

Interview: ‘History is something you want to be on the right side of’

Since its founding in 1986, the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity has striven “to combat indifference, intolerance and injustice through…

2 years ago

China’s Xi Jinping gets third term, packs ruling committee with loyal ‘minions’

China's ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping began a third five-year term in office on Sunday, packing the all-powerful Politburo…

2 years ago

Outside of China, concern exceeds optimism as Xi Jinping begins third term as ruler

The Chinese Communist Party wrapped up its 20th National Congress at the weekend, granting an unprecedented third five-year term to…

2 years ago

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