East Asia

Authorities cut power to Ukrainian cultural seminar in Vietnam’s capital

Authorities in Vietnam’s capital cut power to a building hosting a Ukrainian cultural seminar over the weekend, sources said Monday,…

2 years ago

Did China’s Belt and Road Initiative destroy Sri Lanka?

On July 9, 2022, hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters came out on the streets of Colombo and occupied the…

2 years ago

Parliamentarians call for sanctions on Chinese firms over sales to Russia

An international alliance of lawmakers has called on more countries to blacklist Chinese companies accused of providing military-industrial support for…

2 years ago

Vietnamese Facebook activist’s family speak out about his ‘secret trial’

Facebook activist Nguyen Duc Hung’s family say he was denied visitors and they only found out about his five-and-a-half-year sentence…

2 years ago

Global heating, human development could drive future waves of disease in east Asia

Global heating is leading dozens of bat species to migrate to southern China and southeast Asian countries, amid growing concerns…

2 years ago

Belt and Road becomes ball and chain for Chinese construction workers

They signed up at job fairs to work as carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers and painters at a housing project in the…

2 years ago

Indonesia: Unity among G20 needed to avoid ‘catastrophic’ crisis in developing world

Indonesia's finance minister said Friday it is imperative that G20 countries are united in dealing with a looming food crisis…

2 years ago

Auto parts are a hot commodity in a North Korea cut off from new supplies

Thieves in North Korea are scouring the city for cars to strip, as a severe parts shortage grips the country…

2 years ago

Lao fishermen return to Malaysia, despite risks

Thousands of Laotians are once again leaving their home country to work in the Malaysian fishing industry, where they are…

2 years ago

Concerns remain over the health of journalists, writers jailed in China: RSF

Five years after the death of Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo from advanced liver cancer during an 11-year prison sentence…

2 years ago

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