East Asia

China’s Xi Jinping makes unannounced visit to Xinjiang

Chinese President Xi Jinping made an unannounced visit to the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi this week, state media reported Thursday,…

2 years ago

North Korea creates, smears refugees

North Korea has reclassified refugees who have resettled in South Korea as “traitorous puppets” in order to impose harsher punishments…

2 years ago

Chinese homebuyers withdraw mortgage repayments in protest at stalled construction

Homebuyers across China are threatening a mortgage payment strike in protest at stalled construction of off-plan properties by major developers…

2 years ago

Cambodian diplomat’s concubines employed by soccer club shareholder

There’s another plot twist in Chinese-businessman-turned-Cambodian diplomat Wang Yaohui’s secretive investment in a prominent English soccer club. RFA can reveal…

2 years ago

Myanmar junta chief calls for improved ties in talks with Russian defense ministry

Myanmar junta chief Snr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing held talks with officials from Russia’s Ministry of Defense in Moscow this…

2 years ago

Dwindling freedoms, rolling lockdowns spark growing desire to ‘run’ from China

Linghu Changbing has been on the run from China for three years, using his Twitter account to post an account…

2 years ago

China lashes out as U.S. Navy destroyer sails near disputed islands

A U.S. Navy Freedom of Navigation Operation (FONOP) near the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday has…

2 years ago

Chinese-American author slams movie distributors over lack of ‘One Second’ credit

Chinese-American author Geling Yan has hit out at the companies involved in releasing a Zhang Yimou film based on one…

2 years ago

Hong Kong to get China-style COVID-19 app, sparking fears of totalitarian control

Hong Kong will impose a China-style COVID-19 app on the city's seven million residents, sparking fears of ever-increasing state control…

2 years ago

Refugees International: Thailand should allow delivery of humanitarian aid to Myanmar

Thailand should allow delivery of cross-border humanitarian aid into Myanmar and not push back people seeking refuge from threats to…

2 years ago

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