Middle East

Southeast Asia’s ‘narco-state’ and ‘scam-states’ undercut authoritarian rule boasts

The year 2023 has been one of disorder in Southeast Asia.  War is still raging in Myanmar, where perhaps thousands…

10 months ago

Myanmar junta kills 7-year-old in northern airstrike

A junta airstrike on a village in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing region killed a seven-year-old girl, residents told Radio Free Asia…

10 months ago

Escaped North Koreans urge China to stop the ‘genocide’ of forced repatriation

They were brought together on a cold November morning by Beijing’s recent decision to send at least 500 North Korean…

10 months ago

The limits of a Russia-China partnership that claims to have none

Three weeks before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine last year, President Vladimir Putin traveled to Beijing for the opening ceremony…

10 months ago

Two dead, 3 injured in airstrikes on central Myanmar village

A junta jet dropped bombs and opened fire with machine guns on civilians in three townships killing two women and…

10 months ago

Ancient theatrical tradition falls on hard times in crisis-torn Myanmar

For 145 years, the Myanmar city of Pyapon has marked the end of the rainy season with a performance of…

10 months ago

Chairwoman and 85 accomplices indicted in high-profile corruption case

Vietnam on Friday issued an indictment against the principal suspect and 85 alleged accomplices in the high-profile Saigon Joint Stock…

10 months ago

Shelling kills 3, including a child, in Myanmar’s Mandalay region

Heavy weaponry in central Myanmar killed three civilians, residents told Radio Free Asia on Thursday. Junta troops fired a shell…

10 months ago

Pro-Beijing ‘thugs’ tormented Xi protesters, activists say

China’s embassy and consulates in the United States bused hundreds of pro-Beijing counter-protesters to San Francisco last month to violently…

10 months ago

Artillery hits children playing, killing girl in western Myanmar

Heavy shelling killed a child and injured five others in western Myanmar, locals told Radio Free Asia on Monday.  An…

10 months ago

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