South Asia

Forced to work as maids in Saudi Arabia, Cambodians beg to be repatriated

Dozens of Cambodian women trafficked to work as maids in Saudi Arabia are demanding that…

Upbeat video casts Kim Jong Un as North Korea’s father figure

An upbeat and unusually high quality propaganda music video coming out of North Korea purports…

In Tibet, parents plead for children to help collect caterpillar fungus

It’s caterpillar fungus harvesting season in Tibet, and parents have staged protests urging Chinese authorities…

Cambodia will not negotiate over Funan Techo canal: Hun Sen

Cambodia’s leader Hun Sen has said that his country would not negotiate with Vietnam over…

In reversal, China now wants to preserve Kashgar’s Old City

In an about-face, Xinjiang’s highest legislative body has issued new regulations to protect Kashgar’s Old…

Junta recruits another 300 Rohingya in new round of conscription

More than 300 Rohingya men from villages near Rakhine state’s capital have been forced by…

2 teachers jailed for criticizing authorities on social media

Two Vietnamese teachers were sentenced to prison on Wednesday in separate cases for criticizing authorities…

Vietnam should ask Cambodia to delay canal project: experts

Participants at a Vietnamese-sponsored consultation have suggested that Hanoi should ask Phnom Penh to delay…

Uyghur butcher served 7 years in jail for urging friends not to drink alcohol or smoke

A Uyghur butcher serving a seven-year prison sentence in southern Xinjiang for advising friends not…

Blinken to visit China amid claims about Russia support

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China on Wednesday, according to a…

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