South Asia

Myanmar rebels capture last military post on Bangladesh border

Ethnic minority insurgents have captured the last Myanmar military position on the border with Bangladesh…

Dissident US monk faces terrorism charge in Myanmar

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese.A Myanmar court has charged a dissident Buddhist…

Myanmar’s Arakan Army captures Ann town, focus now on army HQ

Insurgents in Myanmar’s Rakhine state have captured the military’s last posts in Ann town and…

Kachin, Shan residents face hardships as China and Myanmar block trade

Read a version of this story in Burmese.Closures along Myanmar’s shared border with China have…

Insurgents in Myanmar’s Chin state capture four military camps, group says

By RFA Burmese Ethnic minority insurgents battling Myanmar’s junta in Chin state have captured four…

China probes top military official Miao Hua for ‘serious violations of discipline’

The ruling Chinese Communist Party has placed Miao Hua, a high-ranking defense official, under investigation…

Volkswagen sells Xinjiang plant linked to Uyghur force labor

German automaker Volkswagen said Wednesday that it has sold its operations in northwest China’s Xinjiang…

EXPLAINED: Who are Myanmar’s Arakan Army?

The Arakan Army insurgent group in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state has made rapid advances against…

Cambodia, Laos sack foreign ministers in preparation for more combative geopolitics

On Nov. 19, Sok Chenda Sophea, who was only brought in as Cambodia’s foreign minister…

Cambodian trafficking victim describes forced marriage, abuse in China

Sok Suosdey had always worked hard to help support her family in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey…

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