South Asia

Vietnam Communist Party head says officials in bribery scandal apologized

Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Vietnam Communist Party, has said that two senior officials caught in a recent…

3 years ago

Arrests in Rakhine raise fears of renewed conflict between military, Arakan Army

Residents in western Myanmar’s Rakhine state are increasingly on edge, worried that fighting between the military and the Arakan Army…

3 years ago

China steps up anti-NATO rhetoric ahead of Madrid summit, citing ‘Cold War’ ethos

China is stepping up anti-NATO rhetoric ahead of the military alliance's summit next week, calling it a "product of the…

3 years ago

Former journalists for Hong Kong’s folded Apple Daily take reporting to social media

One year after the paper was forced to shut down and several senior editors arrested by national security police, former…

3 years ago

Cambodia’s Hun Sen changes birth year to align with the lucky Year of the Dragon

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen is now a year younger after he changed his official birthdate to Aug. 5, 1952,…

3 years ago

UN expert: Member-states should engage with NUG to find Myanmar crisis solution

Other United Nations member-states should follow Malaysia’s lead and engage with Myanmar’s parallel civilian National Unity Government in efforts to…

3 years ago

‘After the Apple Daily shut down, I couldn’t write another word’

One year after the pro-democracy Apple Daily newspaper was forced to close amid an investigation by national security police, its…

3 years ago

Experts raise concern about implementation of US law on Uyghur forced labor

A U.S. law that bans the importation of products from Xinjiang in China in response to allegations that Uyghurs in…

3 years ago

Myanmar junta representative attends ASEAN defense meeting

A representative of Myanmar’s military regime attended the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh on…

3 years ago

Protest in Malawi over Chinese video showing children saying anti-Black racial slur

Civic groups in Lilongwe, Malawi, marched in protest over the actions of Chinese national Lu Ke, who was arrested by…

3 years ago

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