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Did China’s Belt and Road Initiative destroy Sri Lanka?

On July 9, 2022, hundreds of thousands of anti-government protesters came out on the streets of Colombo and occupied the…

2 years ago

As many as 15 anti-regime teachers arrested in Myanmar

Myanmar’s military junta has been rounding up teachers who are members of the Civil Disobedience Movement (CMD) and have been…

2 years ago

Vietnamese Facebook activist’s family speak out about his ‘secret trial’

Facebook activist Nguyen Duc Hung’s family say he was denied visitors and they only found out about his five-and-a-half-year sentence…

2 years ago

Global heating, human development could drive future waves of disease in east Asia

Global heating is leading dozens of bat species to migrate to southern China and southeast Asian countries, amid growing concerns…

2 years ago

Belt and Road becomes ball and chain for Chinese construction workers

They signed up at job fairs to work as carpenters, bricklayers, plumbers and painters at a housing project in the…

2 years ago

Indonesia: Unity among G20 needed to avoid ‘catastrophic’ crisis in developing world

Indonesia's finance minister said Friday it is imperative that G20 countries are united in dealing with a looming food crisis…

2 years ago

Auto parts are a hot commodity in a North Korea cut off from new supplies

Thieves in North Korea are scouring the city for cars to strip, as a severe parts shortage grips the country…

2 years ago

Lao fishermen return to Malaysia, despite risks

Thousands of Laotians are once again leaving their home country to work in the Malaysian fishing industry, where they are…

2 years ago

Concerns remain over the health of journalists, writers jailed in China: RSF

Five years after the death of Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo from advanced liver cancer during an 11-year prison sentence…

2 years ago

Thousands forced to flee Sagaing airstrikes that killed one and injured two

Around 4,000 locals were forced to flee junta airstrikes on around 15 villages in Myanmar’s northwestern Sagaing region on Thursday.…

2 years ago

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