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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Lao fishermen return to Malaysia, despite risks

Thousands of Laotians are once again leaving their home country to work in the Malaysian…

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…

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…

Vietnamese police try to stamp out religious sect

The police have been working for the past year to eliminate a religious sect based…

China’s Xi Jinping makes unannounced visit to Xinjiang

Chinese President Xi Jinping made an unannounced visit to the Xinjiang capital of Urumqi this…

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