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U.S. not seeking to create “Asian NATO,” defense secretary says

The U.S. Defense Secretary emphasized partnership as the main priority for the American security strategy in the Indo-Pacific during a…

2 years ago

Chinese rubber company detains Laos farmer trying to sell crop outside province

Employees of a Chinese-owned rubber company in rural Laos illegally stopped a local rubber tree farmer trying to sell his…

2 years ago

Seven Uyghur staffers from sports school in Xinjiang serving up to 5 years in prison

Authorities in northwestern China’s Xinjiang region sentenced seven Uyghur teachers at a sports school in Kashgar to jail terms of…

2 years ago

Guards deny female inmates drinking water after protest in Myanmar’s Insein Prison

Authorities in Myanmar’s notorious Insein Prison have cut off the drinking water supply to the cells of female political prisoners…

2 years ago

Myanmar’s junta yet to send execution orders for former lawmaker, democracy activist

Myanmar’s ruling military junta has not issued execution orders for a former lawmaker from the deposed government and a prominent…

2 years ago

Hong Kong investigative news agency FactWire shuts down, citing ‘great change.’

The Hong Kong-based investigative news agency FactWire announced its closure on Friday, the latest in a line of cutting-edge media…

2 years ago

Four villagers hurt as hundreds protest over cemetery project in central Vietnam

Four people were hurt in clashes with police as hundreds of mostly female protesters wrapped themselves in Vietnamese flags to…

2 years ago

Thai school reopens for Myanmar children after 2-year COVID lockdown

The Sukkahansa (Happy and Joy) Learning Center, located in Thailand’s Mae Sot district along the Myanmar border, welcomed Burmese children…

2 years ago

Swimming, or drowning, in the Chinese tide

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi recently visited the Solomon Islands and seven other South Pacific nations, part of leader Xi…

2 years ago

North Korea makes school uniforms in inter-Korean industrial zone without permission

Some North Korean students will show up for school this summer decked out in high-quality uniforms made in a South…

2 years ago

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