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Number of Chinese nationals seeking asylum grows tenfold under Xi Jinping

The number of Chinese nationals seeking political asylum overseas has skyrocketed under ruling Chinese Communist…

Two children killed in explosion in Gangaw Township

Two seven-year-old children were killed when an unexploded ordnance went off while they were playing…

Protestant family of 13 expelled from their village

A family of 13 in Vietnam’s Nghe An province say they are being persecuted by…

Social media comments express ‘shock’ over Tangshan police’s treatment of reporters

Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Tangshan have been obstructing state media journalists after…

Hong Kong’s new leadership to keep up hard line on dissent, political opposition

Hong Kong's new leadership-in-waiting will continue to focus on a "national security" crackdown when it…

North Korean marketplaces go from bustling to empty during pandemic

In the photo of Sinpo Market in Sinuiju, taken on November 2019 (top), the market…

Low wages and soaring inflation push Laotians to Thailand

Hundreds of Laotians are lining up daily outside the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs in…

Rohingya refugees are stuck in limbo a decade after violence forced them to flee

More than 130,000 Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state remain stuck in makeshift camps that…

Cambodian American activist Theary Seng transferred to remote prison

Authorities in Cambodia have transferred Cambodian American democracy activist Theary Seng to a remote prison,…

Charges against Chinese citizens’ movement leader Xu Zhiyong ‘trumped up’: lawyers

Detained democracy activist Xu Zhiyong will stand trial for subversion in the eastern Chinese province…

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