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Monasteries, churches are not spared from Myanmar’s conflict

Nearly 100 religious buildings have been destroyed in two regions and two states in Myanmar more than a year after…

3 years ago

Cambodian opposition activists spend New Year’s holiday suffering in prison

Three activists affiliated with Cambodia’s banned opposition party are spending the New Year’s holiday in jail, with the wife of…

3 years ago

Taiwanese rights activist home from China after five-year ‘subversion’ jail term

Taiwanese rights activist and NGO worker Lee Ming-cheh has arrived home on the democratic island following his release at the…

3 years ago

China conducts major military drills as US lawmakers visit Taiwan

The Chinese military conducted a large multi-force exercise on Friday morning around Taiwan, just hours after U.S. lawmakers arrived for…

3 years ago

Owners facing COVID-19 isolation in Shanghai scramble to save pets from ‘disposal’

Residents of Shanghai are banding together to save each other's pets from being killed as the COVID-19 lockdown in the…

3 years ago

Rebel soldiers push back Myanmar forces from strategic town in Kayin state

Karen rebels used heavy artillery to beat back a push by Myanmar junta forces to take Kayin state’s “peace town”…

3 years ago

Myanmar anti-junta leader said to have been tortured to death

An anti-regime People’s Defense Force leader in Yangon was allegedly tortured to death by members of the Myanmar military and…

3 years ago

North Koreans pay for sons to spend military service in cushy capital posts

Military officials in North Korea are taking bribes from the parents of new recruits, promising to assign their children to…

3 years ago

Former Myanmar army officer calls Rohingya crackdown ‘genocide,’ offers to testify

Captain Nay Myo Thet served in Myanmar’s military for nearly six years in Rakhine state but defected in December and relocated to an…

3 years ago

Tibetan language advocate barred from hotels in Tibet

UPDATED at 12:15 A.M. ET on 2022-04-15 A Tibetan activist traveling to promote language rights in Tibetan areas of western…

3 years ago

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