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China bans monks, aid workers from visiting quake-hit areas of Tibet

Chinese authorities in Tibet have forbidden aid workers and Buddhist monks from entering areas of…

Dozens missing in mudslide at Myanmar jade mine

A mudslide at a Myanmar jade mine swept over a village on Monday and eight…

Unexploded WWII bombs plague Palau amid US military build-up

Read this story at BenarNewsPELELIU, Palau — Palauan Sharla Paules surveys the contaminated ground of…

Thailand lets autocratic neighbors hunt down opponents on its soil

Even by Cambodian standards, it was a brazen attack on an opposition figure., a 56-year-old…

Man wanted in Lim Kimya murder is Cambodian official’s brother, records show

A Cambodian man who is wanted by Thai police in connection to the murder of…

Myanmar junta bans 7 books with LGBTQ+ themes

Myanmar has banned seven books because of their LGBTQ+ content and will take legal action…

Dalai Lama says no reason to be angry at China over Tibet quake

Read RFA coverage of this story in Tibetan. In a prayer ceremony for victims of…

Myanmar junta bombs Rohingya Muslim village killing 41, rescuers say

The Myanmar air force has bombed a fishing village in Rakhine state killing 41 civilians…

Landowners restrict public access to hundreds of religious sites in Myanmar’s Bagan

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese.Around 400 ancient religious monuments in Myanmar’s U.N.-designated…

Myanmar’s Kachin rebels take key town on approach to Bhamo

Ethnic minority Kachin fighters in northern Myanmar captured military camps on the approaches to the…

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