Daily Reports

Thousands flee fighting in Myanmar’s heartland

Read RFA’s coverage of this topic in BurmeseFierce fighting between junta troops and rebels in central Myanmar’s Sagaing region over…

1 month ago

Myanmar’s Kachin rebels stop rare earth exports to China

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese.An ethnic minority insurgent group in Myanmar has closed crossings it controls on…

1 month ago

China hawk Marco Rubio nominated for US secretary of state

WASHINGTON – Marco Rubio, a strident foreign policy “hawk” when it comes to relations with China, has been nominated by…

1 month ago

Jakarta seeks to contain fallout from South China Sea agreement with Beijing

JAKARTA – Indonesia is seeking to contain the fallout from a maritime cooperation agreement with China that analysts say appears…

1 month ago

China hawk to steer Trump’s national security

Michael Waltz, a Republican congressman from Florida, will be President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for national security advisor-- a position in…

1 month ago

Myanmar junta bombs insurgent-held gem-mining hub killing 9

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese.Junta forces bombed a famous ruby-mining town under insurgent control in central Myanmar…

1 month ago

Hong Kong ‘upgrades’ lamppost that matched Tiananmen massacre date

Authorities in Hong Kong have been going to extraordinary lengths to avoid shining a light on some of the more…

1 month ago

Minister in Myanmar’s ousted government dies days after release

Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. A former minister in Aung San Suu Kyi’s ousted government has died…

1 month ago

Chinese state TV drama about Xi’s father fails to impress

China’s state broadcaster has launched a historical TV show with an all-star cast dramatizing the role of President Xi Jinping’s…

1 month ago

Perhaps it would be better if Myanmar’s civil war became a ‘forgotten conflict’

It’s become fashionable in some quarters to suggest the three-year-old Myanmar civil war might be solvable if only more people…

1 month ago

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