Myanmar junta chief missing from public view after drone attack
Myanmar

Myanmar junta chief missing from public view after drone attack

Deputy Sr. Gen. Soe Win has not been reported in public since April 3.

Uyghur butcher served 7 years in jail for urging friends not to drink alcohol or smoke
Uyghur

Uyghur butcher served 7 years in jail for urging friends not to drink alcohol or smoke

He is the first to be released from jail alive in southern Kashgar village

Junta forces Rohingyas to protest ethnic rebels in Myanmar’s Rakhine state
Myanmar

Junta forces Rohingyas to protest ethnic rebels in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

Those who refuse to denounce the Arakan Army are made to pay fines.

US report: ‘Ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya took place last year
Myanmar

US report: ‘Ethnic cleansing’ of Rohingya took place last year

The annual US human rights report also says that Uyghurs remain in internment camps in China.

Smuggling of used cars into North Korea rises amid post-COVID demand
North Korea

Smuggling of used cars into North Korea rises amid post-COVID demand

Vehicles are being driven across the narrow upper reaches of the Yalu River, sources said.

Myanmar

At Myanmar camp for displaced, hundreds struggle as rainy season looms

An escalating battle between junta troops and ethnic rebels means the residents of Pa Law Ta Moe can’t go home.

Smuggling of used cars into North Korea rises amid post-COVID demand
North Korea

Smuggling of used cars into North Korea rises amid post-COVID demand

Vehicles are being driven across the narrow upper reaches of the Yalu River, sources said.

U.S. President Joe Biden visits the Veterans War Memorial in Scranton, Pa., before departing for Pittsburgh on April 17, 2024.
Pacific

Biden’s cannibal remarks send US-Papua New Guinea relations to ‘low point’

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The Pacific nation’s foreign minister says he hopes the White House can put the record straight.

Chinese police argue with Tibetans protesting the seizure of pasture land in Markham county in western China's Tibet Autonomous Region, April 10, 2024.
Tibet

Tibetans say compensation for Chinese land grab is too low

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4 protesters who were arrested are released, but say they were beaten.

Cambodia

Silent struggles plague Cambodian refugees in Bangkok

Silent struggles plague Cambodian refugees in Bangkok

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Does this video show a military convoy in Myanmar’s Rakhine state?

Does this video show a military convoy in Myanmar’s Rakhine state?

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Rebel ambush kills Myanmar junta troops

INTERVIEW: ‘There's exposure across Wall Street’
Uyghur

INTERVIEW: ‘There's exposure across Wall Street’

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi says Americans are unwittingly investing in Chinese entities that abuse human rights.

People walk past an Apple store in Shanghai, China September 13, 2023.
China

Apple takes down WhatsApp, Threads from China app store

Encrypted apps Telegram and Signal are also unavailable in the China app store, according to a censorship tracker.

Employees work on a washing machine production line at a factory for Chinese home appliances and consumer electronics company Haier in Qingdao, in eastern China's Shandong province on February 18, 2024.
China

China urges citizens to buy new appliances to boost consumer spending

Philippine military chief Gen. Romeo Brawner (second from left) and U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Robert Ewing (center) local arms as they lead the opening ceremony of the annual “Balikatan” (Shoulder-to-Shoulder) military drills, at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Philippines, April 22, 2024.
South China Sea

Philippines, US launch yearly large-scale military exercises

Trainees in the first batch of military conscripts attend an opening ceremony for their training session at a compound in Mandalay, Myanmar, in this image released April 8, 2024.
Myanmar

In Myanmar, paying bribes to evade the draft

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Bullets over ballots

Bullets over ballots

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Morale plunges amid setbacks as Myanmar’s junta looks for scapegoats

Morale plunges amid setbacks as Myanmar’s junta looks for scapegoats

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