U.S. sanctions two people, six entities for supplying Myanmar with jet fuel
Myanmar

U.S. sanctions two people, six entities for supplying Myanmar with jet fuel

Without fuel, the junta-led airstrikes on civilians would have been impossible, civil society groups say.

Freed Vietnamese political prisoner says guards made him work in jail without pay
Vietnam

Freed Vietnamese political prisoner says guards made him work in jail without pay

Phan Kim Khanh served a six-year sentence for conducting propaganda against the state.

For founder’s birthday, North Korean cities ordered to decorate streets with flowers
North Korea

For founder’s birthday, North Korean cities ordered to decorate streets with flowers

Some towns are creating paper flowers to make up for a shortage of real ones.

Fighting Beijing's long arm of repression
China

Fighting Beijing's long arm of repression

Activists rely on social media to stay in touch, but this also makes them more vulnerable

China

Former president Ma Ying-jeou’s trip to China undermines Taiwan government: critics

Ma’s visit comes as his opposition Kuomintang chooses rapprochement with Beijing despite rejecting Chinese rule.

A Vietnamese Coast Guard officer monitors China Coast Guard ships in the South China Sea, May 14, 2014.
Vietnam

Chinese coast guard ship chased out of Vietnam waters

2023-03-27

Chinese ship and Vietnamese ship came dangerously close to each other inside Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone.

Protesters wear numbered lanyards around their necks as they march within a cordon to protest against a land reclamation and waste transfer station project in Hong Kong on March 26, 2023.
China

Hong Kong police force protesters to wear numbered badges, march in cordon

2023-03-27

The move is effectively a ‘real-name’ system for demonstrations, putting protesters at risk of reprisals.

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Landmines add to Myanmar misery

Landmines add to Myanmar misery

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“There are no opportunities in the camp,” Rohingya Muslim refugee in Myanmar

China

For female journalists, covering China comes at a cost

For female journalists, covering China comes at a cost
UN water conference ends with hundreds of non-binding commitments
Environment

UN water conference ends with hundreds of non-binding commitments

But conservation groups slam agenda for lacking accountability

Airport customs officers inspect toothpaste tubes containing illegal drugs found in the luggage of four Vietnam Airlines flight attendants at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, March 16, 2023.
Vietnam

Vietnamese weigh in on release of flight attendants nabbed with illegal drugs

Police released them due to a lack of evidence, though they could have received a heavy sentence.

The Chinese ambassador to Myanmar Chen Hai, Myanmar’s union minister Ko Ko Hlaing and others tour a facility for Rohingyas along Myanmar-Bangladesh border on March 9, 2023.
Myanmar

Myanmar junta pledges 15 villages for Rohingya repatriated from Bangladesh

Lee Sothearayuth, Candlelight Party secretary general, is seen in November 2022.
Cambodia

Cambodian news site details phone calls between opposition party official, mistress

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