Mobile phone service cut amid heavy fighting in Myanmar’s Sagaing
Myanmar

Mobile phone service cut amid heavy fighting in Myanmar’s Sagaing

A spokesman for an opposition group said junta forces were trying to disguise their movements.

Missing Tibetan writer said to be detained in prison in China’s Qinghai province
Tibet

Missing Tibetan writer said to be detained in prison in China’s Qinghai province

Gendun Lhundrub was on his way to attend a religious event when he was arrested in December 2020.

US Navy: 'Unit-level errors and omissions' led to grounding of nuclear-powered sub
South China Sea

US Navy: 'Unit-level errors and omissions' led to grounding of nuclear-powered sub

Three top commanders of the USS Connecticut were sacked after the accident in the South China Sea.

Shandong activist incommunicado as veteran dissident Xu Qin is held without trial
China

Shandong activist incommunicado as veteran dissident Xu Qin is held without trial

Friends have had no reply from repeated messages Li Yu, while Xu's trial has been suspended by the local court.

Pregnant women with COVID suffer in North Korea’s run-down medical system
North Korea

Pregnant women with COVID suffer in North Korea’s run-down medical system

Sources report some expectant mothers suffered stillbirths after being placed in makeshift care facilities.

China

Hong Kong activist Benny Tai jailed over voting scheme, cardinal pleads not guilty

Tai gets 10 months for trying to influence elections as Cardinal Joseph Zen and co-defendants get bail, travel ban

Pregnant women with COVID suffer in North Korea’s run-down medical system
North Korea

Pregnant women with COVID suffer in North Korea’s run-down medical system

Sources report some expectant mothers suffered stillbirths after being placed in makeshift care facilities.

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet is seen on a monitor delivering a remote speech during a special session of the UN Human Rights Council on Ukraine, in Geneva, May 12, 2022.The UN rights chief will begin her long-anticipated visit to China on May 23, including to the Xinjiang region where authorities stand accused of widespread violations.
China

UN rights chief lowers expectations for heavily scrutinized visit to Xinjiang

2022-05-23

Uyghurs, Tibetans and Chinese activists fear Michelle Bachelet will fail to take Beijing to task for rights abuses.

(L-R) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wave to the media prior to the Quad meeting at the Kishida's office in Tokyo, May 24, 2022.
South China Sea

Australia, India, Japan and US end 'Quad' summit with eyes on China

2022-05-24

China accuses the group of 'building small cliques and stoking bloc confrontation.'

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Singapore a magnet for cash from politically connected Cambodians

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Monks bless hundreds of endangered baby turtles released into river in Cambodia

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Flickering dreams of democracy

Flickering dreams of democracy
Long lines for gasoline in Laos as shortage worsens
Laos

Long lines for gasoline in Laos as shortage worsens

Rising global prices and the rapid depreciation of the kip are blamed for the crisis at the pump.

A 99-foot tall Buddha statue in Sichuan's Drago county is shown before its destruction.
Tibet

Tibetan monks told to take blame for statue demolitions

Authorities reportedly said that a 99-foot-tall Buddha statue in Drago was too high.

A Rohingya boat is seen stranded on Shwe Thaung Yan Beach in Pathein township in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady region, March 22, 2021.
Myanmar

More than a dozen Rohingya die when boat capsizes off Myanmar coast

Bilal Yaqup (R) and his father, Yaqup Hesen (R), in undated photos.
Uyghur

Xinjiang goldsmith’s death after release from prison is followed by son’s demise

Vietnamese journalist Nguyen Truong Thuy and his wife Pham Thi Lan are shown in a 2015 photo.
Vietnam

Former RFA blogger in failing health in Vietnam jail

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In Myanmar, daily commute gets tougher

In Myanmar, daily commute gets tougher

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North Korean women find their place in the "Atlas of Beauty"

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