Need cash? Go block a road! China’s rural elderly demand money from passing truck
China

Need cash? Go block a road! China’s rural elderly demand money from passing truck

The clip shows older rural residents asking for “tolls” on a highway in the northern province of Hebei.

Opposition group denounces Russia’s assistance to Myanmar’s junta
Myanmar

Opposition group denounces Russia’s assistance to Myanmar’s junta

‘Russia blatantly supporting and advocating for the terrorist regime’ is prolonging the suffering, it says.

New government hotline in Laos is unpopular as callers fear retribution
Laos

New government hotline in Laos is unpopular as callers fear retribution

Others say they have no confidence authorities will address problem

Junta pilot and trainee killed in Myanmar military helicopter crash
Myanmar

Junta pilot and trainee killed in Myanmar military helicopter crash

Engine failure believed to be behind the fatal accident.

Canada freezes ties with China development bank
China

Canada freezes ties with China development bank

Communication chief accuses Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank of being run by Communist Party ‘hacks’.

China

Digger plows into grasslands protesters in China, injuring ethnic Mongolian herder

Residents say officials sold their grazing lands out from under them

Canada freezes ties with China development bank
China

Canada freezes ties with China development bank

Communication chief accuses Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank of being run by Communist Party ‘hacks’.

Vietnamese security personnel continue their search for suspects in the attacks on the headquarters of two people’s committees in Dak Lak province on June 11, 2023.
Vietnam

Vietnamese police arrest more than 50 in attacks on commune offices

2023-06-16

Authorities say raids were carried out by young people with delusions and extremist attitudes.

South Korean social media influencer Byun Ah-yeong is said to have died after being injected with something at an unlicensed clinic in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Cambodia

Cambodia charges two Chinese with the murder of South Korean influencer

2023-06-16

Clinic had been operating without a license; woman’s body was found on outskirts of capital

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Flying into flak

Flying into flak

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Farmers say higher prices in post-coup Myanmar make it hard for them to turn a profit

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US given ‘unimpeded access’ to Papua New Guinea bases in defense agreement
Pacific

US given ‘unimpeded access’ to Papua New Guinea bases in defense agreement

U.S. will be able to ‘stage and deploy’ troops and vessels from 6 key facilities.

Pro-democracy demonstrators gather to sing songs and chant slogans during a singing rally of “Glory to Hong Kong” at a shopping mall in Yuen Long district in Hong Kong on Sept. 12, 2019.
China

Banned protest anthem 'Glory to Hong Kong' pulled from global streaming services

Spotify says the song -- which may be subject to a court injunction -- was taken down by its distributor.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken presents Mech Dara with the TIP Report Hero award at the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report at the State Department in Washington.
Cambodia

Cambodian journalist wins award for cyber-scam stories

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, rear left, and China's President Xi Jinping applaud as Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki, and Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, attend a signing ceremony in Beijing, June 14, 2023. During his visit this week to China, President Abbas voiced support for China’s policies in the far western region of Xinjiang, where the United Nations has found credible patterns of torture and ill treatment against the mostly Muslim Uyghurs living there.
China

Palestinian leader supports China’s Uyghur policies in joint statement

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping shake hands with leaders at the BRICS summit in Goa, India, Oct. 16, 2016.
China

India and China in tit-for-tat row over journalists

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China

In China, AI cameras alert police when a banner is unfurled

In China, AI cameras alert police when a banner is unfurled

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