Analysts warn China's retail investors over share-buying stampede
China

Analysts warn China's retail investors over share-buying stampede

China's 'leeks' are ripe for cutting, as individual investors pin hopes on a bull market.

Myanmar military transfers prisoners as insurgents advance
Myanmar

Myanmar military transfers prisoners as insurgents advance

The inmates were jailed for suspected links to Arakan Army insurgents battling to capture Rakhine state.

Marshall Islands wins Human Rights Council seat with climate, nuclear justice agenda
Pacific

Marshall Islands wins Human Rights Council seat with climate, nuclear justice agenda

President Hilda Heine says all nations must be accountable 'without exception or double standard.'

Biden misses regional summits for second straight year
SE Asia Region

Biden misses regional summits for second straight year

The president’s repeated absence raises questions about US commitment towards Southeast Asia.

Vietnam plans new undersea cables amid security concerns
Vietnam

Vietnam plans new undersea cables amid security concerns

Using a Chinese company would have regional defense implications, an analyst says.

China

Taiwan ‘determined’ to protect its democratic way of life

President Lai Ching-te vows to ‘resist annexation or encroachment’ by China while maintaining Taiwan’s freedoms.

Vietnam plans new undersea cables amid security concerns
Vietnam

Vietnam plans new undersea cables amid security concerns

Using a Chinese company would have regional defense implications, an analyst says.

Tibet

Young female Tibetan cricketer breaks into India’s cricket scene

2024-10-10

Jetsun Narbu, 19, aims to join the national team while highlighting her Tibetan heritage.

In the country’s east, key ethnic armies who have all gained ground against a weakened military, support a federal model — as depicted in this illustration — but with conditions.
Myanmar

As fighting wears on, many in Myanmar are focused on a new government

2024-10-09

For decades, federalism seemed like a distant dream. The war has made it a possibility.

Explainers

EXPLAINED: Are North Korean troops going to help Russia in Ukraine?

EXPLAINED: Are North Korean troops going to help Russia in Ukraine?

Asia Fact Check Lab

Media Watch: Taiwanese YouTubers’ visit to Xinjiang, genuine or propaganda?

Media Watch: Taiwanese YouTubers’ visit to Xinjiang, genuine or propaganda?

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Drugmakers rely on supplies using Uyghur forced labor: report
Uyghur

Drugmakers rely on supplies using Uyghur forced labor: report

Despite US laws, even 2 US government agencies are guilty of linkages, C4ADS says.

Activist and founder of FreeHub Nguyen Ho Nhat Thanh, left, poses with scholar Nguyen Quang A in an undated photo.
Vietnam

Police question students of shuttered Vietnamese education company

Authorities accuse FreeHub, which closed late last year, of having ‘toppling schemes.’

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Dafna Rand, at the opening session of the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference, Sept. 30, 2024.
China

Transnational repression endangers Americans: US diplomat

The junta airstrikes on June 18, 2024 destroyed buildings in Kan Seik village of Toungup township in Rakhine state.
Myanmar

‘Direct hit’ airstrike on homes kills 15 civilians in Myanmar’s Rakhine state

Chinese President Xi Jinping, left, sits next to former Premier Wen Jiabao at the National Day reception, Oct. 1, 2024.
China

Chinese markets in turmoil amid stimulus hopes

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