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A scuffle broke out when local residents resisted plans to demolish the nursing home and evict elderly residents.

Mahouts and their elephants help sick, young and elderly villagers displaced by conflict cross a deep river in Myanmar's remote Kachin state. Violence between ...

The endangered Asian giant softshell turtle is returning to its natural habitat thanks to help from the local community.

Jamyang Tenzin has spent most of the last eight years in prison or police detention.

The protesters are angry over plans by the Chinese government to phase out teaching in the Mongolian language.

Many Mongolians see the new language policy as a next step in Beijing’s efforts toward “cultural genocide” among Mongolians.

China is destroying burial grounds where generations of Uyghur families have been laid to rest, leaving behind human bones and broken tombs in what activists ...

The children were collecting firewood when the blast occurred.

Authorities in Changchun are investigating the blasts as criminal acts.

Police say they ruled out a ‘terrorist act.’

The collapse of a saddle dam at the US$ 1 billion Xe Pian Xe Namnoy hydropower project on July 23 triggered devastating floods that left 40 people dead, 96 ...

They say their crops and livestock have suffered.

The city’s overburdened and poorly regulated power grid is a big part of the problem.

While a plate piled high with hairy, palm-sized tarantulas is the stuff of nightmares for some, garlic fried spiders are a coveted treat in Cambodia. But they ...

The city’s Star Ferry service has been in operation for more than 100 years.

Cambodia’s tourism ministry says 2.2 million foreign tourists visited the 12th century temple last year. That’s a drop of nearly 15 percent from the previous ...

Local sources told RFA that the fire spread rapidly among the homes, most of which were made of wood.

An ornate straw dragon stuffed with hundreds of incense sticks makes its way through Pok Fu Lam village in Hong Kong – part of a traditional celebration of ...

The unrest continues despite Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam’s withdrawal this week of an extradition bill that sparked the protests.

It's part of an effort to revive cinema in the South East Asian country.

The Don Sahong dam faces opposition from neighboring nations Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. They’re concerned about the threat it poses to fish migration.

The fishermen were protesting after they were barred from fishing in a nearby lake – evidently because the lake had become too polluted.

Environmental activists have called on Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to put an immediate halt to the development of Boeung Tamok Lake.

But the children say catching fish is getting harder. Fishermen in the region use explosives and electric shock devices, depleting fish stocks.

They thought they accepted high paying jobs. Instead, they found themselves trapped at sea in dangerous and maddening surroundings.

A military turboplane crashed while on a routine flight near the capital, Naypyidaw, killing all five crew members onboard.

Scores of children are killed and maimed each year in Myanmar’s long-running ethnic wars. According to RFA reporting, at least four civilians have been killed ...

Authorities ‘encourage’ citizens to hang gold-starred banners from their windows during the lunar New Year holiday.

Some farmers have replanted their flowers, but it’s uncertain if the plants will bloom before Tet starts later this month.

The flooding occurred after the spillway for the Swar dam in central Myanmar’s Bago region collapsed due to heavy seasonal rain.