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At least 30,000 people have fled fighting in Demoso and Loikaw since the weekend, aid groups say.

Only one or two students enroll in some schools, while in others a teacher shortage prevents reopening.

Revenue from sales will be used by Myanmar's military rulers to buy weapons instead of meeting people's needs, rights groups say.

The agreement was forced on Tibet by China, which threatened all-out war if Tibetan negotiators didn't bow to Beijing's demands.

Junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing says the Rohingya are not a recognized ethnic group in Myanmar and will not be allowed to return to their homes in ...

The owner of the pro-democracy newspaper, Jimmy Lai, is in jail. And Chinese authorities have made no secret of their desire to see the paper close.

Each Pyongyang household must report the number of TVs they own, and they face stiff punishments for hiding them.

Mihray Erkin was forced to return to the region in 2019 and died in detention the following year.

Video of the explosion indicates a likely deliberate bomb attack on a government building, commentators say.

A young Myanmar resistance fighter talks about joining the Bago People’s Defense Army to fight the military junta.

Taiwanese documentary film-maker and festival curator Wood Lin explains why he led a recent festival with protest films out of Hong Kong.

Overcrowded conditions are leading to mass outbreaks in the facilities, the groups say.

The three workers were punished for leaving Laos’ Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone to buy food, despite orders not to leave the area.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Hanoi flew home fishermen within a couple of months of their detention, Jakarta said.

Do Le Na, wife of a jailed 'unapproved' candidate for election to the National Assembly, said that election workers came to her home, urging her to vote.

The regional bloc's failure to take follow-up action on Myanmar is wasting time and costing lives, rights groups and analysts say.

Four dead and eight wounded after junta attacks church in Kayah state.

The Southeast Asian nation has seen a surge in fighting in Kayah and Shan states since the military ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi in a coup on ...

Illnesses and deaths have long been reported among workers at foreign-owned banana farms in Laos.

Officials say safety standards must be improved, as journalists suggest corruption was involved.

Within weeks of accepting global recognition and responsibility, India’s health system was shaken by an unprecedented increase in COVID-19 infections.

Yuan Longping is lauded in state media as the 'father of hybrid rice,' with detractors rounded up by police.

“Frankly speaking, if we are fired at, we will have to shoot back,” said a Chin villager.

Political interference keeps activists in jail, but frees the wealthy and connected.

"We both are deeply concerned about the situation," Joe Biden says after talks with Seoul's Moon Jae-in.

The title is granted by royal decree to anyone who contributes at least U.S. $500,000 to the government.

Meanwhile, some self-nominated candidates remain in detention.

Local sources told RFA that more than a dozen truckloads of government troops entered Daw Ngan Khar village on Friday and opened fire.

The factories that drive China's dominant share of global production of polysilicon, a key component of the photovoltaic cells in solar panels that convert ...

Policy rifts divide trading partners, raising risks for energy and commodity deals.