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Protests Erupt in Hong Kong, Police Respond with Tear Gas, Water Cannons

The protesters are angry at plans by Beijing to impose tough national security laws and crack down on dissent in Hong Kong.

Protests in Hong Kong over Bookseller Detention

Lam Wing-kee was blindfolded and interrogated in China for eight months for importing banned books.

#PTGF: The Online World of Hong Kong's Young Sex Workers

For Hong Kong's "part-time girlfriends", social media provides an easy way to connect with clients looking for sex. But campaigners warn that online ...

Pyongyang Academy Hopes to Bring Kim Jong Un Football Success

Currently, North Korea languishes outside the world's top 100 teams.

Pyongyang Style: North Korea Girl Bands Rock China's Border

North Korea has long sent workers abroad to work on construction sites, in logging camps and in restaurants.

Race to Restore Myanmar's Film Classics

The restoration of a 1934 black-and-white action movie has energized efforts to salvage more of Myanmar's decaying cinematic heritage.

Radar Finds Mass Graves From Khmer Rouge Era

A lawnmower-like contraption that deploys ground-penetrating radar is helping to locate the remains of victims of the Khmer Rouge.

Rainbow Snake, Tiny Frog Among New Mekong Species

Scientists fear many species may die out before even being discovered in an area of the world that is rapidly developing, where rule of law is notoriously ...

Rakhine State Trains Ethnic Minorities for Police Force

None of the new recruits are ethnic Rohingya Muslims, even though they will be stationed in areas with large Rohingya populations.

Rare Cambodian Elephant Footage Raises Survival Hopes

The environmental group Conservation International says it’s the first time so many elephants have been captured on film in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains.

Rare Video Shows North Koreans Training for Military Parade

The young women practice many hours each day for as long as a year.

Rare Video Shows Uyghur Fashion Model in Chinese Detention Camp

Merdan Ghappar risked harsh punishment to take a video himself handcuffed to a bed in a detention cell in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.

Rare Visit to Ancient Kashgar Reveals Uyghur “Ghost Town”

In a viral video, a Taiwan tourist expresses his feelings about China’s high-tech repression in the Uyghur region. RFA Uyghur Service director Alim Seytoff ...

Rats Sniff Out Cambodia’s Landmines

African Giant Pouched rats have been trained to detect landmines, and can search minefields at a rate of 400 square meters a day – three times faster than ...

Rebel Arakan Army Releases Video of Myanmar Military POWs

Arakan Army leaders say they released the videos as a humanitarian gesture - to inform family members that the POWs are alive and well. Critics say the videos ...

Record Turnout for Cambodia’s Elections

More than 85 percent of the Southeast Asian nation’s nearly eight million registered voters cast ballots in rural commune and urban sangkat council elections.

Record Turnout for Hong Kong Elections

Early returns point to a landslide victory for pro-democracy candidates over their pro-Beijing opponents.

Reforestation Offers Hope for Myanmar’s Sinking Island

The island of Kaing Thaung near the mouth of the Ayeyarwaddy River in Myanmar is in danger of being washed away by rising sea levels. After years of land ...

Rehabilitating Elephants in Cambodia

Poachers have slaughtered large numbers of elephants, putting them on the verge of extinction.

Residents Complain of Foul Smell from Polluted Ho Chi Minh City Canal

They say factories continue to dump untreated wastewater into the Ba Bo canal.

RFA Reporters Stand Trial in Cambodia

Uon Chhin and Yeang Sothearin are accused of undermining national security by providing information to RFA after it closed its Phnom Penh bureau two years ago.

RFA Reveals New China Banana Plantation Outside Lao Capital

The plantation takes shape despite a 2017 ban on such projects because of chemical pollution.

RFA Top Stories in 2014

RFA’s nine language services reported on these and other important stories for our audiences in China, Myanmar, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia in ...

RFA Top Stories in 2015

Here’s a look back at some of the top stories RFA covered in 2015.

Rice Planting Season Begins in North Korea

The United Nations reports that about two-thirds of North Korea’s 24 million people don’t get enough food.

Riding High on Myanmar's Human-Powered Ferris Wheels

Several hundred young men work the big wheels -- known as 'char yahat' -- at fairgrounds and festivals across the country.

Riot Police Out in Force During Weekend Unrest in Hong Kong

Protesters defied police bans by holding marches and gatherings in various locations across the city.

Riot Police, Residents Clash Over Home Demolitions in Guangxi

Police used batons, dogs and pepper spray against local residents, who are angry about government plans to forcibly demolish their homes to make way for a ...

North Korea Broadcasts Video of Rocket Blast

The launch sparked strong international condemnations and resulted in new sanctions against North Korea’s Kim Jong Un regime.

Rohingya Camp Battered by Monsoon

Landslides triggered by monsoon rains have killed at least 12 people near camps housing one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.