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Endangered Turtle Species Making a Splash in Mekong River

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

Enthusiastic Welcome for Freed Tibetan Monk

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

Ethnic Mongolians Continue Protests in China, Police Seek Protest Leaders

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

Ethnic Mongolians Protest China’s Plans to End Mongolian Language Teaching in Schools

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

Even in Death, Uyghurs Feel Long Reach of Chinese State

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 ...

Explosion Kills Four Rohingya Children in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

The children were collecting firewood when the blast occurred.

Explosions Rock Northeast China

Authorities in Changchun are investigating the blasts as criminal acts.

Explosions Shake China’s Guangxi Province

Police say they ruled out a ‘terrorist act.’

Extensive Flood Damage One Month After Deadly Dam Breach

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 ...

Farmers in Myanmar Say Paper Mills Pollute Their Rice Paddies

They say their crops and livestock have suffered.

Faulty Wires Cause Electrical Fires in Phnom Penh

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

Fears Tarantula May Go Off the Menu in Cambodia

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 ...

Ferry Still Only Way to Go for Some Hong Kong Commuters

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

Fewer Tourists at Cambodia’s Historic Angkor Wat

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 ...

Fire Breaks Out in Remote Tibetan Village

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

Fire Dragon Dances Through Hong Kong Village

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 ...

Fires Blaze in Hong Kong as Protests Continue

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

First Ever Cinema Multiplex Opens in Laos

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

Fish Stocks Decline Downstream of Lao Dam

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

Fishermen, Riot Police Clash in Jiangsu

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

Fishermen’s Livelihoods in Jeopardy as Government Develops Phnom Penh’s Boeung Tamok Lake

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

Fishing a Way of Life for Lao Children Along the Mekong

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

Fishing Trap

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

Five Military Officers Killed in Myanmar Plane Crash

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

Five-Year-Old Myanmar Girl Killed When Unexploded Ordnance Blows Up

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 ...

Flag-Flying Abounds in Vietnam During Tet

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

Flooding Devastates Vietnam’s Tet Flower Crop

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

Flooding From Dam Overflow in Myanmar Kills One, Displaces Thousands

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

Flooding in Laos Kills 14

The flooding has damaged 37 homes and displaced 102,000 people. Hundreds of schools throughout the region have closed.

Flooding Inundates Buddhist Temple in Laos

One monk said the flooding triggered by tropical storm Noul was the heaviest in 50 years.