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Amid North Korea’s economic woes, repairing shoes is big business

Shoe repairmen earn more in a day than government officials earn in a month.

On Lhasa riot anniversary, Chinese authorities search Tibetans, keep up surveillance

Police are randomly checking individuals and their cell phones for contact with people outside the region.

Chinese talent show host banned from Weibo over anti-Putin comments

The move comes ahead of a reported visit to Moscow by Xi Jinping, and a renewed crackdown on blogs, live streams.

Chinese authorities censor funeral of military doctor who broke silence on SARS

Jiang Yanyong also wrote to Xi Jinping over gunshot wounds he saw after Tiananmen Square massacre

More than 100 million tons of sand mined from Lower Mekong, experts say

Extraction of the world's most mined mineral is having a serious impact on the biodiverse river.

Nearly 10,000 Bago region residents forced to flee ahead of junta raids

Villagers say there have been casualties after troops shelled their homes.

Return of the wolf warrior. China's foreign ministry bares its teeth

Despite netizens’ mockery of a former spokesperson, the new foreign minister vows to confront 'jackals or wolves.'

AUKUS pact makes waves with submarine deal

Australia to buy attack submarines from US, build own with UK’s help.

Tibetan writer confirmed serving a 4-year prison sentence

Zangkar Jamyang criticized China’s move to drop teaching Tibetan in schools

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Vietnam accuses lawyers defending Buddhist group of ‘abusing democratic freedoms’

The accusation comes under Article 331, a law used to imprison dissidents.

Activists say top Cambodian official’s call for smooth election just empty talk

Local party officials are still being harassed and intimidated, with prosecutions of perpetrators seen as unlikely.

Oscars go ahead with actor Donnie Yen in presenter role despite protest, petition

Former Tiananmen Square student leader Wang Dan says Yen ‘rubbed salt into the wounds’ of the people of Hong Kong.

Xi Jinping ends annual congress with calls to strengthen military

Two vice premiers and the new defense minister have backgrounds in military-linked industries.

Myanmar army kills 21 people sheltering in Shan state monastery, rebels say

3 monks were among those who died in the raid.