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Five inmates slay guards, flee Myanmar’s Dawei prison

The prisoners had been tasked with collecting firewood from a nearby village when they escaped.

Lao government increases minimum wage for third time since 2018
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Lao government increases minimum wage for third time since 2018

The move comes as workers continue to cope with rising prices.

Riding bicycles to get around a motorcycle ban
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Riding bicycles to get around a motorcycle ban

The junta’s ban was imposed after a local official was killed by motorbike-riding assailants.

Zoned out: China-Myanmar Economic Corridor still going nowhere
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Zoned out: China-Myanmar Economic Corridor still going nowhere

Min Aung Hlaing hopes big projects will enmesh China in Myanmar, forcing Beijing to underwrite the junta.

US condemns China for Uyghur scholar’s life sentence
Uyghur

US condemns China for Uyghur scholar’s life sentence

Rahile Dawut was targeted for her work to protect and preserve Uyghur culture, State Department says.

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China's spy-handlers tried to 'turn' outspoken Hong Kong radio host

Edmund Wan, known as 'Giggs,' says Chinese state security police wanted him to set up a pro-China YouTube channel.

US condemns China for Uyghur scholar’s life sentence
Uyghur

US condemns China for Uyghur scholar’s life sentence

Rahile Dawut was targeted for her work to protect and preserve Uyghur culture, State Department says.

A junta gunboat on the Chindwin river fires on a village in Salingyi township, Sagaing region on Sept. 27, 2023.
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Airstrikes and shelling killed 44 civilians in Myanmar in September

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Another 142 people were injured by aerial attacks and heavy artillery, RFA data show.

Zhang Jinrui, a Chinese student studying at Georgetown University Law School poses for a photo with a placard he displayed during a past protest against China’s “zero COVID” policy, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., September 2023.
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Chinese police harass family of Washington DC student activist

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US universities need to realize how Beijing is pushing its agenda through student associations, experts say.

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Junta shells school in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, injuring 18 kids
Myanmar

Junta shells school in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, injuring 18 kids

Six children were severely wounded in the attack that took place while school was in session.

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Cambodia

INTERVIEW: Beaten Cambodian activist recounts assault

Ny Nak says attackers appeared to be professionals, removed his helmet to beat his head.

A photo of Theary Seng distributed on Facebook the day of her arrest shows her dressed in a prisoner's uniform, her face still showing the makeup of the costume she wore to demonstrate her mass trial and conviction.
Cambodia

Cambodian-American lawyer transferred to prison in capital

Undated photo of Nguyen Minh Son during a demonstration.
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Hammered: Vietnamese gets 6 years after cursing Uncle Ho when drunk

Soldiers clash with demonstrators in the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Jan. 2, 2014. Cambodia’s Appeals Court upheld verdicts on Friday against 10 garment factory workers and labor activists who were convicted in 2014 following a deadly worker strike crackdown.
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Cambodian court upholds verdicts in deadly 2014 garment strike

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