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Myanmar anti-junta protesters march through a neighborhood in the central Myanmar city of Mandalay, April 12, 2021.

Tens of Thousands of Residents Flee Bago in Wake of Assault by Myanmar Security Forces

Soldiers and police demand payments from families of the dead to retrieve their bodies, locals say.

Farmers pick cotton in a field in Xinjiiang's Hami prefecture, in a file photo.

Xinjiang Viscose Producer Tied to Forced Labor Cut Off by Finnish Supplier

President Thongloun Sisoulith speaks at a meeting in early 2021.

Laotians ‘Confused’ by President Urging Police Whistleblowing, Threatening Social Media Use

Tibetans line up to cast their votes in Dharamsala, India, April 11, 2021.

Tibetans in Exile Go to Polls in Final Round of Votes for Political Leader

Philippines Hosts US for Scaled-Down Joint Military Drills

2021-04-12

Philippine and US military officials begin talks about the presence of Chinese ships in the South China Sea, especially within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone.

North Korea Mobilizes Women to Solve Construction Labor Shortage

2021-04-12

Pressed to deliver 10,000 houses by year’s end, authorities drag women away from their familial responsibilities to work at night.

Hong Kong Launches 'National Security Education' Campaign in Schools

2021-04-12

Teaching materials ignore the arrests of dozens of peaceful dissidents and pro-democracy lawmakers under the law.

Chinese Political Prisoner Dies Amid Suspicion of Torture, Mistreatment

2021-04-12

Guo Hongwei's family warned as early as 2019 that he was likely to be 'bullied to death' in prison.

‘The Dictators Will Not Have Good Days Forever,’ Says Veteran Myanmar Activist

2021-04-11

88 Generation Students Group leader Min Ko Naing says big plans are afoot to counter the military junta.

Ethnic Army Alliance Kills 14 Myanmar Police in Dawn Raid as Death Toll Mounts in Bago

2021-04-10

Police "were lying dead here and there in the compound, and we had to collect the bodies and prepare them for transport to Lashio,” said a aid worker.

Myanmar Junta Kills Scores of Protesters in Bago, Decrees Death Penalty for 19 in Yangon

2021-04-09

‘Our country is now like North Korea,’ says one man about a military-imposed internet shutdown and news blackouts.

Turkish Court Rejects China's Request to Extradite Uyghur Religious Teacher

2021-04-09

Abduqadir Yapchan was released after being under house arrest since 2016 on specious terrorism charges.

China Turning South China Sea Supply Ships into Mobile Surveillance Bases

2021-04-09

The Chinese government is leveraging civilian assets to pursue its national security interests in the South China Sea, a common practice under China's strategy of 'military-civil fusion.'