Korea
Exclusive: North Korean army video says K-drama watchers deserve to be executed
Used in ideological training sessions, the video calls offenders as “traitors” who “gouged out their own eyes.”
Uyghur
From a cardboard box to an iron cage: a father’s fight for his daughter’s freedom
A Uyghur father took in an abandoned Chinese baby. 40 years later he pleads for her release from a Chinese prison.
Korea
Could ‘Apron Dad’ on North Korean TV pave the way for Kim Jong Un’s daughter to rule?
Experts said that normalizing a man in the kitchen could change perceptions, but society remains patriarchal.
Opinion
Commentary: The story China wants you to swallow
China is marketing fish from Xinjiang as a triumph of technology and frontier development.
Tibet
Tibetan rights group: South Africa arson attack is transnational repression by CCP
Police are still investigating the firebombing of the Dalai Lama representative’s home office in South Africa.
Pacific
After US accuses Fijian of corruption for China, experts warn of region-wide network
“Illicit disruptors” in Pacific allow Beijing to benefit from illegal activity while offering plausible deniability
Uyghur
Uyghur activists urge Rubio to raise rights concerns with Central Asian officials
Uzbekistan trip is a chance to reassert U.S. moral leadership by pressing the C5 to protect Uyghur communities.
Uyghur
China covered up the cause of a detained Uyghur father’s death
Police confirm to RFA that Yasinjan Toxti died in their custody in 2018, not in a traffic accident.
Myanmar
Myanmar junta airstrikes target civilians to coerce Arakan Army into peace talks
Rakhine rebel leadership says continued bombing of civilians negates trust required for negotiations.
Tibet
US bipartisan congressional delegation meets Dalai Lama during India trip
Delegation expressed hope for freedom, slammed China for transnational repression.
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