Story Archive
2020-10-31
America’s top diplomat pressed an anti-China message during stops in India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Indonesia and Vietnam.
2020-10-30
What was once provided for free now commands 1/10 of its weight in food.
2020-10-30
Residents say the Myanmar Navy attacked their communities with indiscriminate fire.
2020-10-30
In Vietnam, 35 are reported dead with at least 19 killed by landslides, while floods destroy villages and roads in Laos.
2020-10-30
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used a tour of Asia to upbraid China over its persecution of Uyghur Muslims and military expansionism in the South China Sea, the latest salvo in a titanic fight between Washington and Beijing -- over trade and technology, the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the autonomy of Hong Kong and Taiwan, and human rights -- that has seen bilateral relations reach their lowest point in four decades. For his part, Chinese President Xi Jinping called out “unilateralism, protectionism, and extreme egoism” in a thinly veiled jab at the U.S. in a recent speech.
2020-10-30
Police in the eastern province of Zhejiang track down and detain an internet user who accessed Wikipedia using a circumvention app.
2020-10-30
Chan Kin-man, co-founder of the 2014 Occupy Central pro-democracy movement, talks to RFA about prison life and his hopes for the future.
2020-10-30
Hongkongers will be asked to contact the multiplatform hotline with anonymous details of anyone suspected of breaking the National Security Law
2020-10-30
Forecast raises doubts about China's climate pledges.
2020-10-29
'We were terrified. They fired guns and artillery nonstop,' said boat operator Kan Aye Chan.
2020-10-29
Lhamo, 36, died covered in bruises two days after being sent to a hospital by police, while a cousin remains in jail.
2020-10-29
Sister says family visit with Nguyen Van Hoa was denied, and letters went unsent.
2020-10-29
Söyüngül Chanisheff recalls her years in prison after working towards a Uyghur state in the 1960s.
2020-10-29
Communist Party-anointed Buddhist leader has not won acceptance in Tibet despite decades of efforts.
2020-10-29
In a speech focused on religious freedom, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls on Islamic countries to speak out against China's persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
2020-10-29
Villagers facing displacement say they fear they will be inadequately compensated.
2020-10-29
Reports emerge on social media that the authorities in China are building a concrete wall along the Sino-Vietnamese border to stop people leaving.
2020-10-29
Chung is denied bail over charges that rights groups say are based on his peaceful use of social media.
2020-10-28
Michael Nguyen said he endured 16-hour interrogations, a sham trial, and only learned of his release at the airport.
2020-10-28
The hired relief boat operator died and two other men were injured as they carried food to Rakhine war refugees.
2020-10-28
British activist Andy Hall said that Thailand's Natural Fruit Co. had abused some of its migrant workers, many of them from Myanmar.
2020-10-28
Lao citizens remain unable to leave their country, though, as its border with Thailand opens to goods shipments only.
2020-10-28
Human Rights Watch, local groups, say the Union Election Commission has acted without transparency.
2020-10-28
The family of an exiled opposition official was threatened, and several activists have been detained.
2020-10-28
Nothing has been heard about the three men believed to have been sent back to China in September amid fears they may have been harshly treated or killed on their return.
2020-10-28
Thousands of homes are flooded, damaged, or destroyed, as authorities close schools, beaches, and airports across central coastal provinces.
2020-10-28
Residents of central Vietnam are surveying the damage and cleaning up debris after Typhoon Molave smashed coastal regions Wednesday, leaving at least 3 dead, and 26 missing. Quang Ngai and Quang Nam provinces suffered the brunt of the latest deadly storm in a month of extreme weather events that have claimed nearly 150 lives in the Southeast Asian country.
2020-10-28
The authorities are using verbal pressure to force lawyers to stop representing detained activists who fled Hong Kong by speedboat.
2020-10-28
The student union says it is disappointed at the appointment of two Tsinghua University academics to vice president jobs.
2020-10-27
Rushed work by untrained troops caused two explosions in the country’s northeast.
