Shots Fired in Northern Myanmar City Amid Signs of Deeper Crackdown on Protests — Radio Free Asia
Security forces fired guns to disperse protesters at a power plant in northern Myanmar on Sunday, as tanks and ...
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The Hindu-Buddhist Making of Southeast Asia – The Diplomat
AdvertisementThis is Part II of a three-part series. View Part I here.Among my happiest recollections of growing up in ...
Sweeping Arrests Net Hundreds in Myanmar As Anti-Coup Protests Swell — Radio Free Asia
Myanmar authorities snatched a doctor from his clinic and rounded up bureaucrats as the ruling junta moved to arrest ...
Coronavirus Crushes Lunar New Year’s Flower Sales in Vietnam — Radio Free Asia
Flower growers in Vietnam told RFA the coronavirus is killing their industry, which took a huge hit this month ...
MRC Blames Mekong River’s Blue Hue on Upstream Outflow Restrictions, Decreased Rainfall — Radio Free Asia
Water levels in the Mekong River are down to “worrying” levels with some parts of the major Southeast Asian ...
Labor Rights Groups Urge Cambodian Government to Assist Illegal Migrant Workers in Thailand — Radio Free Asia
Cambodian labor rights officials on Friday called on their government to address challenges undocumented migrant workers in Thailand face ...
Japan’s Muji Stops Short of Ban on Cotton From Xinjiang, Where Forced Labor is Rife — Radio Free Asia
Japanese clothing and lifestyle brand Muji says it has stopped exporting cotton sourced in Xinjiang to the United States, ...
China Bans BBC Broadcasts in Move Seen as Warning to Journalists Over Xinjiang — Radio Free Asia
In the early hours of Friday morning, China’s media regulator issued a blanket ban on BBC broadcasts throughout its ...
China’s Gas Prices from Russia Fall as Market Risks Rise — Radio Free Asia
A little over a year after Russia opened its giant Power of Siberia pipeline to China, natural gas prices ...
North Korea Cracks Down on Illegal Gold Mining After Three Die in Mine Collapse — Radio Free Asia
North Korea has begun a crackdown on illegal gold mining after three people died last month when an abandoned ...