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Meet 18-year-old Moe Pyae Sone, who left her home and is now in Kayin state ‘for the revolution.’⁣ ⁣ “I am from northern Shan state and I’ve come to Kayin ... Show more

Myanmar’s military draft has created a cottage industry of corruption as administrators across the country offer eligible citizens a way out of fighting in ... Show more

A senior Myanmar military official has not been seen in public for weeks following a drone attack, leading to speculation he might have been wounded ... Show more   #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar   www.rfa.org/english/news/myanmar/soe-win-missing-04232024072700.html

Apple’s app store in China has taken down at least four chat apps that are widely used internationally, sparking concerns over the impact on the free flow of ... Show more

Qingyuan City, located in China’s southern Guangdong Province, has been flooded in the last few days. Heavy rain has descended upon the vast southern province ... Show more

🏥 Nearly 40 injured people were sent to a Thai border hospital after the battle in #Myanmar

Large-scale military drills between the U.S. and the Philippines began on Monday, with a portion of this year’s “Balikatan” exercise expected to take place for ... Show more

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security has arrested Pham Thai Ha, deputy head of the country’s National Assembly office and assistant to the assembly chairman ... Show more

Helicopter, rising smoke seen as fighting flares at Myanmar-Thai border

Rebel ambush kills Myanmar junta troops

A photo taken on September 10, 2019, shows a car passing along a street in North Korea's northern city of Samjiyon. A recent surge in demand for used cars in ... Show more

Why do Chinese officials encourage citizens to buy new appliances? ⬇️

Nearly 80 people at refugee camps in western Myanmar have died in only three weeks, aid workers told RFA

She’s the eldest of three siblings. She says her mother still lives in the same village in Shan state. “Of course they worry about me,” she says ... Show more

🪵💥 Vietnam's "blazing furnace" corruption crackdown continues with latest arrest ⬇️

People watch a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test at a railway station in Seoul on April 22, 2024 ... Show more

Coppersmith specializes in scenes from Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple complex

A Chinese celebrity blogger has been blocked by internet censors after someone called him up during a live stream and asked if President Xi Jinping is a ... Show more

Each year, Tibetans gather to observe the Shoton Festival, also known as the "Yogurt Feast" Festival. Beginning in the 17th century ... Show more

In 2022, Kry Masphal, the former director of Cambodia’s Department of Wildlife and Biodiversity, was arrested in New York ... Show more

In this photo, Sue Ott Rowlands (L), president of Randolph College, presents Jetsun Pema, the younger sister of the Dalai Lama, with the Pearl S ... Show more

Two Chinese warships, circled, are seen at Cambodia's Ream naval base on April 18, 2024. According to Center for Strategic and International Studies ... Show more

Big battlefield losses and drone attacks at Naypyitaw headquarters are having a psychological effect on the junta’s generals. A commentary by Zachary Abuza.

Bollywood star-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut met with the Dalai Lama ahead of India's general election. Once caught in a controversy for sharing a meme ... Show more

Authorities in Xinjiang have banned Uyghurs from using social media apps including Chinese-owned TikTok and tools to circumvent censorship ... Show more

Karen rebel forces attack stranded #Myanmar junta troops on Thai border

Though coffee has long been derided as a symbol of imperialist capitalism, privileged North Koreans are developing a taste for it ... Show more

Nearly 5,000 villagers in central Myanmar’s Sagaing region have fled their homes after junta troops conducted raids in Monywa township ... Show more

Myanmar's detained former leader and Aung San Suu Kyi was moved from prison to house arrest possibly to be used by the Southeast Asian nation's ruling junta as ... Show more

Myanmar’s military junta moved Aung San Suu Kyi, the country’s former de facto leader, from Naypyidaw Prison to house arrest on Tuesday ... Show more

A university professor who gatecrashed the opening ceremony of a new Confucius Institute at Spain's Seville University last week tried to warn the school ... Show more

Meet 18-year-old Moe Pyae Sone, who left her Shan state home to fight in western #Myanmar and now is in Kayin state ‘for the revolution.’

The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved the Resolve #Tibet Act (S.138), which is also known as the "‘Promoting a Resolution to the ... Show more

Thai leaders ready to increase humanitarian aid in Myanmar

Happy Friday! The latest episode of RFA Insider, with a special guest from Asia Fact Check Lab, is now available on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcast.

Chinese censors blocked a blogger after a caller asked him 'Is Xi Jinping a dictator?'

🪖 5,000 people flee military raids on villages in Myanmar’s Sagaing region ⬇️

🚨China bans Uyghurs from using social media apps

Junta troops kill 4 in post-amnesty #Myanmar prison riot

Myanmar junta releases thousands of prisoners in New Year amnesty

Hong Kong has arrested 291 people for endangering national security in the near four years since the city’s first national security law took effect ... Show more

The Karen National Liberation Army, an armed branch of the Karen National Union, along with other allied groups, captured the last remaining junta Infantry ... Show more

The accusation comes as both countries have pledged to co-operate to fight the global trafficking of fentanyl. The U.S. also alleged that China ... Show more

China expels teacher for pushing for students to use Tibetan language

Myanmar’s junta has begun implementing a conscription law to replenish its depleted ranks.

China has slammed an annual Philippine-U.S. joint military exercise scheduled to begin next week, warning against “maritime provocations.”

💥 Arakan Army attacks another junta border outpost in western Myanmar

💥A drone attack kills 8, injures 30 in Sagaing region, #Myanmar ⬇️

A North Korean serves coffee to South Korean reporters at north side of the truce village of Panmunjom, May 10, 2007.Coffee has long been derided as a symbol ... Show more

Nguyen James Han, an American citizen who is a member of California-based Provisional National Government of #Vietnam stand trial before a court in Ho Chi Minh ... Show more

A person walks in flood water caused by heavy rains, with the Burj Khalifa tower visible in the background, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates ... Show more

Prisoners sit in a bus during their release from Insein prison for the Buddhist New Year, in Yangon on April 17, 2024. Myanmar's junta on April 17, 2024 ... Show more

The U.S.-based "Provisional National Government of Vietnam" attracts members with empty promises of jobs and land according to two lawyers who ... Show more   www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/provisional-national-govt-04172024220134.html

Vietnam has mounted an "unprecedented" rescue of Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank (SCB), a lender engulfed in the nation’s biggest financial fraud ... Show more

China's internet censors have deleted hundreds of online TV dramas for portraying the negative aspects of family life amid an attempt by the ruling Communist ... Show more

The Mon State Revolutionary Force, or MSRF, and the Mon State Defense Force, or MSFD, agreed on April 7 to share equipment and train and fight together to ... Show more

Mount Ruang releases hot lava and smoke in Sangihe Islands as seen from Sitaro, North Sulawesi, #Indonesia , April 17, 2024. At least 800 people in Sulawesi province ... Show more

There were many tears and smiles in #Myanmar on April 17 as thousands of prisoners reunited with their loved ones following their release by the junta during the ... Show more

How the US failed to stop a Cambodian monkey ‘smuggling conspiracy’ ⬇️

A Hong Kong school forced at least one high school examination candidate to stand through a lengthy flag-raising ceremony and official speech to mark China's ... Show more

US says China is funding America’s fentanyl crisis

Hostages, who were originally held by villagers in a land dispute, walk out after the villagers released them in Dong Tam, outside Hanoi, #Vietnam April 22, 2017 ... Show more