A rare find in the British National Archives may provide another piece of evidence discrediting China’s claim of historic rights to the disputed Paracel archipelago in the South China Sea.
After months of scouring the archives, British journalist-turne…

Police in western China’s Sichuan province arrested eight more residents of a Tibetan township in Kardze prefecture this month, taking into custody six monks and two laywomen amid a crackdown by authorities on language rights and possession of banned i…

Philippine anti-drugs operatives killed four alleged Chinese drug traffickers in a major operation on Tuesday that led to the confiscation of more than half a ton of crystal methamphetamine, the largest seizure this year in the government’s war on drug…

Authorities in the central province of Hubei have begun dismantling a massive statue of the Chinese deity Guan Yu, as it was criticized as a wasteful eyesore by the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s disciplinary arm.
The 170 million yuan statue bu…

North Korea is forcing local organizations and companies to dip into their own coffers to provide equipment and supplies for cooperative farms ahead of harvest season amid projected grain shortfalls, local officials told RFA.
A quarter century after fa…

Hundreds of police officers blocked villagers in Cambodia’s Kandal province on Tuesday from visiting rice fields seized to build an airport, while displaced farmers vowed to keep fighting for fair compensation, Cambodian sources said.
The land at Kamon…