A Uyghur doctoral student praised in the Chinese media and known in Xinjiang for academic achievements was arrested by authorities from the far-western region in April while attending university in Guangzhou, a source familiar with the situation and sc…

A court in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh sentenced 10 activists to 20-month sentences Tuesday on charges of incitement for their role in protests demanding the release of a prominent union leader, RFA has learned.
Seven members of the Khmer Thavrak …

Cambodia’s parliament has passed an amendment to the country’s constitution barring anyone with dual citizenship from holding any top political office, in an apparent move by Prime Minister Hun Sen to prevent a key opposition leader from taking a futur…

North Korea is telling citizens to tighten their belts through at least 2025, the year they will reopen the border with China which they closed last year to ward off the coronavirus, causing severe food shortages, sources in the country told RFA.
After…

ASEAN leaders began the Southeast Asian bloc’s summit on Tuesday without Myanmar, which stayed away to protest its junta chief being barred from the meeting.
Meanwhile, U.S. president Joe Biden said he supported efforts by the Association of Southeast …

Rohingya in Bangladesh are living in fear and many don’t leave their shelters after dark following the killings of a prominent leader and six others within a month in Cox’s Bazar, residents told BenarNews.
Some refugees said they had received threats f…