Day: January 12, 2022

Two Uyghur brothers detained in a Xinjiang internment camp for four years before being released in August 2021 were rearrested just a week later and are now being forced to work in factories, local officials and a Uyghur in exile who has knowledge of t…

Nearly 40 percent of Bangladesh’s petroleum imports for the next six months will come from suppliers in China, officials said Wednesday, confirming a U.S. $1 billion deal by Dhaka to buy oil from several countries, including Indonesia, Malaysia and Tha…

Cambodia on Wednesday postponed the first ASEAN meeting under its 2022 chairmanship, the government said, amid reports of differences among the bloc’s members over Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to Myanmar last week where he did not meet democracy lead…

The US Treasury Department on Wednesday announced sanctions on five North Korean nationals living abroad for allegedly helping to supply the country’s ballistic missile and weapons of mass destruction programs.
The move follows Tuesday’s launch by Pyon…

Two Tibetan monks arrested by authorities in western China’s Sichuan province are incommunicado five months after being taken into custody, with family members increasingly worried about their well-being, RFA has learned.
Tenzin Norbu and Wangchen Nyim…

Japan has been conducting its own “freedom of navigation operations” in the South China Sea “to warn China” but in a cautious manner, Japan’s largest newspaper reported.
The Yomiuri Shimbun quoted unnamed government sources as saying that Japanese nava…

Concerns remain about the safety and liberty of Chinese women’ tennis star Peng Shuai, as the country gears up to host the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in February.
The Olympics follows a decision late last year by the Women’s Tennis Association (WT…