More than 130,000 Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state remain stuck in makeshift camps that are often short of food and opportunity, unable to return to their homes after sectarian violence with Buddhists forced them to flee a decade ago.
The co…

A picture of Theary Seng distributed on Facebook the day of her arrest shows her dressed in a prisoner’s uniform, her face still showing the makeup of the costume she wore to demonstrate her mass trial and conviction. Photo: citizen journalist Photo:…

Detained democracy activist Xu Zhiyong will stand trial for subversion in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong on June 22, lawyers and a rights group said on Friday.”Linyi Intermediate People’s Court has decided that Xu Zhiyong’s case wil…

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) said on Friday it would join the race to make next-generation 2-nanometer chips by 2025, amid growing saber-rattling from China.The company said it would start volume production of the low-energy …

ASEAN Special Envoy Prak Sokhonn will not be allowed to meet with Aung San Suu Kyi on his second visit to Myanmar, military council spokesman Gen. Zaw Min Tun told RFA.
The National League for Democracy leader and State Counsellor has been detained sin…

The British government is investigating a £155 million (U.S.$191 million) grant to Oxford University’s Linacre college by a Vietnamese billionaire.
Education Minister Michelle Donelan told the House of Commons that the ministry would give an update in …