Villagers in northern Laos are once more scrambling for dry land after water releases from nine upstream dams to relieve pressure after a week of heavy rain caused flooding in some areas.
The Meteorology and Hydrology Department of the Lao Ministry of …
The eldest son of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has denied involvement in a plan to develop a forest near Phnom Tamao Zoo, after an environmentalist accused him of being associated with the real estate company behind the project.
The development is …
Elderly people in North Korea, unable to live on their meager state pensions, are resorting to selling their beer ration tickets to earn enough money for food, another example of the dire state of the country’s economy.
The salaries and pensions provid…
Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping are both expected to attend the G20 summit in Bali in November, an adviser to Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said Friday, after the Indonesian president who is hosting this year’s annual gathering of group leaders c…
Continue ReadingA broader military offensive launched by Myanmar’s ruling military junta earlier this month in Sagaing, Magway and other regions showing resistance to the regime looks like an effort to clear the way for new elections next year to give its rule some ap…
Continue ReadingA court in Shanghai on Friday handed down a 13-year jail term to Xiao Jianhua, a Canadian national kidnapped from a Hong Kong hotel in 2017, after finding him guilty of billions’ worth of financial offenses.
“For the crimes of illegally absorbing publi…
The number of Chinese homebuyers boycotting their mortgage repayments in protest at unfinished buildings has spread to more than 300 locations across the country, according to a GitHub page documenting the action.
Mortgage boycotts are being organized …
