China’s money isn’t welcome in Malaita, a fiercely independent province of the Solomon Islands led by a politician who says it’s wrong to befriend “these people” who don’t believe in democracy.
But if any place needs money, it is Malaita.
The mou…
Two U.S. lawmakers have called on the United Nations to investigate Chinese authorities’ forced placement of Tibetan children in state-run schools where they are separated from their families in a bid to reduce contact with their native language and cu…
Continue ReadingJournalists and environmental activists in Cambodia are criticizing authorities’ filing of charges against three reporters accused of taking bribes to cover up illegal logging in a northern province, saying the loggers themselves should also be charged…
Continue ReadingA court in Shanghai has secretly sentenced Shanghai-based housing activist Chen Jianfang to four-and-a-half years in jail, RFA has learned.
The Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court found Chen guilty of “incitement to subvert state power,” a charg…
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said Thursday that a decades-old defense treaty with the United States was “continuously under negotiation,” as he suggested the possibility of a stronger American military presence in the Southeast Asian count…
Continue ReadingCambodia’s ambassador to the United States has asked that a wildlife agency official who U.S. prosecutors allege is part of a monkey smuggling scheme be transferred to the embassy’s custody in Washington.
Kry Masphal, director of Cambodia’s Department …
The three masked bandits descended upon the armored vehicle, overpowered the two soldiers on guard duty, seized 200 kilograms of gold bars worth U.S.$12 million and rode off into the North Korean countryside, sources inside the country said.
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