In years past, North Korea would reward particularly patriotic youth by inviting them to join a grueling pilgrimage up Mt. Paektu, the tallest mountain on the Korean Peninsula and a sacred peak in the lore about the ruling Kim family. 
It was cons…

State security police across China have been questioning lawyers who volunteered to help people arrested during recent anti-lockdown protests, with some withdrawing from the scheme due to political pressure from the authorities, Radio Free Asia has lea…

Some well-known Chinese economists have been making an argument for a wider relaxation of the country’s rigid anti-virus policies in recent days, as restrictions continued to be lifted in some cities, according to recent reports in media controlled by …

The air forces of China and Russia held joint patrol exercises this month, flying strategic bombers over waters around Japan and South Korea in the second such operation this year and the fifth since the two air forces began joint aerial activities in …