A court in Myanmar has sentenced a former senior official with the country’s Central Bank, who was arrested in the aftermath of last year’s military coup, to 20 years in prison for graft – the same problem he had sought to eradicate during his time in …

A Cambodian court of appeal on Friday upheld the conviction of an autistic teenager on an incitement charge, but eased restrictions before releasing him, the boy’s mother and his attorney said.
Kak Sovanchhay, the 17-year-old son of opposition activist…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s consolidation of power at October’s 20th party congress has profound implications for growing military tensions across the Taiwan Strait in the coming year, analysts told a recent online symposium.

“The relationship across …

The family of jailed veteran democracy activist Wang Bingzhang has said they will relaunch China Spring, the pro-democracy magazine he founded in a bid to ‘pass the torch’ to the next generation.

Wang’s sister Wang Yuhua, who lives in Canada, told Rad…

The U.S. government will be able to engage directly with Myanmar’s government-in-exile and must develop a program of sanctions against the military junta that seized power in last year’s coup, according to a new law passed by Congress as part of a mili…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to Saudi Arabia this month highlighted China’s reliance on the Gulf for energy supplies and its ambitions to expand its influence among the region’s traditional U.S. security partners. Xi wants to boost exports and inv…