North Korea has introduced mandatory military service for women increased the service time for all soldiers by three years in an effort to confront a farm labor shortage, sources there told Radio Free Asia.
The changes, which go into effect from April,…

Exiled Cambodian opposition figure Sam Rainsy has thrown his support behind the current defense minister’s son to become prime minister four months ahead of July’s general elections.
The announcement followed a report about a shakeup and power struggle…

No one has returned to the once-picturesque hilltop resort town of Thanduang in southern Myanmar.

Six weeks after junta troops shelled the town in Kayin state, the more than 8,000 residents who fled are too scared to return to their homes for fear of …

China’s rubber-stamp parliament, the National People’s Congress, nodded through approval for a third presidential term for ruling Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping on Friday, paving the way for him to wield power in the country’s top jobs indef…

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Tibetans living in northern India’s Ladakh region marked the first month of the Tibetan New Year with a mass prostration ritual, in which devotees pray and bow with their foreheads touching the ground.

The event celebrates what Tibe…

Authorities in Vietnam Friday arrested two provincial medical officials for their alleged role in the high-profile Viet A test-kit scandal, state media reported.
Duong Ba Than Dan, the director of the Department of Medical Supplies at the Center for Di…

Authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing are investigating a university lecturer for making “inappropriate remarks” after he told his class that China is currently dependent on food imports from the United States and Europe, alongside other p…