A Myanmar junta court handed down sentences of three to six months to seven prison employees, including a warden, after a jailbreak in May in which 10 prisoners overpowered guards, seized their guns and escaped, said three sources with knowledge of the…
The number of cremations carried out in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang saw a rise of nearly 73% in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same quarter in 2022, according to figures posted to the provincial civil affairs department’…
An American soldier in South Korea scheduled for disciplinary action crossed into North Korea on Tuesday, U.S. and U.N. officials said, and is believed to be in custody there.
The incident happened in the Joint Security Area or JSA, at Panmunjom, where…
UPDATED at 3:23 pm, July 18, 2023
A bill re-introduced to Congress by two lawmakers on Tuesday would expand U.S. sanctions to include foreign companies that do business with entities identified as contributing to human rights violations against ethnic…
North Korea is cracking down on women for smoking in public, saying they are promoting capitalist culture and extinguishing socialist morals, but residents say authorities are enforcing the laws on women but not on men. Tradition holds that it is natur…