Two Burmese political prisoners beaten by the ruling military junta’s prison authorities for participating in a ceremony marking Martyrs’ Day have died of their injuries, sources with knowledge of the situation said.
They were among four inmates author…
A Chinese company that operates a potash mine in central Laos will extend its exploration and excavation operations to a further 48 square kilometers (18.6 square miles) in Khammouane province on land used by villagers to make a living.
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A State Department official said on Monday there’s no reason for Beijing to “over torque” visits by Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te to the United States this week, with the presidential hopeful vowing in New York that his self-governing island wo…
The family of death-row prisoner Nguyen Van Chuong met with him at a temporary detention facility on Monday, days after more than a dozen international rights organizations publicly urged Vietnam’s president to halt his impending execution.
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Three dozen people are missing in northern Myanmar’s Kachin state after a landslide triggered by heavy rains over the weekend buried workers at a jade mine, most of whom were small-scale scavengers and prospectors, sources at the site said Monday.
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