Organizers of rally to form Cambodian political party detained

Six members of Cambodia’s opposition Candlelight Party, or CLP, remained in police custody after they were detained on Friday and Saturday for holding a rally in support of a new political party.

Rights groups slammed the detention as the latest bid b…

Kim Jong Un blasts premier for typhoon lack of preparedness

Calling him a “mental under-wit,” Kim Jong Un blasted North Korea’s premier, Kim Tok Hun, last month for flooding caused by the failure of a dike during Typhoon Khanun, sources in the country told Radio Free Asia.
“Pardon can never be allowed for those…

Hong Kong police question relatives of exiled lawmaker Ted Hui

Hong Kong police on Tuesday questioned three relatives of former pro-democracy lawmaker Ted Hui, one of eight overseas activists wanted under a security law, local media reported.

The three individuals, which included his parents-in-law, were taken to…

‘Washington and Wall Street are two different countries’

Millions of Americans have unwittingly invested retirement funds into China’s military, and U.S. investors are often directly financing human rights abuses in the world’s second-largest economy, a former U.S. official, lawmakers and a financial activis…

Masked men savagely beat activist who called out Cambodian minister

A critic of Cambodia’s government was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday after unidentified assailants attacked him on his motorbike in the capital Phnom Penh, just hours after he slammed the country’s minister of agriculture on social media.