As China copes with widespread youth unemployment and a flagging economy, a song about lying down, dropping out and burning incense in the hope of magically getting rich has become a viral sensation on social media.
The jaunty pop hit by singer Li Erm…
Indonesia’s state-owned defense holdings company on Wednesday denied allegations by human rights activists that its units had sold weapons to Myanmar’s military in violation of bans on arms supplies to the junta-ruled country.
DEFEND ID said its firear…
After a public uproar – and apparent input from his father – new Prime Minister Hun Manet this week reversed a government plan to introduce new taxes and raise existing taxes.
The announcement on Tuesday followed the release of a voicemail that former …
The authors of a new report say the nation’s laws could be strengthened in order to fight the Chinese government’s efforts, as well as those of other foreign governments, to harass and intimidate their critics in the United States.
These activities, kn…
University of Hong Kong president and U.S. citizen Zhang Xiang has denied allegations of ‘mismanagement’ linked to a donation of 10 million yuan from a U.S.-sanctioned company, saying the claims are part of an ‘organized’ smear campaign against him.
A …
Police in Laos have rescued seven Cambodian women who were tricked into taking jobs as scammers in a Chinese-controlled special economic zone that has become a haven for criminal activity, RFA has learned.
The Cambodian Embassy in Vientiane became awar…
The owners of a Chinese banana farm in southern Laos’ Attapeu province are making promises they can’t keep, and in some cases outright ignoring the interests of area residents, clearing locally owned land and skipping out on compensation payments, affe…
Byu Har went too far with his online criticism of Myanmar’s ruling military junta in May and paid a heavy price.
The 38-year-old hip-hop artist based in Yangon livestreamed on Facebook complaints against Myanmar’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy for…
Laos has been greatly transformed by projects funded by Chinese lending under President Xi Jinping’s 10-year-old Belt and Road Initiative, with the centerpiece US$5.9 billion China-Laos railway linking the land-locked country to its gigantic neighbor a…