China’s military may be more aggressive than ever before, but economic woes could force some tough spending decisions that slow its continued rise, two U.S. defense officials said Monday.
Speaking at the Atlantic Council about the Pentagon’s latest Chi…

Revenue from tourism, foreign investment and exports will help Laos’ struggling economy grow by 4% in 2024, the International Monetary Fund said in a forecast.
But that won’t be enough to counter the continuing high inflation rates – more than 25% – th…

Junta troops killed at least 56 women in Myanmar during the three months ending September, according to the Burma Women’s Union, or BWU, amid a scorched earth offensive that has left the country’s most vulnerable victims of the military’s worst atrocit…

Legal experts said Vietnamese authorities are coming up with bogus charges against a famous lingerie model who was arrested after posting videos of herself performing risky motorcycle stunts.
Ho Chi Minh City police arrested Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh – also …

A Uyghur man serving a 20-year sentence in northwest China’s Xinjiang region is in critical condition due to poor conditions at his prison, according to his wife, who has called for pressure on Chinese authorities to release him and reunite him with hi…

North Korean propaganda showing plentiful harvests this year is putting pressure on farmers to repay debts they incurred during the planting season, but residents told Radio Free Asia that most of the harvest hasn’t been processed, meaning they are not…

The daughter of an opposition party official who was detained just after the July parliamentary elections said her father has grown seriously ill and needs outside treatment.
Chao Veasna, the Candlelight Party’s executive chairman in Poipet city near t…

Following the outbreak of a conflict in Gaza after the Islamic militant group Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel on Oct. 7, a claim began to circulate in Chinese-language social media posts saying that Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gall…