Construction of the Laos-Vietnam high-speed railway is expected to begin in early 2024, but its potential impacts on villagers who live along the planned route through Laos’ Khammouane province have not yet been made public, provincial officials and re…
The Men’s Cricket World Cup – one of the world’s most popular sporting events – has touched down in Dharamsala.
On Tuesday, the New Zealand cricket team and their families visited the Dalai Lama at his residence in the city at the edge of the Himalayas…
North Korean and Uyghur slaves are processing seafood for Chinese companies that export to the United States, experts and lawmakers told Congress on Tuesday, with customs officials struggling to identify and keep the tainted fish off Americans’ plates….
A Cambodian court on Tuesday sentenced exiled opposition leaders Sam Rainsy, Mu Sochua and 10 other activists to prison terms in a case connected to social media comments made in 2021.
The remarks were made in an early 2021 Facebook discussion ab…
Public opposition to a pilot census program conducted by Myanmar’s junta this month has been so strong that the likelihood of a meaningful survey ahead of planned elections is extremely slim, according to experts.
The junta hopes to carry out a survey…
As the fight over a speaker for the U.S. House of Representatives shows, even established democratic institutions have struggled to find consensus recently.
The Tibetan exile community’s experience with representative government is fresher, but i…
Ruling Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping on Tuesday formally sacked his defense minister, who is reportedly under investigation by the party’s disciplinary arm, and ousted former foreign minister Qin Gang from the State Council following his sa…
Following the recent surprise attack against Israel by the Islamic militant group Hamas, a photo spread among Chinese social media users who claimed it shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sending his son to the front lines.
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With just six months remaining until the next round of an important human rights review of Vietnam, rights organizations reported that Hanoi actually increased suppression since the last round four years ago – and the situation continues to worsen.
In …