A prominent Uyghur human rights activist, singer and interpreter was among dozens of activists honored at a reception at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday to recognize British contributions to humanitarian efforts around the world.
King Charles III expres…

An offensive by ethnic armed groups in Myanmar’s northern Shan state will “break the country into pieces” if left unchecked, said junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, in a rare admission of the operation’s success against the military since its lau…

More than 100 families in northern Laos displaced by the Laos-China Railway have refused to move into newly constructed resettlement villages, a statement from the chairman of the State Audit Organization said.
Residents told Radio Free Asia that the r…

The Candlelight Party’s vice president announced his resignation from the main opposition party, telling reporters on Thursday that he will join the newly formed National Power Party. 
The announcement diverges from a decision made last month by o…

The government of northern Laos’ Luang Namtha province has disciplined 41 state employees for violating the ethics of the ruling Communist Party, RFA Lao has learned, amid growing public frustration over widespread corruption in the impoverished southe…

Trump administration officials rejected a request for political asylum from jailed pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong just before Beijing imposed a draconian security law on the city, according to a new book about democracy movements in Hong Kong and C…

Veteran dissident and democracy activist Guo Min has arrived in the United States after fleeing China via Southeast Asia, after years of being targeted by the authorities for commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen massacre and engaging in other forms of peac…