A Uyghur butcher serving a seven-year prison sentence in southern Xinjiang for advising friends not to drink alcohol or smoke at a gathering has been released alive and returned to his family, sources with knowledge of the situation said.
It marks the …
Junta authorities in western Myanmar forced hundreds of Rohingya Muslims to protest an ethnic rebel offensive that has the military on the ropes in Rakhine state – and fining them if they didn’t participate, residents said Monday.
It’s the latest bid …
Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar’s Rakhine state were subjected to “ethnic cleansing” by security forces working with vigilante groups in 2023, says a report released by the United States on Monday.
About 1 million Rohingya refugees have lived in Bangladesh…
A video of tanks being transported has been shared repeatedly in Burmese-language social media posts that claim it was taken in Myanmar’s Rakhine state in March 2024.
But this is false. The video was in fact filmed at a market in the southwestern part …
A recent surge in demand for used cars in North Korea has triggered an increase in car smuggling from China, with dozens of vehicles crossing a shallow section of the Yalu River every day, several sources told Radio Free Asia.
The used vehicles include…
The House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party last week released a report detailing investments by two American financial institutions for Chinese companies “red-flagged or blacklisted” by the United States for advancing China’s military or…
Apple’s app store in China has taken down at least four chat apps that are widely used internationally, sparking concerns over the impact on the free flow of information and freedom of speech among users of its products in the country.
Apple told Reute…
Got the latest washing machine? How old is your fridge? It’s a little hot in here — are you sure you don’t need air-conditioning?
These are all searching questions being asked by “grid workers,” people hired by the local government to keep tabs on nei…
Large-scale military drills between the United States and the Philippines began on Monday, with a portion of this year’s “Balikatan” exercise expected to take place for the first time in Manila’s exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea – a move …