From the Executive Editor’s Desk
As RFA celebrates its 25th anniversary, we are thrilled to introduce you to a whole new look -- a new, refreshed logo and website. The logo's redesign captures the essence of RFA’s commitment to document,…
Category: General
Indonesian envoy: ASEAN bars Myanmar junta chief from upcoming summit
Updated at 6:25 p.m. ET on 2021-10-15 Southeast Asian foreign ministers decided on Friday not to allow the Burmese junta chief to attend an upcoming ASEAN summit, an Indonesian diplomat said about a rare move…
Myanmar’s junta bars NLD defense lawyer from speaking with media
Myanmar’s junta has barred a lawyer representing deposed State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint from speaking to the media, the lawyer said Friday, days after he revealed that authorities attempted to…
Lao workers feel the sting of chemical use at Chinese-run banana farms
Chinese-backed banana farms in Laos are evading a government ban on the use of dangerous pesticides and herbicides that harm workers, and are failing to pay them their salaries when they leave their jobs, despite…
Interview: ‘Existing legislation on intimidation often doesn’t work,’ says Dutch lawmaker
Ruben Brekelmans, a Dutch politician and member of the Netherlands House of Representatives since March, has introduced a new motion to include diaspora groups living in the country — including Uyghurs from northwestern China’s Xinjiang…
Myanmar’s once bustling Inle Lake goes silent
Like many who live and work around Myanmar’s Inle Lake, 24-year-old motorboat operator Win Moe Kyaw is struggling to make ends meet under the dual pressure of the COVID-19 pandemic and the military coup. He…
Tibetan scholar arrested for his writings was given four-year prison term following secret trial
A Tibetan writer arrested two years ago on unspecified charges has been sentenced by a Chinese court to a four-year prison term, with no word given by authorities on when his sentence was announced or…
Chinese viewers flock to stream Netflix’s South Korean hit ‘Squid Game’—illegally
Netflix's global hit Korean-language TV show "Squid Game" has been pirated on around 60 streaming sites in China, according to South Korea's ambassador to China, as fans also scrambled to lay hold of merchandise from…