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North Korea says border units ready to shoot amid drone dispute with South North Korea said its army units near the border with South Korea have been ordered ... Show more

North Korea says border units ready to shoot amid drone dispute with South — Radio Free Asia

China launches large-scale drills around Taiwan China’s military launched the Joint Sword-2024B exercise around Taiwan on Monday ... Show more

China completes large-scale drills around Taiwan — Radio Free Asia

A giant screen shows news footage of military drills conducted in the Taiwan Strait and areas to the north, south and east of Taiwan ... Show more

China launches large-scale drills around Taiwan — Radio Free Asia

Chinese Premier Li Qiang wrapped up a three-day visit to Hanoi on Monday, discussing bilateral trade, Chinese investment and territorial disputes with ... Show more

China, Vietnam talk trade during Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Hanoi — Radio Free Asia

Uyghur filmmaker gets 6 ½ years in prison for ‘separatism’ and ‘terrorism’ Chinese authorities have sentenced a Uyghur filmmaker to 6 1/2 years in prison for ... Show more

Uyghur filmmaker gets 6 ½ years in prison for ‘separatism’ and ‘terrorism’ — Radio Free Asia

China, Vietnam talk business during Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Hanoi Chinese Premier Li Qiang wrapped up a three-day visit to Vietnam on Monday after ... Show more

China, Vietnam talk trade during Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Hanoi — Radio Free Asia

As Myanmar’s census draws to a close, observers question its accuracy Officials are nearly done conducting a census in Myanmar ahead of planned elections next ... Show more

As Myanmar’s census draws to a close, observers question its accuracy — Radio Free Asia

Philippine authorities arrest Chinese national suspected of running major criminal network Philippine authorities have arrested a Chinese national suspected ... Show more

Philippine police arrest suspected Chinese kingpin of criminal front businesses — Radio Free Asia

TikTok owner moves toward AI, lays off 500 Malaysian moderators Chinese social media platform TikTok said it laid off nearly 500 employees in Malaysia who ... Show more

TikTok owner moves toward AI, lays off 500 Malaysian moderators — Radio Free Asia

Insurgent army tightens its grip on northern Myanmar town An insurgent group in Myanmar’s Shan state, the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) ... Show more

Insurgent army tightens its grip on northern Myanmar town — Radio Free Asia

Myanmar junta authorities have charged more than 450 people in connection with cybercrime after their arrest in an online scam center near the Chinese border ... Show more

Myanmar junta charges hundreds for scamming on Chinese border — Radio Free Asia

China’s People's Liberation Army launched a large-scale exercise around Taiwan on Monday, just days after Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te reaffirmed the ... Show more

China launches large-scale drills around Taiwan — Radio Free Asia

Individual investors, some of them first-timers who rushed to set up trading accounts during a recent rally in Chinese stock markets ... Show more

Analysts warn China's retail investors over share-buying stampede — Radio Free Asia

🎙️ In the latest episode of RFA Insider, Kelis Wong from RFA Cantonese breaks down the past 10 years in Hong Kong—from the 2014 Umbrella Movement to the 2019 ... Show more

RFA Insider #17: 10 years in Hong Kong: from Umbrella Movement to Article 23 - YouTube

A month after Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, villages on Myanmar’s scenic Inle Lake remain flooded, with residents saying they lost ... Show more

“Wisdom of Happiness” offers an intimate, meditative cinema experience where the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader speaks directly to the camera about what he ... Show more

In new film, Dalai Lama says inner peace is key to happiness — Radio Free Asia

The PRC wants our EEZ The Philippines last month reported a record-breaking swarm of more than 200 Chinese vessels in several areas inside Manila’s exclusive ... Show more

Hong Kong actor Donnie Yen opened a Skechers store in Xinjiang, sparking criticism from rights groups who accuse the company of using his star power despite ... Show more

Junta authorities in western Myanmar have transferred nearly 370 prisoners out of the town of Sittwe in anticipation of an attack by ethnic minority fighters ... Show more

Myanmar military transfers prisoners as insurgents advance — Radio Free Asia

Author Han Kang on Oct. 10 became the first South Korean to win the Nobel Prize in Literature for work characterised by the correspondence between mental and ... Show more

The United States is concerned about China’s “increasingly dangerous and unlawful actions” in disputed regional waterways ... Show more

Blinken warns ASEAN on China’s ‘dangerous’ actions in sea disputes — Radio Free Asia

The U.S. is concerned about China’s “increasingly dangerous and unlawful actions” in disputed regional waterways, Secretary of State Antony Blinken told ... Show more

Blinken warns ASEAN on China’s ‘dangerous’ actions in sea disputes — Radio Free Asia

Officials are wrapping up Myanmar’s census for next year’s elections, but observers say the data is flawed due to many residents fleeing ... Show more

As Myanmar’s census draws to a close, observers question its accuracy — Radio Free Asia

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te pledged to resist China's attempts to annex Taiwan and defend its democratic way of life amid increased military exercises by ... Show more

Taiwan ‘determined’ to protect its democratic way of life — Radio Free Asia

🎧 Episode 17 of RFA Insider is here! We dive into a speed run of what’s happened in Hong Kong over the past 10 years since the Umbrella Movement ... Show more

RFA Insider #17: 10 years in Hong Kong: from Umbrella Movement to Article 23 - YouTube

An adviser to Senate President Hun Sen was arrested at Phnom Penh International Airport on Friday after returning from a business trip to China ... Show more

Hun Sen adviser arrested at airport after returning from China business trip — Radio Free Asia

Taiwan ‘determined’ to protect its democratic way of life Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te on Thursday vowed to resist any attempt by China to annex his ... Show more

Taiwan ‘determined’ to protect its democratic way of life — Radio Free Asia

✈️ A Cambodian airline with ties to a notorious conglomerate dogged by allegations of criminality has become the first Cambodian company to attempt to list ... Show more

Prince Group ties risk tainting Cambodia's first US IPO — Radio Free Asia

Myanmar junta charges hundreds for scamming on Chinese border Myanmar junta authorities have charged more than 450 people in connection with cybercrime after ... Show more

Myanmar junta charges hundreds for scamming on Chinese border — Radio Free Asia

Chinese authorities detained four Tibetan teens from a shuttered Buddhist monastery school after they resisted being sent to schools run by the Chinese ... Show more

4 Tibetan teens detained for resisting going to Chinese schools — Radio Free Asia

Just a trickle of tourists now make their way to visit the rustic home of Ta Mok, a notorious Khmer Rouge military commander known as “the Butcher” who oversaw ... Show more

Home of notorious Khmer Rouge commander attracts few tourists — Radio Free Asia

🍵 26-year-old Min Min Tun, who started his mobile tea shop three years ago, sells a cup of tea for 500 kyat (US$0.25) and has built a loyal clientele in Yangon ... Show more

In a dingy hut in a rebel camp not far from hundreds of Myanmar military soldiers trying to kill them, Barli and Owl await their first child ... Show more

Analysts warn China's retail investors over share-buying stampede Individual investors, some of them first-timers who rushed to set up trading accounts during ... Show more

Analysts warn China's retail investors over share-buying stampede — Radio Free Asia

In an Oct. 10 National Day speech marking the 113th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of China by the nationalist Kuomintang under Sun Yat-sen ... Show more

Taiwan ‘determined’ to protect its democratic way of life — Radio Free Asia

For decades, federalism seemed like a distant dream in Myanmar. But war has made it a possibility. Radio Free Asia spoke with policy makers and analysts ... Show more

As fighting wears on, many in Myanmar are focused on a new government — Radio Free Asia

Taiwan's coast guard says it seized a Chinese fishing boat and its nine crew after the vessel was found inside the island's restricted waters this week ... Show more

Asia Fact Check Lab : A claim emerged in Chinese-language social posts that Japan has no jurisdiction over American service personnel who commit crimes in the country ... Show more

‘Direct hit’ airstrike on homes kills 15 civilians in Myanmar’s Rakhine state A junta airstrike that hit several houses in a village in western Myanmar’s ... Show more

‘Direct hit’ airstrike on homes kills 15 civilians in Myanmar’s Rakhine state — Radio Free Asia

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Agency for International Development via its contractor Chemonics International — have not cut ties with ... Show more

Drugmakers rely on supplies using Uyghur forced labor: report — Radio Free Asia

Taiwan’s Premier Cho Jung-tai has said that his government is “prepared” ahead of China’s reported plans to launch military drills and a satellite on or around ... Show more

Taiwan braces for China’s drills, satellite launch — Radio Free Asia

U.S. President Joe Biden is again skipping Friday's East Asia and U.S-ASEAN summits, sending Secretary of State Antony Blinken in his place ... Show more

Biden misses regional summits for second straight year — Radio Free Asia

Myanmar military transfers prisoners as insurgents advance Junta authorities in western Myanmar have transferred nearly 370 prisoners out of the town of ... Show more

Myanmar military transfers prisoners as insurgents advance — Radio Free Asia

The ruling Chinese Communist Party has been gradually stepping up controls on officials' personal trips overseas since pandemic restrictions ended ... Show more

EXPLAINED: Is China taking away people's passports? — Radio Free Asia

Nearly 140,000 Cambodian students are taking the high-pressure high school exit exam, which tests a range of subjects from literature and mathematics to ... Show more

Vietnam is planning to lay two new undersea fiber optic cables as part of a telecoms infrastructure master plan hinging on emerging technologies ... Show more

Vietnam plans new undersea cables amid security concerns — Radio Free Asia

Chinese stock markets have been on a roller coaster in recent days, surging on hopes of a massive fiscal stimulus package ... Show more

Chinese markets in turmoil amid stimulus hopes — Radio Free Asia

Human rights concerns remain as Thailand seeks admission to UN council As Thailand waits for United Nation General Assembly members to vote on its bid to sit ... Show more

Human rights concerns remain as Thailand seeks admission to UN council — Radio Free Asia

A former al-Arqam and Global Ikhwan Services and Business Holdings (GISBH) member spoke to BenarNews on the condition of anonymity ... Show more

Thousands of people attended the funeral ceremony for Zaw Myint Maung, the pro-democracy politician who died in junta detention ... Show more

French Polynesian president asks UN to bring France into decolonization talks French Polynesia’s president and civil society leaders have called on the United ... Show more

French Polynesian president asks UN to bring France into decolonization talks — Radio Free Asia

Philippines, South Korea boost ties amid threats on their respective borders Philippines ⬇️ The presidents of the Philippines and South Korea agreed on Monday ... Show more

Philippines, South Korea boost ties amid threats on their respective borders — Radio Free Asia

4 Tibetan teens from a shuttered Buddhist monastery school detained for resisting going to Chinese schools ⬇️ The students, aged 15-18 ... Show more

4 Tibetan teens detained for resisting going to Chinese schools — Radio Free Asia

Taiwan is “prepared” ahead of China’s reported plans to launch military drills and a satellite Security officials have said that Beijing is likely to conduct ... Show more

Taiwan braces for China’s drills, satellite launch — Radio Free Asia

🚨Myanmar fighters capture hotly contested northwest town Pro-democracy fighters in Myanmar have captured a northwestern town on an important corridor for ... Show more

Myanmar fighters capture hotly contested northwest town — Radio Free Asia

Officials conducting a census in Myanmar ahead of planned elections next year are getting harassed and arrested by insurgent groups ... Show more

Myanmar census-takers and their protectors face rebel attacks — Radio Free Asia

🚨 North Korea is likely to send members of its regular armed forces to Ukraine in support of Russia, according to South Korea’s defense minister ... Show more

North Korea likely to send troops to support Russia: South’s defense minister — Radio Free Asia

Nuon Toeun, a 36-year-old domestic worker over the past six years, was arrested Saturday at her employer’s home in the state of Selangor ... Show more

Cambodia publicly shames maid deported after criticizing Hun Sen — Radio Free Asia

More than 100 political prisoners arrested by Myanmar’s junta have died in custroy in the three and a half years since the military seized power ... Show more

Over 100 Myanmar political prisoners have died since coup, group says — Radio Free Asia

The Mekong River Commission has delayed the release of a smartphone app that it said would provide flood warnings and AI-generated weather reports for the ... Show more

Mekong commission delays release of river flood warning app — Radio Free Asia

Vietnam, France upgrade relations to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Vietnam and France have upgraded bilateral relations to a Comprehensive Strategic ... Show more

Vietnam, France upgrade relations to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership — Radio Free Asia

South Korea sees signs of North building large nuclear-powered submarine The South Korean military has detected apparent signs that North Korea has started to ... Show more

South Korea sees signs of North building large nuclear-powered submarine — Radio Free Asia

🥔 North Korean farm managers who are not carefully harvesting their potato crops – leaving some behind – are getting in trouble with authorities ... Show more

North Korean farmers risk penalties if too many potatoes left in the ground — Radio Free Asia

North Korea is punishing residents who escaped with their lives from rising floodwaters but failed to save portraits of the two previous leaders that hang on ... Show more

North Korea punishes flood victims for failing to rescue leaders’ portraits — Radio Free Asia

Just a trickle of tourists now make their way to visit the rustic home of Ta Mok, a notorious Khmer Rouge military commander known as “the Butcher” who oversaw ... Show more

Home of notorious Khmer Rouge commander attracts few tourists — Radio Free Asia

A six-nation naval exercise led by the United States and the Philippines has begun in the waters off northern Philippines, the second such drills in 10 days ... Show more

Six countries join naval drills amid tension with China — Radio Free Asia

This week’s ASEAN summit in Laos will serve as a test of the 10-member regional bloc’s ability to address two of its most pressing challenges: the crisis in ... Show more

ASEAN faces tests in tackling Myanmar war, South China Sea tensions — Radio Free Asia

🌊 A six-nation naval exercise led by the US and the Philippines has begun amid rising tensions with China Exercise Sama Sama ... Show more

Six countries join naval drills amid tension with China — Radio Free Asia

There's a new social media buzzword making the rounds in China that is a shorthand way for workers to complain about being overworked and exploited -- ... Show more

China's workers complain of being 'beasts of burden' — Radio Free Asia

Calls are growing for the release on medical parole of former property mogul Ren Zhiqiang, who is serving an 18-year jail term for corruption after he ... Show more

Calls grow for parole of ailing dissident property mogul Ren Zhiqiang — Radio Free Asia

Calls grow for parole of ailing dissident property mogul Ren Zhiqiang — Radio Free Asia

Meta announced plans to manufacture virtual reality headsets in Vietnam, creating around 1,000 jobs. However, the tech giant has not addressed whether it ... Show more

US tech giants face human rights concerns over Vietnam investments — Radio Free Asia

🐋 Mauritius authorities are cracking down on “whale-chasers” — influencers from China and Taiwan who swim with whales during cruises ... Show more

Mauritius clamps down on social media 'whale-chasing' craze — Radio Free Asia

Mauritius clamps down on social media 'whale-chasing' craze — Radio Free Asia

Six North Korean military officers were among about 20 military personnel killed in a Ukrainian missile strike on Russian-occupied territory near the city of ... Show more

Ukrainian missile attack kills 6 North Korean officers: report — Radio Free Asia

Scores protest Vietnam President Tô Lâm’s visit to Paris, marking the first state visit by a Vietnamese leader to France in 22 years ... Show more

🚨 Myanmar’s military junta has delivered almost no relief aid and done little else to help people affected by Typhoon Yagi ... Show more

Myanmar flood victims say little relief has reached villages after Typhoon Yagi — Radio Free Asia

British colonial-style town of Kalaw, located 4,000 feet above sea level in southern Shan state, suffered massive record floods and landslides after Typhoon ... Show more

Uyghur-Turkish musician Güldiyar Tanridagli, 38, wins the “Best TV Series Music” award from Turkey’s Film-San Foundation for her song “Hopeless Love” in the ... Show more

Uyghur composer wins Turkish award for TV drama music — Radio Free Asia

What do you know about Bamban, a small Philippine farming town? 1️⃣ A quiet rural town thrust into the spotlight by former mayor Alice Guo ... Show more

Inside Bamban: A small Philippine farming town and its mysterious hub — Radio Free Asia

Vietnam releases activist suffering advanced stage cancer Vietnamese authorities have released political prisoner Nguyen Thuy Hanh ... Show more

Vietnam releases activist suffering advanced stage cancer — Radio Free Asia

China, North Korea mark 75th anniversary of ties in muted tone Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have marked the 75th ... Show more

China, North Korea mark 75th anniversary of ties in muted tone — Radio Free Asia