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Interfaith conference seeks to raise awareness about Uyghur genocide

Panelists discuss the Chinese government’s forced labor, surveillance and information control in Xinjiang.

China

China deepens engagement with new Indonesian president as top diplomat visits Jakarta

Beijing’s joint call with Jakarta for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza will boost its influence in Southeast Asia, one analyst said.

Cambodia

Exiled opposition official asks Hun Manet to help clear 2022 charges

Former lawmaker Kong Saphea wants to return from Canada to visit his elderly parents.

Uyghur

China bans Uyghurs from using social media apps

Experts say the measure could presage another major crackdown in Xinjiang.

North Korea

UN OKs shipment of vaccine storage equipment to North Korea

UNICEF had requested a sanctions exemption to bring ‘cold chain’ equipment into the country.

Sikyong Penpa Tsering greets participants during an event to mark the anniversary of Dali Lama’s Congressional Gold Medal reception at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, Oct. 17, 2023.

Tibet

Tibetan political leader ‘optimistic’ about passage of US bill on Tibet

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved the bill, advancing it to the Senate floor.

North Korea

UN OKs shipment of vaccine storage equipment to North Korea

UNICEF had requested a sanctions exemption to bring ‘cold chain’ equipment into the country.

Former State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, and former President Win Myint during a court appearance in Naypyidaw, May 24, 2021.

Myanmar

Thailand urges Myanmar’s junta to free Aung San Suu Kyi

2024-04-18

Her transfer this week to house arrest was ‘a positive step,’ the Thai Foreign Ministry said.

American soldiers participate in a firing exercise with Philippine troops at Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija province, north of Manila, April 13, 2023.

China

China warns against US-Philippine joint military exercise

2024-04-18

Chinese foreign ministry says the expanded annual exercise Balikatan destabilizes the region.

Cambodia

Silent struggles plague Cambodian refugees in Bangkok

Asia Fact Check Lab

Does China import zero soybeans from Paraguay?

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‘I can't give up my children’; Myanmar mother whose three children face military conscription

China

Protesting Spanish professor 'warned university' over Confucius Institutes

Journalism professor Mar Llera makes waves with protest at University of Seville inauguration ceremony.

Junta vehicles were destroyed by Karen joint forces on April 18, 2024.

Myanmar

Ethnic army intercepts junta convoy on Thai-Myanmar border

Hundreds of soldiers were injured, according to the Karen National Union.

On May 11, 2022, Cardinal Joseph Zen, who was 90 years old at the time, was taken into custody by the police at a monastery in Chai Wan. Later that night, he was released on bail and left the Western District Police Station. The picture shows him waving to people when leaving the Western District Police Station.

China

Hong Kong arrests 291 for endangering national security in past 4 years

Vietnam

Vietnam’s ‘Provisional National Government’ offers empty promises, lawyers say

Students scan their smartphones while seated along the riverside in Phnom Penh, Cambodia February 4, 2022.

China

Report: China is exporting digital control methods

North Korea

Coffee in North Korea: It’s not just for capitalists anymore

Myanmar

Arakan Army attacks another junta border outpost in western Myanmar

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