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700 Malaysian workers stranded, held for ransom in Lao SEZ

700 Malaysian workers stranded, held for ransom in Lao SEZ

Malaysian rights groups and family members call on Lao government to help free trapped workers.

Philippines, US Marines kick off large-scale drills

Philippines, US Marines kick off large-scale drills

Japan, South Korea are expected to join humanitarian efforts linked to the Kamandag 6 military exercise.

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker in exile vows to keep speaking out for city

Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker in exile vows to keep speaking out for city

Ted Hui is handed a three-and-a-half year jail term by the High Court in absentia after fleeing a crackdown.

Protesters take aim at Beijing's human rights record on China's National Day

Protesters take aim at Beijing's human rights record on China's National Day

Hong Kongers, Tibetans and Uyghurs burned PRC flags at demonstrations in several U.S. and U.K. cities

Myanmar activists say junta will use SIM card registration to target opposition

A new requirement will allow authorities to identify the users of specific cellphones.

More than 70 people from Ayeyarwady arrested after village administrator killed

More than 70 people from Ayeyarwady arrested after village administrator killed

Tar Tay was shot five times by an unknown assailant as he returned from a meeting.

Aye Aye Aung, the chairwoman of the Women’s Affairs Committee for the NLD in Magway region's Sidoktaya township, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for violating anti-terrorism laws.

Myanmar junta hands 20 NLD members lengthy jail terms for ‘terrorism’

2022-10-03

Observers say the ruling is one of many politically motivated acts targeting the party.

A North Korean passenger train moves through farmland outside of Pyongyang, North Korea, in a file photo.

North Korea restricts citizens’ movements to prevent spread of ‘seasonal flu’

2022-10-03

Residents say the measure is meant to prevent further transmission of the COVID-19 virus.

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Myanmar's forests under pressure from illegal logging, smuggling

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Man killed by landmine in Mrauk-U township

Man killed by landmine in Mrauk-U township

Two children were also injured by junta heavy artillery in the township in Myanmar’s Rakhine State.

The group of five lawyers at Peng Lei Buddhist Church on Sept. 24.

Peng Lei lawyers ask police to follow law after DNA samples taken forcibly

The legal team said they were shut out when police took samples at the Peng Lei Buddhist Church.

This handout photo from the state-run Myanmar News Agency (MNA) taken on July 28, 2021 and received on July 29 shows Sean Turnell, a detained Australian adviser to Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, getting vaccinated against the Covid-19 coronavirus in Insein prison in Yangon.

Jailed Australia economist quarantined for COVID-19 in Myanmar

How China and its allies pool resources to target overseas dissidents

A man tends to the body of a child after Myanmar junta helicopters fired on a school in the Maha Dhammaranthi monastery compound near Let Yet Kone village, Sagaing region, Sept. 16, 2022.

‘Risking their lives to go to school’: Myanmar teacher who survived junta raid

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