TAIPEI, Taiwan – Japan said it will extend its ban on trade with North Korea for two more years as part of sanctions over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program and the unresolved abductions of Japan...
The headlong rush to dam the Mekong River in Southeast Asia has been highlighted by rare footage from a major dam under construction near the historic Lao city of Luang Prabang. The three-billion-doll...
Updated April 9, 2025, 4:00 p.m. ET TAIPEI, Taiwan – U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on ‘reciprocal’ tariffs for many countries, with the exception of those against China, w...
Read RFA coverage of this topic in Burmese. Junta restrictions on aid activities following central Myanmar’s devastating 7.7 earthquake have driven some to postpone aid efforts, despite many communi...
A social worker and rights activist was sentenced Wednesday to three years and nine months in prison for participating in a riot during Hong Kong’s 2019 pro-democracy protests. Jackie Chen was one o...
SAGAING, Myanmar — One of the oldest monasteries in Mandalay was flattened after central Myanmar’s devastating 7.7 earthquake Thirty-nine were killed when the 117-year-old Ma Soe Yein Monastery co...
The Tibetan government-in-exile called Tuesday for an independent investigation into the death of an influential Tibetan Buddhist leader said to have died in Vietnam, where he was reportedly in hiding...
At a recent recruitment drive, China’s state-owned nuclear company received nearly 1.2 million applications – a number that shocked netizens and fueled widespread concern about the growing challen...
Updated April 10, 2025, 04:30 a.m. EDT BANGKOK – The U.S. and Vietnam have agreed to start talks on a trade deal, the Vietnamese government said Thursday, a possible sign of breathing space for some...
