The former head of Cambodia's opposition party, Kem Sokha, will be tried for treason, Prime Minister Hun Sen said Monday, despite the easing of restrictions on his house arrest last week that led some to believe his case could be …
Asian Nations at Odds over Sovereignty Join up to Fight Marine Trash
TAIPEI - An agreement among Southeast Asian leaders this month to fight floating plastics in the South China Sea and surrounding waterways marks an upswing in cooperation among countries that normally compete over sovereignty.
Heads of state from the 10-member …
Report: Leaked Chinese Government Documents Detail Xinjiang Clampdown
BEIJING - A trove of leaked Chinese government documents reveals details of its clampdown on Uighurs and other Muslims in the country's western Xinjiang region under President Xi Jinping, the New York Times reported Saturday.
United Nations experts and activists …
Measles Spread Prompts Samoa to Declare State of Emergency
MELBOURNE - Samoa declared a state of emergency this weekend, closing all schools and cracking down on public gatherings, after several deaths linked to a measles outbreak that has spread across the Pacific islands.
The island state of about 200,000, …
In Hong Kong, Chinese Soldiers’ ‘Voluntary’ Street Cleaning Stirs Worries
HONG KONG - Dozens of Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers helped clear protester barricades from a street Saturday, emerging from their barracks for the first time since protests engulfed the semiautonomous Chinese territory five months ago.
Pro-democracy lawmakers immediately condemned …
Police Detain Eight Would-be Protesters in Lao Capital Vientiane
Police in the Lao capital Vientiane detained eight people this week who were planning protests calling for free speech and condemning land grabs and dam projects, later releasing six of them, RFA's Lao Service learned on Friday.
The arrests took …