Radio Free Asia

China imports 95% of its longan from Thailand, with most local buyers acting as nominees for Chinese merchants.

Riders make around US$0.70 per delivery, forcing them to put in long hours without rest to make ends meet.

The arrests come after the Arakan Army announced plans to seize last townships from junta control.

Verdict: False

PIF Sec. Gen. Baron Waqa wouldn't comment on reports Chinese state-sponsored hackers were behind the intrusion.

Police declared a state of emergency after fighting between illegal miners and local landowners.

Shinjiro Koizumi stressed that he and Kim Jong Un are of the same generation.

Despite their differences, Thailand could side with China rather than the U.S. during wartime, analysts said.

Phan Van Bach was accused of defaming the Communist Party and inciting the people.

The region's voters and well-wishers in the West must focus on supporting institutions that outlast personalities.

The BRP Teresa Magbanua has left Sabina Shoal after a five-month standoff with Chinese ships.

'I was trying to bring about peace,’ says Dai Qing, a one-time critic of the Three Gorges Dam project.

Saleumxay Kommasith is widely acknowledged as one of his country’s most competent technocrats.

Many new arrivals from Myanmar are renting accommodations outside the refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar.

The closures affect 2,000 students and may be followed by inspections of migrant schools in the country’s north.

But the government has suspended a power project owned by Ly Yong Phat, citing illegal logging.

Lobsang Thabkhey was arrested in June 2023 for publishing books from Tibetans in exile.

At 80, ex-governor Chris Patten offers a rallying cry as liberties he fought to preserve are eroded.

The ruling Chinese Communist Party wants to cultivate the next generation of recruits to prepare for war.

Volunteer emergency groups say they don’t have the manpower to help in dozens of submerged villages.