Laos
Highlights of RFA coverage of Laos
RFA reported on the communist nation’s rush to dam the Mekong, the plight of migrant workers and human trafficking.
Uyghur
Highlights of RFA Uyghur coverage
Source reporting by the only international Uyghur language news service revealing repression inside Xinjiang.
China
Chinese exporters use ‘origin washing’ to evade U.S. tariffs
Ads on Chinese social media offer re-export and freight-forward services to avoid restrictions on export re-routing
Myanmar
Myanmar junta extends post-quake ceasefire despite repeatedly violating it
Junta airstrikes have killed nearly 300 people since the ceasefire began, the exiled civilian government said.
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Vietnam
Imprisoned Vietnam activist charged for writing ‘down with communism’
Land activist Trinh Ba Phuong, already serving 10 years, is slapped with a second charge of ‘anti-state propaganda’
Cambodia
‘The Stories We Share’ - they were forced, as strangers, to marry
Documentary film tells the story of survivors as Khmer Rouge Tribunal educators travel across Cambodia.
China
US, China in for protracted trade talks, warn experts ahead of crucial Geneva meet
US Treasury Secy Scott Bessent to meet Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng this weekend, amid US-China trade tensions.
Myanmar
Myanmar’s ethnic Karen face food shortages amid aid cuts to camps on Thai border
Children under five are living on just 5 US cents a day, aid groups said.
China
China touts Labor Day tourism surge, but netizens say otherwise
Chinese netizens question official data of a boom in consumption activity during China’s five-day May Day holiday.
Korea
Homes destroyed after North Koreans balk at paying for fire trucks to put out blaze
Residents of an apartment complex in Sinuiju city tried to avoid paying the high cost for dispatching fire trucks.
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