In a scene from a North Korean TV show, a man wears a floral apron and serves a meal to his family. Analysts told Radio Free ...

Read a version of this story in Lao. The disappearance of a Lao content creator from Thailand this month could be the latest example of Laos’ transnational repression, the leader of a Thai-based human ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed a wide range of issues during their summit in ...

WASHINGTON—Marking a key milestone in its history, when listeners in Beijing first tuned in to Radio Free Asia’s inaugural ...

Myanmar’s military junta is increasingly resorting to attacks on civilians as a means to bring the rebel Arakan Army in the ...

It’s called the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress—China’s newest law under President Xi Jinping, passed on March 12, 2026, and in effect since July 1, 2026. The law contains 65 articles, many ...

LONG ISLAND, New York — Ma Ju was in the kitchen making dinner on Christmas Eve 2023 when he heard a knock. The woman on the doorstep of his two-story suburban Long Island home held a manila envelope ...

Taiwan’s plan to open a second trade office in the Philippines is an example of Manila and Taipei accelerating cooperation in ...

DHARAMSALA, India — Amid the sound of drums, music, and applause, the Dalai Lama stepped into Dharamsala’s main temple courtyard on Sunday, his 90th birthday. Welcomed by Tibetan cultural performers, ...

Authorities have sentenced two senior Tibetan monastic leaders to three- and four-year prison terms for their roles in rare 2024 public protests against a planned Chinese hydropower dam project, two ...

Sahajak Boonthanakit, a Thai actor, will never forget the day he met Chen Zhi. “He was very much – I don’t want to make this too dramatic – but very much like a godfather. He didn’t say much, I ...

A Uyghur father took in an abandoned Chinese baby. 40 years later he pleads for her release from a Chinese prison.