Lawyers for a North Korean businessman who is detained in Malaysia and facing extradition to the United States said Friday that their client was a victim of U.S.-North Korea “politics.” While 54-year-old Mun Chol Myong…

Jewher Ilham, the daughter of jailed Uyghur academic Ilham Tohti, is a graduate from Indiana University who has spoken out in support of his peaceful promotion of equal rights and greater autonomy for the Turkic…

Three ethnic armed groups fighting with Myanmar’s military in northern Rakhine State and northern Shan State have unilaterally extended a ceasefire until end of this year, according to a statement released by the alliance on…

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Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen hit out at China on Friday after a second Pacific nation announced it was terminating diplomatic ties with the democratic island to establish relations with the People’s Republic of China instead.Kiribati,…

The West still regards China’s “New Silk Road” project with distrust but many countries are benefiting from Chinese investments, says DW’S Frank Sieren. Source: Deutsche Welle – Asia Read More: Sieren’s China: A rocky…

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London-based rights group Amnesty International has hit out at the Hong Kong police over the “torture and other ill-treatment” of anti-extradition protesters in detention, as well as the reckless and indiscriminate use of force. The…