Chris Mei has been stuck in his Shanghai flat for a month save for PCR testing and occasional volunteer work delivering food to neighbors. That will change in a couple of days when he boards his flight for a long-scheduled…
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Beijing Tightens COVID Restrictions as Long Holiday Begins
Beijing residents will need clear COVID tests to enter public spaces, officials said Saturday, announcing fresh virus controls at the start of a Labor Day holiday muted by creeping infections in the capital.The five-day break is typically one of China’…
Read MoreJunta troops torch 500 homes in 3 days in Myanmar’s Sagaing region
Junta troops torched more than 500 homes in five villages over the past three days in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, residents said Thursday, where nearly three-fourths of townships have been cut off from internet access since early March amid ongoing milit…
Read MorePro-junta ‘Blood Comrades’ claim killings of 8 opposition members in Mandalay
A newly formed pro-junta militia is terrorizing members of the deposed opposition party in Mandalay, residents of Myanmar’s second largest city said, claiming responsibility for eight brutal killings over the past week by placing a signature badge on t…
Read MorePhilippines’ Duterte intends to skip ASEAN summit in Washington
Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte announced his intention to skip the U.S.-ASEAN summit in Washington next month, telling Filipinos he doesn’t want to take a stance that could go against his successor who will be elected the same week.Previously, Duter…
Read MoreMyanmar Civil Disobedience Movement ‘losing steam’ amid junta crackdowns
Myanmar’s Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), a popular strike movement that at its peak brought the administrative machinery of the military regime to a halt, has lost more than one-third of its active members amid a crackdown by the junta, organizers…
Read MoreA decade after activist’s death, rights groups in Cambodia press for answers
Cambodian environmentalists called for authorities to reinvestigate the 2012 murder of a forestry activist, who was slain while campaigning against illegal logging, a problem that has gotten worse in the decade since his killing. Chut Wutty was shot to…
Read MoreUS Commission: Cite Afghanistan for Religious Persecution
Afghanistan should join a list of the “worst of the worst” violators of religious freedom in the wake of the Taliban’s return to power, a U.S. advisory body is recommending to the State Department.In its annual report issued Monday, the…
Read MoreChildren of Myanmar’s conflict zones deprived of key immunizations
Children whose families have fled fighting in Myanmar’s conflict zones are being deprived of essential immunizations due to lack of access to health care, refugees and medical professionals said Thursday.From infancy to 18 months of age, children are r…
Read MoreMyanmar’s Yangon Int’l Airport Reopens After Two-Year Suspension
Myanmar reopened the Yangon International Airport yesterday, more than two years after the country suspended all commercial flights, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.An airport official said that, a Singapore Airlines flight that arrived at around 9.00 a….
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