Tag: East Asia

BANGKOK —  Myanmar’s scam operations are expanding south along Thailand’s border, authorities have told VOA in recent days, and will ...

WASHINGTON —  President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze $45 million in U.S. federal funding for over 400 Burmese students has ...

Bangkok —  Myanmar’s rebel groups made historic gains last year, the fourth of a civil war set off by a ...

TAIPEI, TAIWAN —  The Lunar New Year, also called the Chinese New Year or the Spring Festival in China, is ...

GENEVA —  The U.N. human rights chief appealed on Thursday for $500 million in funding for 2025 to support its ...

BANGKOK —  Singapore-based petroleum company Interra Resources is being accused by an activist group in Myanmar of complicity in alleged ...

BEIJING —  China has prohibited imports of sheep, goat, poultry and even-toed ungulates from African, Asian and European countries due ...

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA —  North Korea has test-fired sea-to-surface strategic guided cruise missiles, state news agency KCNA reported Sunday, adding ...

Bangkok —  Hundreds of LGBTQ+ couples married in Thailand Thursday as the kingdom became the third place in Asia to ...

WASHINGTON —  South Korea should increase efforts to prevent China from normalizing its claims to sovereignty over a disputed maritime ...