A former member of parliament for Myanmar’s pro-military Union Solidarity and Development Party wanted by Chinese authorities has died in police custody after being arrested for masterminding an online scam ring, according to junta-controlled media.

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U.S. President Joe Biden told world leaders Thursday that his meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping the day prior were fruitful but did not necessarily mean the relationship between the world’s two superpowers would now be “all kumbaya.”
Biden al…

China has sentenced four Tibetans from Sertar county in Sichuan province to two years in prison each for engaging in religious activities — the second time they have been arrested and given jail time, said two Tibetans with knowledge of the situation.&…

A dozen men drinking their morning tea at a shop in central Myanmar were massacred by junta troops on Thursday for no apparent reason, local residents told Radio Free Asia, in the latest spasm of violence in the country’s civil war.
The victims – betwe…

More than 200 Rohingya reached Indonesia’s Aceh province in a boat on Thursday, bringing the number of new arrivals this week to nearly 600, but villagers in separate locations forced the latest batch to return to sea, officials said.
The foreign minis…

Film director and dissident artist Guo Zhenming, known for his work commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen massacre, has been placed under a travel ban after being invited to a screening of his latest film in Singapore.

Authorities in the southwestern provi…

Korean-language social media posts in November circulated the claim that North Korea has closed down its diplomatic missions worldwide. 

But the claim is false. As of May, North Korea operated a total of 53 foreign missions. Since then, media rep…

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who met with President Biden at the APEC leaders’ summit on Wednesday, has been dogged by protests throughout his short trip to the United States despite the bid to shore up bilateral ties. 

Many protesters were Chin…