Topic: Radio Free Asia
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The deputy chief of mission at Myanmar's embassy in Washington is seeking political asylum in the United States, Radio Free Asia reported Sunday.Career diplomat Kyaw Win, 59, had been posted in Washington since 2008 and defected because Myanmar ...
The second highest-ranking diplomat at Myanmar's embassy in Washington has defected and is seeking US political asylum, Radio Free Asia has reported.Kyaw Win, the embassy's deputy chief of mission, told RFA that government of Myanmar has failed to begin ...
0 . Vietnamese police say they have released two pro-democracy activists who were taken into custody last week while appearing outside a fellow ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has lodged a "strong protest" with the Vietnamese government over the attack on a U.S. diplomat by police in central Vietnam, a State Department spokesman said Wednesday.Christian Marchant, a political officer with the U.S ...
US-funded broadcaster Radio Free Asia has launched a weekly radio question and answer show with Myanmar democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi, who was freed from house arrest last month.The first episode of the Burmese-language show was broadcast on November 30 ...
State media say stray warning rounds from Chinese police killed Tibetan protesterChinese police fatally shot a Tibetan protester during a demonstration last week, state media reported Monday, saying the man was hit by stray warning rounds.The incident is apparently the same ...
Chinese police fatally shoot 4 Tibetans in mine dispute, report saysAt least four Tibetans were fatally shot and 30 others wounded when Chinese police opened fire on demonstrators protesting the expansion of a gold mine they blamed for causing environmental damage, a ...
At least four Tibetans may have been killed and 30 others hurt when Chinese police fired on crowds protesting the expansion of mine operations blamed for environmental damage, a report said Saturday.The shooting occurred August 17 in a remote region of ...
Villagers in central China clash with police after land dispute leaves 1 deadMore than 1,000 villagers clashed with police in central China following a land dispute with construction workers that left one person dead, reports said Thursday.Fighting initially broke out ...
The family of missing Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who has been tipped for a Nobel Peace Prize, has defected to the United States, rights activists said Thursday.New York-based Human Rights in China and Radio Free Asia said Gao's wife ...