North Korean Art Troupe to Visit China
BEIJING A North Korean art troupe will visit China starting on Wednesday, Chinese state media said on Sunday.
The troupe will be led by Ri Su Yong, a vice chairman …
Lao Migrant Youth Increasingly Looking for Work in China
Young people from the northern provinces of Laos are increasingly moving across the border to China in search of jobs and higher wages.
Facing limited prospects at home, youth from …
Lao Protest Villager Freed, 11 Still Held
Lao authorities have released a villager held since 2017 with a group arrested for protesting the loss of land awarded by the government to a Vietnamese rubber company, sources in …
Cambodia Spokesman Denies Country Gave Passport to Exiled Former Thai PM Yingluck
A spokesman for the Hun Sen government on Thursday denied reports that fugitive former Thai premier Yingluck Shinawatra had been given a Cambodian passport, but a critic of the Cambodian …
Chinese Railway Project in Laos Leaves Farmers in the Lurch
The railway project that would link landlocked Laos with China has been touted as a benefit to the Lao economy because it will lower the cost of exports and consumer …
Bangkok Fights Floods with Thirsty Landscaping
BANGKOK, THAILAND When Bangkok’s oldest university called for ideas for a symbol to mark its centenary year, landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom successfully pitched a design for a park.
It was …
Australia Closes Two High-Security Immigration Detention Centers
SYDNEY Two of Australia’s nine high-security immigration detention centers are being closed in what the government says is a vindication of its tough border protection policies.
Ministers say the facilities …
North Korea Says it Will Change Tactics if US Continues with Sanctions
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is warning that the current goodwill with the United States could end if Washington continues to impose sanctions to force his regime to denuclearize.…