Hong Tony Chung student activist Tony Chung, 20, was sentenced to three years and seven months in jail Tuesday, weeks after he plead guilty to secession, under the Beijing-imposed national security law, and to a charge of money laundering, court officials said
Next to the Japanese Peace Bell, a picture of a tree in Autumn colours. The UN Association of Japan has donated the Peace Bell to the United Nations
China has been producing patriotic films for local audiences while tightening control over its film industry, causing Hollywood to fear if its films will still be accepted in China’s lucrative market
This year’s holiday season is gearing up to be spectacular. Holiday buying will be impacted by supply chain concerns, the pandemic, inflation, and online sales, according to experts
When the Taliban took over the country in August, Afghanistan had a thriving media. One of the many TV channels was controlled by women. Because to Taliban threats and censorship, that channel is currently closed down. But the woman who started it all refuses to give up
A well-known secular activist on Tuesday called on the Bangladesh Bar Council to pull the membership of a lawyer who has been filing police complaints against musicians alleging that their performances insult Islam
Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan is close to death following months of intermittent hunger strikes in protest at her jailing, RFA has learned
Visually handicapped people, particularly in developing countries like Zimbabwe, have a difficult time getting ahead. However, Zimbabwe’s High Court bench recently appointed its first visually impaired judge
Authorities in Hong Kong on Monday arrested five government workers for faking a COVID-19 app, amid growing concerns that the app facilitates large-scale surveillance of the city’s seven million residents
Parts of the world that were long assumed to be permanently frozen are melting, posing problems for countries like Russia, which has extensive swaths of permafrost