Admiral to VOA: US ‘Consistency’ Counters Chinese Aggression in South China Sea The U.S. response to China’s controversial actions in the South China Sea is “consistency,” the Navy’s top admiral said. Speaking… 08/06/2018 Aimas
Malaysia Says Indonesia Returned Yacht Bought with Looted 1MDB Funds Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says Indonesia has returned a luxury yacht linked with the multi-billion dollar scandal involving sovereign… 08/06/2018 Aimas
China Lashes Out as Retaliatory Moves Fail to Stop Trump Trade Actions Chinese state media are reacting to U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade actions against China in diverse ways. While denouncing the… 08/06/2018 Aimas
HRW Opposes Plan to Move Rohingyas to Uninhabited Island A human rights group is urging Bangladesh to reconsider its plans to move Rohingya refugees to a small, uninhabited island.… 08/06/2018 Aimas
Pompeo: N. Korea Weapons Work Counter to Denuclearization Pledge Less than two months after a landmark U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo flew back… 08/03/2018 Aimas
US Sanctions Russian, Chinese Firms as Pompeo Meets China’s FM The U.S. Treasury Department said it imposed sanctions Friday on a Russian bank for helping North Korea avoid U.N. Security… 08/03/2018 Aimas
Capacity Issues Hinder Public Sector Reform in Myanmar Government officials do not typically enjoy a positive reputation in Myanmar, and reform efforts have been sluggish since the country… 08/03/2018 Aimas
Pain with No End Seventeen victims of abduction have been recognized by Japan, but abductions occurred across Asia. There are more than 800 missing… 08/03/2018 Aimas
Monk Accused of Sexual Misconduct as #MeToo Expands in China One of China’s highest-ranking Buddhist monks is facing a government investigation over accusations of sexual misconduct, in what is seen… 08/03/2018 Aimas
Rohingya Evacuated from Camps Amid Landslide Risks The Rohingya minority members who fled a military campaign in Myanmar to neighboring Bangladesh are now faced with the growing… 08/02/2018 Aimas
US Welcomes Return of Presumed Korean War Dead Decades after the end of the Korean War in 1953, the remains of dozens of presumed U.S. war dead returned… 08/02/2018 Aimas
Chinese Police Remove Professor During Broadcast of VOA Program Chinese police broke into the home of a retired Shandong University professor who is critical of China's human rights record… 08/01/2018 Aimas
US Confirms Plan to Raise China Import Tariff to 25 Percent U.S. President Donald Trump sought to ratchet up pressure on China for trade concessions by proposing a higher 25 percent tariff on… 08/01/2018 Aimas
Google Mum on Chinese Search Engine Reports Google declined Wednesday to confirm reports that it plans to launch a censored version of its search engine in China, where… 08/01/2018 Aimas
Japan Vows to Rescue Journalist Believed Held in Syria Japan's government said Wednesday it's doing its utmost for the rescue of a Japanese journalist believed to be held in… 08/01/2018 Aimas
Inter-Korean Conventional Military Reductions Tied to Denuclearization Inter-Korean military talks have so far yielded trust building measures, but no significant reductions in troops or artillery at the border… 08/01/2018 Aimas
Thailand Asks Britain to Extradite Convicted Former PM Yingluck Thailand has asked Britain to extradite former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, overthrown in a coup in 2014 and sentenced in… 07/31/2018 Aimas
Analysts Question Myanmar’s ‘Independent’ Human Rights Commission A new government commission investigating human rights abuses in Myanmar's Rakhine state is being criticized by skeptics a day after… 07/31/2018 Aimas
Malaysia’s Civil Aviation Chief Quits Over Flight 370 Lapses Malaysia’s civil aviation chief said Tuesday he has resigned to take responsibility after an independent investigative report highlighted shortcomings in… 07/31/2018 Aimas
China Urges US Not to Allow Stopover by Taiwan President China urged the United States on Tuesday not to allow Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to transit its territory when she… 07/31/2018 Aimas