How could our country lie so completely? meet the North Korean defectors
One day, when he was 25 years old, Park Sang-hak was strolling around a huge square in the North Korean
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Month: August 2016
Vietnam Human Rights Defenders Weekly August 22-28, 2016
Vietnam Imprisons Two Activists for “Anti-state Propaganda” On August 23, the People’s Court in Vietnam’s central coastal province of Khanh
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Attacks Cloud Thailand’s Upcoming Peace Talks
A series of recent bombings in Thailand, including one this week, remain unexplained. But analysts say they cast a shadow
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South China Sea Fact: One of the Last Things South Vietnam Did Was Fight China
In January 1974, South Vietnamese forces clashed with the People’s Liberation Army Navy in the Paracel Island chain—a hot spot
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Obama to visit Laos as secretive communist country opens up to Vietnam, US influence
The secretive communist government of Laos, a country with a population of less than 7 million, rarely causes a ripple
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Vice President of Vietnam Independent Journalists Summoned for Petition against Police Torture
By Vu Quoc Ngu, August 17, 2016 Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have summoned blogger Nguyen Tuong Thuy,
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Lao Restaurant Owner to Get Justice in Land-Grab Case
A land-grab victim in northern Laos’ Xieng Khouang province is entitled to lease back nearly 6,000 square meters of land
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Identify of Thai Bombing Suspects a Source of Intense Speculation
BANGKOK — Thai police investigators say up to 20 people were involved in last Friday’s bomb attacks, but the identity
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Record Fine Feared Too Small to Cover Dead Fish Damage in Vietnam
HO CHI MINH CITY — Observers and activists in Vietnam say a record pollution fine against a foreign-owned steel mill
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Japan Searches for 8 Chinese Missing Off Disputed Islands
TOKYO — Japan searched Friday for eight Chinese crewmembers missing after their fishing boat collided with a cargo ship off
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