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Activists pressure Lao Government on missing Civil Society leader

Five years ago, Shui-Meng Ng and her husband, Sombath Somphone, were driving their car through Vientiane. It was on that day that he disappeared. Security camera footage at a checkpoint showed police officers...

Action urged to end atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. envoy on Sexual Violence in Conflict urged the Security Council on Tuesday to demand an immediate end to the violence against civilians in Myanmar's Rakhine state, which...

International Community’s Anxiety Rises Over US Jerusalem Decision

UNITED NATIONS — The international community reacted swiftly to President Donald Trump’s announcement the United States would formally recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a move that could reignite Israeli-Palestinian violence. U.N....

South Korean media: US B-1B bombers fly over Peninsula

American B-1B Lancer bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula Wednesday as part of combined air force exercise with South Korea, the South Korean Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday. Yonhap quoted South Korea's...

Apple, Google at China Internet fest shows lure of market  

HONG KONG — The high-profile attendance of the leaders of Apple and Google at a Chinese conference promoting Beijing's vision of a censored internet highlights the dilemma for Western tech companies trying...

US Senator: Time to Move US Military Families Out of South Korea

Senior Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said Sunday that time has come to start moving dependents of U.S. military personnel out of South Korea. "It's crazy to send spouses and children to South...

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