Radio Free Asia's mission is to provide accurate and timely news and information to Asian countries whose governments prohibit access to a free press.
An unremarkable South Korean village is home to a little-known cemetery for North Korean war dead.
Some countries block access to the RFA Web sites. Here, you can learn how to use a proxy server, or subscribe to an e-newsletter bringing news directly to your email.
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hubei send a prominent cyber-activist serving a suspended sentence back to jail. Meanwhile, in neighboring Hunan, veteran labor activist Zhang Shanguang vows to continue his human rights work following his release from a 10-year prison sentence.
Three Burmese women who went to work legally in Malaysia are now being held in one of the country's notorious immigration jails after they lodged a complaint of mistreatment and sexual harassment against a co-worker.
Bereaved parents who lost children when their schools collapsed in the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan have vowed to continue their legal battle after officials refused to publish results of an investigation. Many parents have now signed a compensation deal offered by the government.
As Cambodia's election campaign heats up, a journalist linked to the opposition is killed along with his son.
As the Olympic torch makes its way north to Beijing, authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong boost security around the home of a jailed family planning activist.
Authorities in Xinjiang execute two Uyghurs for alleged terror links. Fifteen others are sentenced.
As communication becomes more difficult with people living inside Tibet, cell phone conversations with family and friends overseas and second-hand accounts continue to describe events. For security reasons, we do not identify some of our sources by name in order to protect them from retaliation.
Come and talk to us in the blogosphere. On our blog, you'll find a
wealth of unique, unpublished material from our language services,
links, dialogues with other bloggers, multimedia content, and
commentary. Here we're seeking a deeper online exchange about what's
important in our language regions.
Go to RFA Unplugged
Witnesses in Burma have been contacting RFA Burmese service staff with heartbreaking accounts of devastation, death, and a major humanitarian crisis in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Nargis. Read their first-hand accounts of the storm and its aftermath.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
