2017/03/21 |
China's Zombie Young; Ho Chi Minh City's First Subway; Reports of Tibetan Crackdown; India's Doctor Stike
Asia Update: A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/03/17 |
Assassin’s Cambodia Stopover Revealed; UK to Use Chinese Text Books; ‘Read Four Books a Year’ - Vietnamese Told; More Spy Games in Taiwan
Asia Morning Update: A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/03/16 |
Vietnam's 'Prison Within a Prison Within a Prison'
Exiled dissident Dang Xuan Dieu recounts the horror of his imprisonment in Vietnam to Mong Palatino.
2017/03/09 |
Kim Jong Nam’s Son Emerges; Trump Wins China Trademarks; Trash Clogs Ha Long Bay; China Writes South China Sea Rules
Asia Morning Update: A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/02/14 |
Lifting the Shadows on a Secret War
BOOK REVIEW: Joshua Kurlantzick's 'A Great Place to Have a War: America in Laos and the Birth of a Military CIA' (New York, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2017), reviewed by Hunter Marston.
2017/02/01 |
FEATURE: Vietnamese turn to Podcast to Break Mainstream Narrative
Meet the citizen journalists reshaping how the world and Vietnamese themselves see Vietnam.
2017/01/23 |
Daughter of Refugee Strives to Build Japanese School in Vietnam
‘My dream is to do something that would serve as a bridge between Japan and Vietnam,’ says Doan Thy Trang.
2016/10/17 |
Vietnamese Netizens Defiant Despite Looming Prison Threats
‘What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger’: Vietnamese bloggers and political activists will continue to criticize authorities, despite the ever-present threat of jail and an increasingly confident government.
2016/10/13 |
An American Boat Sailed to Vietnam During the War. Then It Disappeared
The Phoenix of Hiroshima has had a long, strange trip.
2016/10/06 |
Renewed Fears for Religious Freedom in Vietnam
Human rights advocates are concerned about fresh restrictions on religious freedom in Vietnam.
2016/09/22 |
After the Vietnam War, America Flew Planes Full of Babies Back to the U.S.
Operation Babylift was a noble attempt to save young lives. But it wasn't exactly problem-free.
2016/08/10 |
Vietnam Deploys ‘State-of-the-Art’ Rocket Launchers in S China Sea
Vietnam is reported to have moved a new Israel-made rocket launcher to five areas in the Spratlys.
2016/08/02 |
Taiwanese Legislator Detained at Vietnam Airport
A Taiwanese legislator was held up by Vietnamese officials at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi for nine hours. She was on her way a Formosa Plastics plant that has been blamed for causing serious pollution. Is this a sign of jitters for Taiwan's pivot to Southeast Asia?
2016/07/26 |
Stranded Vietnamese Waiting for Answers After Kinmen Bridge Contract Canned
'People are still stranded': Vietnamese men brought to Kinmen to construct a major bridge project remain in crowded living quarters on the island and waiting for new jobs in Taiwan. Several of them are victims of human trafficking schemes, and are accruing interest on illegal debts owed to brokers.
2016/07/22 |
Torture of Vietnamese Prisoners of Conscience Exposed
'They told me that I would die in prison, that I would die in that cell and my family would never know.'
2016/07/21 |
Vietnam Refuses to Stamp Chinese Passports
The issuance of on-arrival visas to Chinese tourists has been a form of protest in Vietnam since China issued its new passports in 2012.
2016/07/18 |
Formosa Plastics May Not Be Sole Culprit in Mass Fish Deaths in Vietnam
Formosa Plastics has agreed to pay US$500 million for the mass fish death in central Vietnam, but should it take full responsibility?
