Burma’s long-time democracy icon and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi departs for Thailand Tuesday on her first international trip in 24 years. The newly elected parliamentarian had spent 15 of the past 22 years in detention for challenging the oppressive military leadership that ruled Burma for decades. She will arrive in the Thai capital, […]
Aung San Suu Kyi Set for First International Trip in Over 2 Decades
Posted May 29th, 2012 at 4:20 am (UTC-5)
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Aung San Suu Kyi Set for First International Trip in Over 2 Decades
Posted May 29th, 2012 at 1:20 am (UTC-5)
Burma’s long-time democracy icon and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi departs for Thailand Tuesday for her first international trip in 24 years. The newly elected parliamentarian had spent 15 of the past 22 years in detention for challenging the oppressive military leadership that ruled Burma for decades. She will arrive in the Thai capital, […]
US Denies Sending Commandos to Spy on North Korea
Posted May 29th, 2012 at 12:10 am (UTC-5)
U.S. military officials are rejecting a report suggesting that U.S. military commandos have been parachuting into North Korea to gather intelligence on Pyongyang’s underground military installations. The Diplomat, a Tokyo-based political journal, on Monday carried a report alleging that a senior U.S. special operations commander revealed the supposed commando program at a conference in Florida […]
Indian PM to Meet with Burma’s Aung San Suu Kyi
Posted May 29th, 2012 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meets Tuesday with Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi as he wraps up his three-day visit to strengthen trade and investment links between the two Asian neighbors. Prime Minister Singh met with Burmese President Thein Sein on Monday. The two leaders signed about a dozen trade and investment agreements, […]
China Cracks Down Following Tibetan Immolations
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
Reports from Chinese-ruled Tibet say government forces have clamped tight controls on community life in Lhasa, after two young men set themselves on fire there Sunday afternoon, the first such incident to take place in the heavily guarded Tibetan capital. The reports said one of the protesters, a 19-year-old male, died at the scene outside […]
Former Japanese PM Tells Parliament to Scrap Nuclear Power
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 11:05 am (UTC-5)
Former Japanese prime minister Naoto Kan has told the Japanese parliament to abandon nuclear power, and says he was partly responsible, as the head of government, for the nuclear disaster triggered by last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami. Mr. Kan spoke Monday to lawmakers, criticizing the role of the Tokyo Electrical Power Company and decades […]
Indian PM in Burma to Boost Trade, Investment
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 8:50 am (UTC-5)
India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is in Burma in an effort to strengthen trade and investment links between the two Asian neighbors. Mr. Singh met with Burmese President Thein Sein in the administrative capital, Naypyitaw, after a formal welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace. The two signed about a dozen trade and investment agreements, including […]
Two Men Self-Immolate in Tibetan Capital
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 1:20 am (UTC-5)
Two young men have set themselves on fire in the Tibetan city of Lhasa Sunday afternoon, the first self-immolation protests to take place in the heavily guarded capital. Witnesses told VOA’s Tibetan Service that security forces with fire-fighting equipment arrived at the Jokhang temple quickly, extinguished the fires and took the two men away. China’s […]
Two Men Self-Immolate in Tibetan Capital
Posted May 28th, 2012 at 1:05 am (UTC-5)
Two young men have set themselves on fire in the Tibetan city of Lhasa Sunday afternoon, the first self-immolation protests to take place in the heavily guarded capital. Witnesses told VOA’s Tibetan Service that security forces with fire-fighting equipment arrived at the Jokhang temple quickly, extinguished the fires and took the two men away. China’s […]
