The United States says it will give Vietnam a loan of more than $100 million to buy a telecommunications satellite from a U.S. company. The U.S. Export-Import Bank Monday said the Vietnamese state-owned company, Vietnam Post, will use the satellite to meet the growing demand of telecommunications and television markets. Ex-Im says the satellite will […]
US Lends Vietnam $118 Million For Satellite
Posted October 1st, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Cambodian Court Jails Activist
Posted October 1st, 2012 at 4:25 am (UTC-5)
A court in Cambodia has sentenced a government critic and land-rights campaigner to 20 years in prison on charges of seeking to incite a rebellion against the state. The court in Phnom Penh delivered the verdict Monday against Mam Sonando, who heads the independent Beehive radio station. The court said Sonando incited villagers to take […]
Japanese Prime Minister Reshuffles Cabinet
Posted October 1st, 2012 at 1:55 am (UTC-5)
Japan’s prime minister has reshuffled his Cabinet for a third time since taking office last year as he tries to boost support for the government ahead of expected elections. Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announced the new lineup Monday, saying it will help the government and the ruling party work together to address domestic and diplomatic […]
Dozens Injured as Typhoon Marches Across Japan
Posted September 30th, 2012 at 6:05 pm (UTC-5)
A powerful typhoon has hit the Japanese mainland after injuring dozens of people and causing major blackouts across southern Okinawa. Typhoon Jelawat moved up the mainland Sunday with winds of more than 100 kilometers per hour. It was expected to hit Tokyo as it headed northward. Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported that one man was […]
Tibetan Self-Immolates in China’s Qinghai, Prompting Security Clampdown
Posted September 30th, 2012 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
Tibetan sources tell VOA that a Tibetan man has set himself on fire in western China’s Qinghai province, in a protest against Chinese rule, prompting a security clampdown in the area. The incident happened late Saturday in Zadoi county of Qinghai’s Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. The sources in Yushu and in the Tibetan exile hub […]
Muslims Torch Buddhist Temples, Homes in Bangladesh
Posted September 30th, 2012 at 6:10 am (UTC-5)
Hundreds of angry Muslims torched Buddhist temples and homes in southeastern Bangladesh early Sunday, complaining that a Buddhist man posted an anti-Islam photograph on Facebook. Muslims in the Cox’s Bazaar area, near the border with Buddhist-majority Burma, set fire to at least five Buddhist temples and dozens of homes. The rioters say a local Buddhist […]
UN Chief Warns Burma’s Tensions Could Spread
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the unrest in Burma’s Rakhine state could hurt the country’s democratic reforms and spill across borders. Mr. Ban raised the subject Saturday during a meeting with Burma’s president, Thein Sein, and the head the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. He told Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, who heads the 57-nation group, […]
China’s Manufacturing Declines
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 7:15 am (UTC-5)
A business survey in Beijing shows September marks the 11th straight month of decline for Chinese manufacturing. Export orders also fell in September at the sharpest rate in 42 months amid weak international demand. The HSBC Managers Index measures manufacturing activities on a 100-point scale on which numbers below 50 show a contraction. The index […]
China Claims Islands in NY Times Ad
Posted September 29th, 2012 at 6:40 am (UTC-5)
China has published an expensive, two-page color advertisement in a prominent U.S. newspaper, defending its claim to disputed islands in the East China Sea. The ad in The New York Times Friday says China has “indisputable sovereignty” over the Diaoyu islands. The tiny islands and rock formations are at the center of an ongoing dispute […]
Bo Xilai Rising Star in Chinese Politics Before Scandal
Posted September 28th, 2012 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
Bo Xilai was once considered a rising star in Chinese politics. He was thought to be a top candidate for elevation to China’s all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee in November at the 18th Party Congress, which will pick a new generation of Chinese leaders. But a political scandal that surfaced earlier this year derailed his career. […]
