China Fires, Probes Top Newspaper Chief Who 'Opposed Censorship'

China Fires, Probes Top Newspaper Chief Who 'Opposed Censorship': Zhang Wei stands accused of opposing censorship by the ruling party, having an affair, and taking bribes.

Tibetan Monk Freed From Prison Three Years Before Term Ends

Tibetan Monk Freed From Prison Three Years Before Term Ends: No explanation is given for Lobsang Tenzin's early release from a 10-year prison term for 'aiding and abetting' a self-immolation protest.

Chinese Visitors Could Soon 'Tap In' to Hong Kong Using WeChat

Chinese Visitors Could Soon 'Tap In' to Hong Kong Using WeChat: The system would form part of a plan to integrate Pearl River Delta cities and has sparked concern that Hong Kong's separate status is being eroded.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Orders State Organs to Repatriate Defectors

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Orders State Organs to Repatriate Defectors: State Security agents are pressuring family members to convince their relatives to return home.

Vietnamese Rights Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai Released, Exiled to Germany

Vietnamese Rights Lawyer Nguyen Van Dai Released, Exiled to Germany: An exile pro-democracy group and domestic colleagues say Dai and colleague Le Thu Ha were put on a plane to Germany, two months after they received lengthy jail sentences.

Lao Official Confirms, Denies Sekong Village Arrests and Trial

Lao Official Confirms, Denies Sekong Village Arrests and Trial: Authorities meanwhile release two villagers, a girl and a boy, from custody while others stand trial.

Myanmar’s Government Holds Rare Meeting With Military on Rakhine Crisis

Myanmar’s Government Holds Rare Meeting With Military on Rakhine Crisis: Analysts welcome the dialogue as a stepping stone to greater cooperation between the two power bases.

Uyghur Man Buried Amid Strict Security After Latest Xinjiang Reeducation Camp Death

Uyghur Man Buried Amid Strict Security After Latest Xinjiang Reeducation Camp Death: Abdulreshit Seley Hajim, 65, was taken to a camp in Gulja nine months earlier and had a blunt-force head wound, his brother says.

Myanmar Denies Role in Closing of 'Hate Speech' Facebook Accounts

Myanmar Denies Role in Closing of 'Hate Speech' Facebook Accounts: The move bans the accounts of the ultranationalist Buddhist Ma Ba Tha group and of two 'extremist' monks.

What’s behind the “purging” of the Thai sangha? - New Mandala

What’s behind the “purging” of the Thai sangha? - New Mandala: The reasons behind several recent demotions and arrests of high-ranking Bangkok monks are more politically conniving than simply an attempt to “purify" the sangha.

Vietnam unleashes 10,000 cyber troopers to combat 'wrong views'

Vietnam unleashes 10,000 cyber troopers to combat 'wrong views': A NEW, 10,000-strong military cyber warfare unit in Vietnam will be countering "wrong" views on the Internet amid a widening crackdown on critics of the one-party state.

Concerns as Vietnam ponders new cybersecurity law

Concerns as Vietnam ponders new cybersecurity law: VIETNAM, a country with about 93 million people of whom, 50 million are on Facebook and 64 million access the internet at least once every month, is looking to implement a new cybersecurity law.

How China’s Communist Party maintains control over international students

How China’s Communist Party maintains control over international students: CHINA’S Communist Party has been accused of using international students and universities as political tools to spread its influence around the world.

Progressive, labor groups spending half million dollars for Ben Jealous - The Washington Post

Progressive, labor groups spending half million dollars for Ben Jealous - The Washington Post: The get-out-the-vote effort is meant to boost the former NAACP chief, a front-runner in Maryland’s June 26 gubernatorial primary.

Kamala Harris romps across California ballot - POLITICO

Kamala Harris romps across California ballot - POLITICO: The freshman senator’s deepening relationships within the state could prove significant in 2020.

Rudy Giuliani Attacks Stormy Daniels But Disgraces Himself | The New Yorker

Rudy Giuliani Attacks Stormy Daniels But Disgraces Himself | The New Yorker: Amy Davidson Sorkin writes that Rudy Giuliani’s remarks about Stormy Daniels this week convey a political philosophy that he and Donald Trump share: a bully’s position of wounding the vulnerable.

Japan plays China’s game in Cambodia. Hun Sen wins | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post

Japan plays China’s game in Cambodia. Hun Sen wins | This Week In Asia | South China Morning Post: As Phnom Penh cracks down on political opposition, Tokyo keeps quiet to retain its influence and not cede ground to Beijing. Meanwhile, strongman Hun Sen cynically plays off the two powers for his own benefit

DNC rules change eyes Bernie Sanders

DNC rules change eyes Bernie Sanders: The party moves to make sure candidates seeking its presidential nomination are, in fact, Democrats.

DNC rules change eyes Bernie Sanders

DNC rules change eyes Bernie Sanders: The party moves to make sure candidates seeking its presidential nomination are, in fact, Democrats.

Trump’s New Plan to Dismantle Obamacare Comes With Political Risks - The New York Times

Trump’s New Plan to Dismantle Obamacare Comes With Political Risks - The New York Times: The Justice Department’s challenge of the constitutionality of major parts of the law imperils popular protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions.

Trump is no joke - The Washington Post

Trump is no joke - The Washington Post: Laugh if you want, but our democracy is at stake.

NATO is once again practicing for the worst - The Washington Post

NATO is once again practicing for the worst - The Washington Post: Casting a wary eye toward Russia, and with political differences aside, the transatlantic alliance continues to prepare.

The Justice Department abandons the ACA — and with it, the law - The Washington Post

The Justice Department abandons the ACA — and with it, the law - The Washington Post: It refuses to defend the constitutionality of key parts of the health-care law.

Young reporter in leak investigation enjoyed meteoric rise in Washington journalism - The Washington Post

Young reporter in leak investigation enjoyed meteoric rise in Washington journalism - The Washington Post: Ali Watkins’s romantic involvement with indicted Senate staffer falls under scrutiny.

‘You’ve handed us an issue’: Democrats pounce on Trump administration’s health-care move - The Washington Post

‘You’ve handed us an issue’: Democrats pounce on Trump administration’s health-care move - The Washington Post: Republicans were caught off guard by the administration’s decision to abandon a popular element of the Affordable Care Act — protections for people with preexisting medical conditions.

In Trump, some fear the end of the world order - The Washington Post

In Trump, some fear the end of the world order - The Washington Post: Longtime partners worry about the lasting effect of confrontations with the U.S. president.

Op-Ed: It’s time to shift the narrative around Filipino migrant workers

Op-Ed: It’s time to shift the narrative around Filipino migrant workers: EVERY seventh of June, the Philippines commemorates the “heroism” of compatriots who have been a visible reason for the steady growth of their motherland’s economy.

How airlines are preventing human trafficking on flights

How airlines are preventing human trafficking on flights: HUMAN trafficking remains the world’s fastest growing criminal enterprise. Now airlines are stepping up to prevent anyone else vanishing into this black market.

Wanted: Malaysian anti-corruption body issues notice for billionaire Jho Low

Wanted: Malaysian anti-corruption body issues notice for billionaire Jho Low: ANTI-CORRUPTION officials in Malaysia on Thursday put an alert out for Low Taek Jho, saying the billionaire businessman with alleged ties to the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal was wanted for questioning in a probe

1 in 3 Vietnamese businesses is owned by a woman

1 in 3 Vietnamese businesses is owned by a woman: AROUND one in three business owners in Vietnam is a woman according to a new study, one of the highest rates in the world.