Read the RFA cover of this subject in BurmaMyanmar has released nearly 5,000 prisoners for its Buddhist New Year Amnesty, including 13 foreigners, the Junta announced the public broadcaster MRTV. But eminent political detainees – such as former State Councilor Aung San Suu Kyi – remain behind bars or under residence. Suu Kyi was detained beyond the first time since the first days of the 2021 coup, with his exact still unknown place. Other key figures from the ousted government of Suu Kyi, many of whom are faced with accusations with political motivation, have also been excluded from this year’s…
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Updated on April 17, 2025, 10:30 am heBangkok-Chinese President Xi Jinping intensified a rhetoric of unity in the face of protectionism and the shocks of the world order while continuing his tour in Southeast Asia on Thursday in the middle of a tariff war with the United States. China needs allies after the taxation of 145% prices on its exports to the United States, Washington restrictions on its semiconductors and other trade barriers. The administration of President Donald Trump says that she retaliates because of China’s trade surplus, its synthetic opioid expeditions and restrictions on American investment.”China was firmly with…
TAIPIEI, Taiwan – The North Korean forces deployed in the Russian Kursk region could soon be sent to annexed regions of Ukraine which remain fiercely disputed by the Russian and Ukrainian forces, said a senior Ukrainian official.According to Ukraine and the United States, 12,000 North Korean soldiers are in Russia, to fight against the Ukrainian forces which occupied parts of the region of Russia in an offensive of the counter-offensive in August. Neither North Korea nor Russia recognized their presence.”Russia plans to use the RPDC soldiers for the war on Ukraine territory,” said Andrei Kovalenko, head of the Center for…
Taipei, Taiwan – A recent update from Google Maps now displays the “West Philippine Sea” label in the waters to the west of the Philippines, fueling a discussion on a long -standing territorial dispute with China, which continues to designate the Southern China Sea region.Manila has used “the Western Sea of the Philippines” since 2011 to assert its maritime claims in its exclusive economic zone, or Eez, distinguishing it from the wider claim of China on the Southern China Sea. Beijing rejected the term, considering it as a political affirmation which questions its claim of “undeniable sovereignty” throughout the sea.Video:…
Politicususa is without advertising and never folds the knee, so please support us by becoming a subscriber.The crowd of the tour of Bernie Sanders fighting the oligarchy becomes bigger, not smaller. The crowds in California, Idaho, Montana and Utah were not all democrats and progressive. Senator Sanders’ office says 21% of those who attend these rallies are independent and 8% are republican.Here is the ventilation of the crowd with each Senator Sanders stop:In all, 146,950 people went out for the events of the weekIncluding 35,000 during his surprise appearance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, where he presented…
A Vietnamese Buddhist monk on a pilgrimage barefoot from his homeland to India ran an unexpected opposition to Sri Lanka on the last stage of his circuit trip around Asia.A witness told Radio Free Asia that when the Vietnamese monk Thich Minh kills and his entourage were about to go to a local Hindu temple to rest, a local monk, claiming to be Sangha Buddhist Sri-Lankaise, came to the temple and asked that it was not.Local Sri Lankans opposed, taking sides with their Vietnamese visitor.The Sri Lankan monk then released his phone and read the contents of a letter allegedly…
Nuon Mayourom had just been 18 years old. She was not ready to get married, but the Khmer Rouge had other ideas.The Maoist regime controlled all aspects of life in Cambodia, including that you married. She was twinned with Lep Plongg, 19. The village chiefs marked the opportunity with rare extravagance – they killed a pig.Cambodia-Khmer-Rouge-Ford-Mariage Nuon Mayouro, right, and her husband Lep Plongg, on the left, on unclean family photos. (Nuon Mayouro via RFA Khmer) Fifty years ago this week ago, the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia, transforming the country into a large agrarian labor camp, with tragic…
Politicususa is an independent journalism that represents American values. Please consider supporting us by becoming a subscriber.Senator Chris Van Hollen went to Salvador to progress in the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, and to verify the health and the state of his Maryland constituent after being illegally expelled and sent to a Salvado and El prison. What Van Hollen brought to the American people after meeting the vice-president of El Salvador was deeply disturbing. Senator Van Hollen video (D-MD):Van Hollen said to the press: I would like to emphasize that President Trump and our Attorney General, Pam Bondi and the United…
Report on April 9 suggested that the Trump administration in the United States had reversed the course on the export to China H20 China – the most advanced offer of Nvidia to stay outside of American export controls. According to some information, the change of heart of the White House followed President Donald Trump’s dinner with the CEO of Nvidia, Jensen Huang. The news surprised the industry, especially since the restriction of the sale of high -end fleas was part of Trump’s technological policy towards China. But Reports on April 15 revealed that the Trump administration had actually said to…
Politicususa is without advertising and will be held with you while never folding the knee. Please support our work by becoming a subscriber.It took a while for the Democrats of the Senate to get there, but it seems that they are mainly aboard the place where their voters want them to be. The Democrats of the Senate are in the minority, but unlike the room, the senators have at least procedural movements they can use to slow down things and block the agenda of Trump. Last week, we discussed how The Senate Republicans feel exhausted and frustrated because the Democrats…