Mae Sot, Thailand – When Shwe Lin learned that a audit firm visited the clothing plant where she worked in the Thai border city of Mae Sot to inspect the working conditions, she had trouble feeling full of hope. The factory has prepared workers’ workers and exchanged repeated issues and answers with the audit company, said that the migrant worker Burmese, who asked for an alias for his safety. She told Radio Free Asia that workers had been forced to lie on factory policies on sickness, vacation and overtime. They are also in a hurry to say that their employer…
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Be part of A multimedia series On four members of the FRG staff who look at life under the Red Khmer fifty years laterPeople sank into the streets while the Red Khmer soldiers entered Phnom Penh. For months, an implacable bombing campaign had the capital on board. The war was getting closer.While soldiers dressed in black uniforms were walking in the city, thousands of people came out to encourage them.The soldiers of the Pro-American regime of Cambodia Lon Nol agitated white flags and laid their weapons. Officials looked at their offices and store owners and market merchants cautiously opened.A refugee…
Read the RFA cover of this subject in Burma.In the midst of the growing pressure of Beijing, a powerful rebellious army in northern Myanmar is preparing to withdraw from the city of Lashio with a conflict by April 22, residents of the territory held by the rebels at Radio Free Asia told residents.The withdrawal of the army of the National Alliance of Myanmar, or MNDAA, follows a high-level meeting earlier this month between representatives of the Chinese government, the military junta of Myanmar and the leaders of the MNDAA. Sources close to the group say that this decision is part…
After Vietnam and the United States improved their relationship with a complete strategic partnership in September 2023, China quickly responded to avoid losing a strategic influence in Hanoi. Three months later, President Xi Jinping made a visit to the state in Vietnam – and this week, he returned with what is undoubtedly the most ceremonious and politically significant diplomatic program in the recent history of bilateral links. The visit was accompanied by unprecedented honors: President Luong Cuong personally welcomed Xi at the airport on April 14, while Prime Minister Pham Minh Chineh made him goodbye to him the next day.…
TAIPIEI, TAIWAN – Japan said two of its mine flirtators will visit a naval port in Cambodia this weekend during the first visit to the navy since an upgrade funded by China.Ream’s naval base was officially inaugurated earlier this month, with a new pier capable of managing much larger ships, a dry quay for repairs and other improved installations. China’s involvement in the project has raised concerns among rival powers, which fear that Beijing can use the base as a strategic foot.While noting concerns about the growing growth of China to secure military outposts abroad, Japanese Minister of Defense, Gen…
The Communist Party in power of Vietnam approved the plans to have almost half for example the number of provinces, a crucial stage towards the best leader in Lam, which faces a party congress in January, to stay in power.The reduction in the number of provinces to 34 of 63 was approved on Monday by the central committee of the Communist Party. On the same day, the Politburo, the highest decision -making organization in the party, published a directive for the appointment of new provincial leaders under the leadership of a close ally. LAM, who became secretary general of the…
TAIPIEI, TAIWAN – The United States has imposed export restrictions on NVIDIA H20 fleas in China, tightening its focus on the advanced trade in IA technology with Beijing as part of Washington’s strategy to put pressure on China in the middle of an in progress price battle. Video: RFA explains – The United States strikes China with export restrictions on the chips used for DeepseekNvidia, a world leader in the development of AI fleas, said on Tuesday that it was informed by the United States government on April 9 that the export of its H20 fleas to China would now…
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In a rare sign of public dissent, three pro-democracies banners were hung on a viaduct in the southwest of the city of Chengdu in China on Tuesday morning, according to an eminent citizen journalist of X.The display seemed to be inspired by ‘Bridge man’ Peng Lifa, who hung similar banners on the Sitong bridge occupied in Beijing, causing the demonstrations of the white paper in November 2022.During these demonstrations, which took place in several cities in China, people showed virgin paper sheets to symbolize that the authorities gave them no voice in the middle of the anger of the loss…
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