Myanmar Forces Arrest Comedian, Break up Doctors’ Protest
YANGON (AP) — Authorities in Myanmar arrested the country’s best-known comedian on Tuesday as they continue to crack down on people they accuse of helping incite nationwide protests against February's military coup.
North Korea Says It Won’t Participate in Tokyo Olympics
SEOUL (AP) — North Korea said it will not participate in the Tokyo Olympics because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Myanmar’s Online Pop-up Markets Raise Funds for Protest
BANGKOK (AP) — With security forces in Myanmar having shot dead at least 570 protesters and bystanders in the past two months, many of the country's residents see venturing out onto the street as a brave but foolhardy act.
BOI Okays Biotech Projects Worth 2.4 Billion Baht in Total Investment
The Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) revealed on 5 April 2021 that it has recently approved new projects in the field of advanced biotechnology...
Bangkok Orders Bar Closings To Stop Virus Spread
BANGKOK (AP) — Officials in Thailand's capital on Monday ordered a two-week closure of all entertainment venues in three districts to try to limit the spread of the coronavirus from nightspots there.
Hymns Through Masks: Christians Mark Another Pandemic Easter
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with the faithful spaced apart in pews and singing choruses of “Hallelujah” through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday marked by pandemic precautions.
Minorities in Myanmar Borderlands Face Fresh Fear Since Coup
JAKARTA (AP) — Before each rainy season Lu Lu Aung and other farmers living in a camp for internally displaced people in Myanmar's far northern Kachin state would return to the village they fled and plant crops that would help keep them fed for the coming year.
Man Rams Car Into 2 Capitol Police; 1 Officer, Driver Killed
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife. It was the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still struggling to heal from the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Taiwan Prosecutors Probe Train Crash That Killed 51
HUALIEN COUNTY, Taiwan (AP) — Prosecutors in Taiwan said Saturday they questioned the owner of an unmanned truck that rolled onto a rail track and caused the country's worst train disaster in decades that killed 51 people and injured 146, though no charges have been filed.
7 Hong Kong Democracy Leaders Convicted as China Clamps Down
HONG KONG (AP) — Seven of Hong Kong's leading pro-democracy advocates, including a media tycoon and an 82-year-old veteran of the movement, were convicted Thursday for organizing and participating in a march during massive anti-government protests in 2019 that triggered a crackdown on dissent.
