"All the provisions of the law are designed to suppress rather than protect the public," Han told VOA Burmese. "We believe that junta will use this bill as a weapon prepared for this purpose." ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping, in his New Year’s address on Tuesday, said China's economy has rebounded, with GDP projected to exceed 130 trillion yuan ($17.8 trillion). Regarding Taiwan, he ...

Amid a slowing economy, China has wrapped up a challenging 2024 that ended with heightened public discontent and social unrest following the eruption of several random attacks in the past two months.

VOA Russian speaks to experts who predict that the Russian pressure will only increase ahead of the 2025 parliamentary elections in Moldova, an event that now looms large in Russia's confrontation ...

Bereaved family members of the 179 victims of a fatal plane crash on Monday said the South Korean government has failed to preserve the victims' bodies, as they promised to place the bodies inside ...

If there’s a global trend, Eurasia Group president Ian Bremmer said at a summit in Canada in June, it’s that 'people are tired of the incumbents' Burkina Faso's military regime, in power since ...

The collapse of the Syrian regime and the influx of thousands of families into Kurdish areas, particularly in Derik, has led to an economic crisis in these regions. As a result, the value of the ...

Since winning the election, President-elect Donald Trump has begun a complex transition process involving a carefully selected team to ensure an orderly handover. Members of this group are tasked ...

Civil society organizations, journalists and political observers convened in Irbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, to discuss the situation in Syria. They expressed grave concern ...

The fall of Syria's Bashar al-Assad poses a threat to Russia's ability to project power throughout the Middle East and beyond. Russia has long been a close ally of Syria and has leases on two ...

VOA Russian speaks to a range of U.S. experts and officials to see if Russia has any chance of keeping its Syrian bases following the fall of its ally, Bashar al-Assad. Most experts, including ...

However, Chinese people interviewed by VOA bluntly said that this is a "Ponzi scheme" because China's economy is in a slump, and that the medical insurance and social security funds have long been ...