East Asia

Taiwan: China ups efforts to undermine democracy with disinformation

The National Security Bureau said the number of pieces of false or biased information distributed by China increased 60% last year

Malaysia turns away 2 boats with nearly 300 Rohingya refugees

Earlier, a boatload of 196 Rohingya refugees landed on a beach on the northeastern island of Langkawi

Market fire in northern China kills at least 8, injures 15

Traditional markets are often tightly packed with shoppers

World's oldest person, a Japanese woman, dies at 116

Experts say the oldest person in the world now is a 116-year-old Brazilian nun

South Korea says fatal crash cockpit transcript nearly complete

Crash killed 179 people last week

South Korea investigators ask acting president to clear way for Yoon's arrest

Yoon’s security service and military troops, prevented prosecutors from arresting him

VOA Mandarin: Telecom scams in Myanmar persist despite China's crackdown

Myanmar junta frees more than 6,000 prisoners under amnesty

It also reduced other inmates' sentences as part of a mass amnesty

VOA Mandarin: Year-end bonuses reveal extremes between China’s tech, traditional industries

Myanmar's new cybercrime law will suppress information, say analysts

New law imposed by Myanmar military regulates VPNs and access to news from banned media outlets

Analysts: South Korea's political turmoil works in China's favor

China would benefit from Seoul’s political chaos