China
China touts Labor Day tourism surge, but netizens say otherwise
Chinese netizens question official data of a boom in consumption activity during China’s five-day May Day holiday.
Korea
Homes destroyed after North Koreans balk at paying for fire trucks to put out blaze
Residents of an apartment complex in Sinuiju city tried to avoid paying the high cost for dispatching fire trucks.
Cambodia
4 year sentence and lifetime ban from politics: Cambodia throws book at Rong Chhun
Prominent labor leader and opposition figure is convicted of incitement; he says charge is politically motivated.
Myanmar
Myanmar’s Ta’ang army says it won’t give up territory despite junta, Chinese pressure
Rebel officials met junta representatives in the latest China-brokered peace talk.
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Myanmar
US blacklists Myanmar warlord and ethnic army linked to scam centers
Treasury describes Karen National Army leader Saw Chit Thu as “key enabler of scam operations in the region.”
Myanmar
Myanmar junta extends post-quake ceasefire despite repeatedly violating it
Junta airstrikes have killed nearly 300 people since the ceasefire began, the exiled civilian government said.
China
Chinese exporters use ‘origin washing’ to evade U.S. tariffs
Ads on Chinese social media offer re-export and freight-forward services to avoid restrictions on export re-routing
Laos
Lao troops killed in attack tied to drug crackdown: report
Unidentified gunmen launched an assault on Lao military posts in Bokeo province on Saturday.
South China Sea
Vietnam enters fray at disputed South China Sea sandbank
Hanoi formally protested recent actions by Beijing and Manila in Sandy Cay.
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