January 20, 2025 – From Inside Asia

Human Rights Watch and CPJ Report Vietnam Tightens Grip on Freedoms Under General Secretary To Lam

Key Events CPJ Report Highlights Vietnam’s Role in Asia’s Journalist Crackdown Human Rights Watch: Vietnam’s Repression Deepens Under General Secretary To Lam Vietnam’s Police...

by The Vietnamese Magazine January 20, 2025 0 comment

World

China names lunar crater after Manhattan Project physicist Chien-Shiung Wu

China has named a crater on the far side of the moon after the pioneering Chinese-American scientist Chien-Shiung Wu. Advertisement Wu was known as...

by Dannie Peng January 20, 2025 0 comment

World

Unique bus trip sees China student spend just US$110 on fares from Beijing to Hong Kong

A 21-year-old Chinese man who travelled from Beijing to Hong Kong in 13 days by taking buses and spending only 800 yuan (US$110) on...

by Yating Yang January 20, 2025 0 comment

News

Asian Regimes Have Imprisoned the Most Journalists

111 reporters are behind bars in a handful of Asian countries, accounting for 30 percent of those imprisoned, says the Committee to Protect Journalists....

by Rex Widerstrom January 20, 2025 0 comment

World

More measures urged as Hong Kong university students lose HK$75 million to scams

Hong Kong should step up measures to protect mainland Chinese students against scams, such as arranging a quiz before their visas are issued, lawmakers...

by Elizabeth Cheung January 20, 2025 0 comment

World

Malaysia to send home wounded Palestinians as Gaza truce between Israel and Hamas brings hope

Malaysia is poised to return 127 Palestinians evacuated for medical care back to Gaza on their request after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel...

by Hadi Azmi January 20, 2025 0 comment

World

HK$188 million lottery prize to be offered in Hong Kong over Lunar New Year

Published: 1:40pm, 20 Jan 2025Updated: 1:59pm, 20 Jan 2025 Hongkongers will have a shot at winning HK$188 million (US$24.2 million) in the largest-ever Mark...

by Emily Hung January 20, 2025 0 comment

World

South Korea braces for ‘uncertainty’ of Trump policies with US$247 billion pledge to exporters

South Korea pledged on Monday a record amount of financing support for exporters to mitigate any negative effect from changes in US trade policies...

by Reuters January 20, 2025 0 comment

World

Steve Bannon says tech ‘oligarchs’ have ‘surrendered’ to Donald Trump

Ex-Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon said Sunday during an ABC News interview that the attendance of high-profile tech moguls at Donald Trump’s...

by Business Insider January 20, 2025 0 comment