December 16, 2025 – From Inside Asia

Religion Bulletin – November 2025 – Gia Lai Restores School Property to the Divine Word Province; Vĩnh Long Jails a Khmer Buddhist Adherent

Notable religious events in November 2025: Authorities Block Falun Gong Practitioners From Proselytizing in Thái Nguyên; Provincial Government Returns School Facilities to the Vietnamese...

by Thiện Trường December 16, 2025 0 comment

Vietnam

Fortress Phú Lâm: China’s Transformation and Weaponization of Phú Lâm Island

To this day, a common misconception persists among many in Việt Nam that Vietnamese troops and citizens are still stationed in the Hoàng Sa...

by Phạm Văn Luật December 16, 2025 0 comment

World

Japan spelled out its stance on Taiwan. It’s what Tokyo didn’t say that angers Beijing

China has accused Japan of attempting to “mislead the public and hope that somehow the issue would resolve itself” after its foreign minister selectively...

by Victoria Bela December 16, 2025 0 comment

World

Malaysia’s Anwar reshuffles cabinet to focus on ‘stronger growth’

Published: 7:36pm, 16 Dec 2025Updated: 7:39pm, 16 Dec 2025 Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday announced his second cabinet reshuffle in two years,...

by Iman Muttaqin Yusof December 16, 2025 0 comment

World

Singapore court dismisses challenge to mandatory death penalty for drug crimes

Singapore’s High Court dismissed on Tuesday the first legal challenge in years to the city state’s mandatory death penalty for certain drug crimes, a...

by Agence France-Presse December 16, 2025 0 comment

World

Biren Technology’s Hong Kong IPO gets green light as China’s AI chip firms rush to list

Beijing has greenlit Biren Technology’s initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, as more Chinese artificial intelligence chip designers rush to go public amid...

by Ann Cao December 16, 2025 0 comment

US Politics

Speaker Johnson Has a Health Care Plan–Here’s What’s in It

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Dec. 12 threw his weight behind the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act, one of several...

by FIA Staff December 16, 2025 0 comment

US Politics

Court Hearing Over Challenge to California Redistricting Begins

A federal district court in Los Angeles kicked off a multi-day hearing Dec. 15 over California’s new congressional map that state voters approved in...

by FIA Staff December 16, 2025 0 comment