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An American Grad Student Has Been Jailed In Vietnam After Attending A Protest

William Nguyen, 32, from Houston was beaten and jailed at a demonstration in Ho Chi Minh City during a pregraduation trip. His family is campaigning for his release.
Megha Rajagopalan • 6 days ago

The US–North Korea Summit Is What You Get On A Planet Obsessed With Reality TV

The view from inside a truly surreal summit in Singapore.
Megha Rajagopalan • 11 days ago

Ivanka Trump Tweeted A "Chinese Proverb." But No One In China Is Sure If It Even Exists.

Those who tweet Chinese proverbs should not forget to research Chinese proverbs.
Megha Rajagopalan • 12 days ago

Trump Just Said The US Will End Its "War Games" With South Korea

The president called the joint military exercises "provocative," in a huge concession to North Korea.
Rose Troup Buchanan • 12 days ago

President Trump And Kim Jong Un Shook Hands In A Historic Meeting

The summit marks the first time a sitting US president has met with a leader from North Korea.
Megha Rajagopalan • 12 days ago

The US Will Reassure Kim Jong Un That Denuclearization Won't “End Badly” For Him, Pompeo Says

The secretary of state also said the US would not be "fooled" by North Korea, like previous administrations had been.
Megha Rajagopalan • 13 days ago

These Are The People Who'd Like To See Trump's Summit With Kim Fail

"If President Obama had done this, some of the same people who are praising the president would have just savaged him.”
Emily Tamkin • 13 days ago

A Kim Jong Un Impersonator Says He Was Detained For Hours In Singapore

"Howard X" told BuzzFeed News he now wants to visit the Trump–Kim summit venue itself — after authorities told him to stay away.
Matthew Champion • 16 days ago

These Women In China Were Beaten By Security Guards After Handing Out Rainbow Badges

Videos and images of the LGBT activists being assaulted were temporarily censored on China's Twitter-like Weibo.
Megha Rajagopalan • One month ago

The World's Oldest Elected Leader Has Just Been Sworn In At The Age Of 92

Mahathir Mohamad came out of retirement to run against his former protégé, who he dubbed "the biggest mistake in my life."
Megha Rajagopalan • One month ago

Three US Citizens Released By North Korea Have Arrived Back In The US

"Congratulations on being in this country," President Donald Trump said as he greeted the men upon their return to the US.
Megha Rajagopalan • One month ago

China Denies Shooting Lasers Into The Eyes Of US Pilots

The Pentagon says Chinese forces injured two US pilots with lasers — allegations China denies.
Megha Rajagopalan • One month ago

Meet The Livestreaming Star From North Korea Who’s Out To Break Your Stereotypes

Lee Pyung is beaming a different image of North Koreans into South Korean homes.
Megha Rajagopalan • One month ago

China's Weibo Just Walked Back A Ban On LGBT Content After Users Protested

Thousands of Weibo users protested by using hashtags like #IAmGay and #IHaveGayFriends, while many shared selfies and personal stories.
Megha Rajagopalan • 2 months ago

Netflix Says It’s Up To Viewers To Decide Whether A New Show Glorifies A Brutal Drug War Or Not

Critics say Amo, which has been described as the Philippines’ answer to Narcos, normalizes a brutal war on drugs that has seen thousands of Filipinos gunned down by police and vigilantes.
Megha Rajagopalan • 2 months ago

Facebook Has Been Accused Of Helping The Vietnamese Government Crack Down On Dissent

The open letter from human rights activists and independent media groups in Vietnam criticizing Mark Zuckerberg comes ahead of his Congressional hearings and amid a rising tide of global criticism over Facebook’s content moderation policies.
Megha Rajagopalan • 2 months ago

China Is Forcing People To Download An App That Tells Them To Delete “Dangerous” Photos

The surveillance app, the name of which literally translates to “web cleansing,” scans for photos and videos and dispatches all the information to a mysterious outside server.
Megha Rajagopalan • 2 months ago

“We Had To Stop Facebook”: When Anti-Muslim Violence Goes Viral

Extremists in Sri Lanka used Facebook to organize deadly violence against Muslims. Facebook is accused of not doing enough to prevent it.
Megha Rajagopalan • 2 months ago

NGOs Complain They're Doing Facebook's Work For Them

"We believe your system, in this case, was us — and we were far from systematic,” a group of six Myanmar-based NGOs said in an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg released Thursday.
Megha Rajagopalan • 2 months ago

China Says It's Going To Impose New Tariffs On A Bunch Of US Products

"As the Chinese saying goes, it is only polite to reciprocate."
Megha Rajagopalan • 2 months ago