The Water Project
In Asia, one in five people already lacks access to clean water. Availability of fresh water per capita is less than half the world average, and demand is growing fast. As the situation reaches crisis level, causes are revealed: global warming, water-intensive agriculture, and population growth, but also mismanagement on a large scale.
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Carving up Cambodia
Cambodia is gripped by a major land crisis with protests tied to land development occurring nearly every other day. Rural dwellers complain that they are displaced with little or no compensation when the government grants land to private companies. Under what the government calls economic land concessions, or ELC's, some of the country’s best land is carved out for the well-connected, with rural villagers having little say in the process.
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Xinjiang After July 5th
It has been five years since a peaceful demonstration turned deadly rocked the city of Urumqi and drew the world's attention to China's restive region of Xinjiang. After months of media blackout, China has claimed that the region is calm and Uyghurs live harmoniously alongside the their Chinese neighbors. However, tensions persist and the 2009 events are far from forgotten.
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Crusading Blind Activist Chen
Blind dissident Chen Guangcheng, who made a dramatic escape from house arrest in his home province of Shandong to seek sanctuary at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, has been a prominent human rights torchbearer for China. Chen is undergoing medical treatment in Beijing and plans to study in the United States under a deal struck between Beijing and Washington.

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Burmese Women Caught in the Crossfire
Women in Burma are among the biggest casualties as the government continues its military offensive against armed ethnic groups in a conflict that has been going on for decades.



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Tibetan Self Immolations
Numerous Tibetans, mostly monks, have set themselves on fire in the past months as a way to protest the repressive rule of the Chinese government. The Dalai Lama has stated that he does not encourage his people to continue to protest in such a drastic measure. At the same time, Beijing has responded with added security measures and arrests. However, these self immolations continue with no end in sight.
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North Korean Succession
North Korea's dictator Kim Jong Il has died of a heart attack at the age of 69, the reclusive nation's state media announced Monday. His death has sparked fear and speculation about the fate of the nuclear armed nation. Kim Jong Il's son, Kim Jong Un, has been named by state media as the official heir. Whether Kim Jong Un can maintain his new position remains to be seen.
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Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery
Human trafficking has become a global problem. Millions of people become victims through entrapment and exploitation. In this in-depth series, RFA reporters go into the heart of Asia's human trafficking business to document cases of this form of modern slavery.


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China's investments in Southeast Asia
China is rapidly pumping investments into Southeast Asia on the back of their expanding trade volume. Chinese investments in the 10-member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) total about U.S.$12 billion, according to figures cited by the ASEAN secretariat on Oct. 21, 2011.


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Disappearing River
Our Cantonese reporter traveled under cover in highly industrialized Guangdong Province to investigate the causes of pollution in the Dong River, a major tributary of the Pearl River. In less than ten years, the river has changed radically for the worse..


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Cambodia Faces History
A U.N. –backed war crimes tribunal in Cambodia is expected to deliver its first verdict Monday in the case of a confessed Khmer Rouge torture chief.



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Butterflies yet Warriors
Vietnamese women have one of the highest labor participation rates in the world and hold a quarter of the National Assembly's seats, but domestic violence has recently emerged as a serious problem.


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Historic Polls Face Heavy Criticism
Burma held elections Nov. 7 as its ruling military junta attempts to establish civilian rule. But political opposition and ethnic groups within the nation, and key global powers have deemed the polls, the first in two decades, unfair and undemocratic.


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Tightrope Walking, A Uyghur Tradition
In June 2010, “Prince of the Sky” Adili Hoshur spent 60 days living and performing on a tightrope above the Bird’s Nest Olympic stadium in Beijing, setting a new world record and bringing the art of Uyghur tightrope walking to the world stage.
Winner of the 2010 Min Online Editorial & Design Finalist Award

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Vietnam, 35 Years After the Fall
Vietnamese communities worldwide marked the 35th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. This page's features look back at how what Vietnamese call "the American War" ended and a new era began.



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Kashgar's Vanishing Memory
Chinese authorities plan to rebuild the ancient Silk Road city of Kashgar to make it earthquake-proof, but a sanctuary of ancient Uyghur architecture and culture could be lost forever.



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Least-Wanted People, the Rohinga
A small, persecuted Muslim ethnic minority—in Burma for centuries but denied citizenship by the government—finds itself vulnerable and unwelcome around the world.



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60 Years of Communist Rule
Chinese history since 1949 has been marked by a series of political campaigns that have taken a heavy toll on human life. Though China has emerged as a modern world power, problems remain, particularly with regard to human rights.


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Traveling Down the Mekong
The Mekong River is the longest river in Southeast Asia and supports the lives of 70 million people from Tibet to Vietnam. Our reporters undertook the journey to tell their stories in blog posts, video diaries and images.
First Place at the 2010 Society of Environmental Journalists Awards
and Winner of the 2010 Min Online Editorial & Design Finalist Award

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Half the Xinjiang Sky
On July 7, 2009, two days after violence rocked Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang, in a rare and daring show of public protest, Uyghur women stepped forward to demand the return of their men who were arrested in large numbers by Chinese police.
Winner of the 2010 Gracie Award


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Anger in Xinjiang
Ethnic tensions and resentments have been building for decades in China’s northwestern Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, but few would have predicted the deadly violence that erupted in the regional capital, Urumqi, on July 5, 2009.


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Again, a Virus Spreads Fear
Asia has reported tens of thousands of cases of H1N1 virus infection and hundreds of related deaths. Authorities are alerting their populations and reassuring citizens that medicine stockpiles are sufficient to deal with a pandemic.


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Remembering June 4
On June 4, 1989, government tanks rolled through Tiananmen Square, crushing student-led pro-democracy protests in a brutal crackdown that shocked the world.



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