China Fears Korean Tensions
2010-12-06
Leaders of China and the United States hold talks for the first time since North Korea’s attack on a South Korean island two weeks ago.
Whither Asian Democracies?
2010-12-04
Pressure from China may keep some freedom-loving Asian nations from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
Graft Arrest ‘A Good Start’
2010-12-03
Cambodians say that a new anti-corruption law needs better enforcement, and more arrests to follow.
Graft Arrest ‘A Good Start’
2010-12-03
Cambodians say that a new anti-corruption law needs better enforcement, and more arrests to follow.
Pressure Rises on Activists
2010-12-03
Chinese authorities crack down on political activists in the lead-up to the Nobel award ceremony.
Tracking Corruption
2010-12-03
Burma was ranked next to worst among 178 countries in corruption in a 2010 report released in October by Transparency International, a Berlin-based monitoring ...
AIDS concern in Asia
2010-12-03
The number of AIDS deaths in Asia may have stabilized but there are no indications of a decline in the prevalence of the deadly disease.
Tibetan Students Fight for their Language
2010-12-02
The Tibetan poet Woeser, under close surveillance in Lhasa, expresses her fears for Tibetan students protesting Chinese education reforms that aim to slowly ...
Dare to Write
2010-12-02
An ardent Cambodian writer strives to relay an independent view and calls on youth to do the same.
Anger Over Nobel Exit Ban
2010-12-02
China is banning activists and intellectuals from leaving the country ahead of the Nobel Award ceremony.
Activist Beaten in Attack
2010-11-30
Chinese authorities remove evidence and deny knowledge of an assault on a man protesting illegal evictions.
On Sanctions, Dialogue and Democracy
2010-11-30
In this inaugural program in Burmese, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks about improving the economy, helping others and maintaining dialogue to move ...
Burma's Generals Insecure
2010-11-29
In her third week of freedom, a Burmese democracy icon calls for dialogue to promote a sense of 'security.'
Diplomacy Under Test, Again
2010-11-28
China calls for emergency talks as the U.S. and South Korea conduct joint military exercises following North Korea's attack on the South.