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Fellow academics say academics are under huge pressure to win state funding, and those who fail are fired.

Police use batons and pepper spray to rescue a college principal held against his will by angry students.

The requests showed a sharp spike after China imposed a draconian security law on the city, the company says.

The art of bronze casting - called Pantin in Burmese - is the creation of objects in copper, bronze or brass and is one of the 10 ancient Burmese arts known as ...

Fresh fighting in the country’s remote regions is exacerbating an already dire refugee situation.

Legal experts say such tactics are in violation of domestic and international human rights laws.

More than 30 witnesses and experts testified during the four-day session in London.

China’s backing is crucial to efforts to foster a peaceful resolution to the crisis in Myanmar, Jakarta’s top diplomat says.

All land is owned by the state, and compensation is determined by the government and developers, with no input from the people.

Workers complain that they barely make enough for living expenses but now must pay even more to their government.

China lodges 'stern representations' after a brief visit by three US Senators to the island.

The Southeast Asian nation has been in turmoil since the military seized power in February.

An editorial in the Ming Pao says the organizers of a now-banned candlelight vigil could face prosecution for subversion.

Church member and rights activist Gao Heng took a photo of himself with a placard calling on Christians to pray for China on June 4.

Some Chinese people look back at his record, and say "You know, we could use another guy like Hu Yaobang.."

For first time, chairman of regional bloc’s Foreign Ministers’ Meeting also calls for release of all political prisoners.

Fishing group Pamalakaya leader blames commercial boats for depletion of stock in territorial waters.

The pledge is a major shift from all prior administrations and acknowledges the persecution the ethnic group has faced.

CDF fighters claim to have killed some 100 junta soldiers with handmade guns since late April.

The women say they staged a protest in front of the United Nations Human Rights Office due to concerns for their husbands’ health amid reports that they had ...

Beijing proposed meeting as U.S. engages with Southeast Asia under President Joe Biden, analysts say.

The 10 women fear that their husbands could contract COVID-19 in crowded prisons amid a nationwide outbreak.

The June 4-7 hearings in London aim to determine if abuses of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims amount to genocide.

Sitanan Satsaksit filed a petition demanding the Thai Ministry of Justice properly investigate eight abduction cases.

Hong Kong authorities banned an annual vigil to commemorate the June 4 anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, citing the coronavirus pandemic. The move has ...

Five women and four men died during the long journey, one migrant says.

At a mass for the dead, an outspoken bishop calls the ruling Chinese Communist Party to account for the 1989 bloodshed and subsequent suppression.

Family members of those killed in the bloody crackdown by the People's Liberation Army keep up calls for a detailed account of deaths, redress and compensation.

Government orders a boost in supplies to counter price surge.

Chow Hang-tung is accused by police of encouraging people to defy a ban on a candlelight vigil in Victoria Park.