Story Archive
2016-12-12
About 1,000 people from Thach Ha district in Ha Tinh province say the compensation is not enough to cover their losses from the company's toxic chemical spill.
2016-12-12
Peng Ming's U.S.-based family are boycotting his funeral, saying his body was dissected and the organs removed without their permission.
2016-12-12
China warns that ignoring its claim on the democratic island of Taiwan will have 'serious consequences.'
2016-12-09
With high oil prices, North Koreans have again turned to the cheap but dirty fuel to power trucks.
2016-12-09
The fabrication of a story about an army soldier abusing a Rohingya Muslim child has damaged the country’s image, a government spokesman says.
2016-12-09
Vijay Nambiar, the U.N. secretary-general's special advisor on Myanmar, says the country’s de facto leader must reassure civilians they will be protected.
2016-12-09
Removed from the Buddhist study center that was their home, they now live crowded into metal huts.
2016-12-09
Overseas activists step up calls on the incoming U.S. president to get tougher with China over rights violations.
2016-12-09
Chinese police questioned and detained family members following the protest, local sources say.
2016-12-09
The authorities seal off the main square in the provincial capital, Chengdu, and issue warnings over possible protest activities.
2016-12-09
Anyone wanting to study Tibetan Buddhism there must first pass a political examination, and must be a monk or nun.
2016-12-08
They fear the last Irrawaddy dolphins could die off as they move into Laotian waters to escape environmental havoc caused by the building of the Don Sahong Dam.
2016-12-08
They fear the last Irrawaddy dolphins could die off as they move into Laotian waters to escape environmental havoc caused by the building of the Don Sahong Dam.
2016-12-08
While a commune chief is released and more critics could get out of jail, Hun Sen says he still holds the cards.
2016-12-08
While a commune chief is released and more critics could get out of jail, Hun Sen says he still holds the cards.