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On the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, overseas human rights groups call for change in Laos.

With blogging on the rise in Vietnam, authorities plan tighter curbs and tougher monitoring.

President Hu Jintao has warned workers and party leaders that tough times lie ahead.

South Korea warns of damaged ties with North Korea if activists persist in launching propaganda leaflets across the border.

A petitioner in eastern China says she will pursue more inquiries into the killing of her father in 2007 after he tried to probe suspected corruption.

A North Korean move to shut down the jointly operated Kaesong Industrial Complex could gravely harm the country’s fragile economy.

China’s Health Ministry says many more children were sickened by melamine-tainted milk products than previously reported.

A disabled man from China's northwest is detained as a national security threat.

Police remove a petitioning AIDS activist from Beijing just after World AIDS Day.

Internet cafes in China are forced to switch to a Chinese-made operating system, with steep licensing fees.

China's growing financial power draws scrutiny as U.S. economic costs rise.

Read extracts in English from Shin Dong Hyuk's unprecedented memoir of growing up in one of North Korea's most brutal prison camps.

China's leaders shake hands with AIDS patients on World AIDS Day, but activists say harassment and discrimination remain commonplace.

A North Korean who escaped from one of the Stalinist regime's total-control prison camps wants the world to read his memoir.

A brutal assault on two Cambodian women highlights what the government says is an escalating pattern of violence against women.

A brutal assault on two Cambodian women highlights what the government says is an escalating pattern of violence against women.

Dharamsala has a "magical" feel, but Tibetan residents hold painful memories of prison in their former homeland.

Concerns are raised over the execution of a jobless man who killed six police officers in Shanghai after a failed bid to complain about being beaten in custody.

Authorities in Xingping, in China's northern Shaanxi province, have launched a major campaign to evict villagers from their homes to make way for the expansion ...

China's urbanization is a major cause of climate change, the International Energy Agency says.

Tibetan exile government offers China a “final chance” at talks. Many younger Tibetans call Middle Way policy a failure.

Cab drivers in the central province of Hubei are the latest in a string of disputes that have brought China's ubiquitous taxi services to a standstill.

Up to 20 people are in hospital after violence erupted in a dispute between villagers and mine employees in Chongqing.

After a week of meetings, many Tibetans still support the Middle Way. Others seek independence.

China’s Internet police warn netizens not to spread “harmful information,” expert says.

The Dalai Lama's eldest brother, Gyalo Thondup, reflects on Deng Xiaoping and what went wrong for Tibet.

Local officials and residents say a curfew has been imposed on Longnan city following two days of violence between police and protesters.

Burma’s powerful military returns a child soldier to his family.

Court officials and Tibetans say many Tibetans are now being handed jail terms as part of an ongoing crackdown.

Hubei-based petitioner Guo Dajing has called for international pressure after he was detained at an unofficial detention center and severely beaten.