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While non-binding, a ruling of genocide could force states to rethink their ties to Beijing.

A plan to boost potency with herbal ingredients raised methanol content to toxic levels, authorities say.

Rights groups call for early releases of prisoners nearing the end of their sentences to help slow the spread of the disease.

They’re calling on the government for help in selling their crops. The Southeast Asian nation has seen nearly 27,000 cases and 190 deaths since the pandemic ...

The ultimate goal is the repatriation of the Rohingya to their homeland, said Volkan Bozkir, who traveled to Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh.

Junta and anti-junta forces blame each other for attacks on schools and hospitals.

More than 40,000 people have been displaced by intense fighting between military and local militia.

Monitoring will be strengthened in contested waters where Manila has complained about incursions by hundreds of Chinese ships, the Coast Guard says.

Independent journalist Le Van Dung had used Facebook to transmit information on social issues such as land disputes and corruption.

Commentators say the move sets a precedent that other foreign companies in China will likely be expected to follow.

Teachers blame growing political inference in schools and a city-wide clampdown on public criticism of the government.

The people of Myanmar have been hit this year by a double whammy of a deadly new wave of the coronavirus and a military coup, which added political turmoil and ...

Rights groups say the verdict is a violation of Yuong So Da’s freedom of expression.

At least 30,000 people have fled fighting in Demoso and Loikaw since the weekend, aid groups say.

Only one or two students enroll in some schools, while in others a teacher shortage prevents reopening.

Revenue from sales will be used by Myanmar's military rulers to buy weapons instead of meeting people's needs, rights groups say.

The agreement was forced on Tibet by China, which threatened all-out war if Tibetan negotiators didn't bow to Beijing's demands.

Junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing says the Rohingya are not a recognized ethnic group in Myanmar and will not be allowed to return to their homes in ...

The owner of the pro-democracy newspaper, Jimmy Lai, is in jail. And Chinese authorities have made no secret of their desire to see the paper close.

Each Pyongyang household must report the number of TVs they own, and they face stiff punishments for hiding them.

Mihray Erkin was forced to return to the region in 2019 and died in detention the following year.

Video of the explosion indicates a likely deliberate bomb attack on a government building, commentators say.

A young Myanmar resistance fighter talks about joining the Bago People’s Defense Army to fight the military junta.

Taiwanese documentary film-maker and festival curator Wood Lin explains why he led a recent festival with protest films out of Hong Kong.

Overcrowded conditions are leading to mass outbreaks in the facilities, the groups say.

The three workers were punished for leaving Laos’ Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone to buy food, despite orders not to leave the area.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Hanoi flew home fishermen within a couple of months of their detention, Jakarta said.

Do Le Na, wife of a jailed 'unapproved' candidate for election to the National Assembly, said that election workers came to her home, urging her to vote.

The regional bloc's failure to take follow-up action on Myanmar is wasting time and costing lives, rights groups and analysts say.

Four dead and eight wounded after junta attacks church in Kayah state.