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Villagers in China's southern province of Hainan are staging a round-the-clock vigil to protect the bones of their Muslim ancestors in tombs dating back to the ...

Five ex-leaders of the Khmer Rouge go on trial, and Cambodia's youth get a chance to learn the truth about an era kept secret for the last 30 years.

Five ex-leaders of the Khmer Rouge go on trial, and Cambodia's youth get a chance to learn the truth about an era kept secret for the last 30 years.

Defendants sentenced in connection with church land protests vow more appeals.

A Shanghai-based director plans a Broadway-style multimedia musical based on Karl Marx's political tome, 'Das Kapital.'

Campaigners demand Chinese authorities release information on Gao Zhisheng's whereabouts and treatment.

Thirty years after the murderous Khmer Rouge were toppled from power, Cambodians will finally see several leaders of the regime brought to justice before an ...

Korean-American Mike Kim, author of 'Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country,' discusses how and why he put a career in ...

Thailand says a group of ethnic Hmong returned to Laos voluntarily, but a witness says not all were volunteers.

An outspoken economist from a Chinese minority group faces "unbelievable threats and pressure" to keep quiet.

North Korea has stopped receiving U.S. food aid, but a U.S. official says it could re-start immediately.

Tibetan farmers in China's Sichuan province refuse to till their land in protest at Chinese crackdowns.

A leading Burmese labor activist isn't getting the care she needs in prison for a heart ailment.

A subtly subversive online spoof in China prompts an apparent backlash, and netizens are angry.

U.S.-China ties test economic and security interests, experts say.

In this personal essay, writer Maura Moynihan finds some hope for the future among Tibetans.

Security forces patrol the streets of a mountain town in Qinghai after a man jumps into the Yellow River.

Tense relations between North and South Korea have forced separated families to travel to a third country to see long-lost relatives.

A former member of China's highly secretive intelligence community calls on other countries to take Beijing to task for its abysmal human rights record.

Top brass in the U.S. military say they can probably shoot down any North Korean missile. But will they?

Authorities again stop online writer Zan Aizong from flying to Hong Kong.

Months after the United States tightened sanctions on Burmese gems, the trade in Bangkok is still brisk.

China's new offensive on Tibet may demand a different strategy in reply, writes Tibet scholar Warren Smith.

Almost 20 years after the deadly 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests, a former PLA soldier calls for a full inquiry.

A leader of the 2007 Saffron Revolution is still fighting back from a remote prison in northern Burma.

An outspoken cyber-dissident's health is suffering badly in jail, his wife says.

A Burmese dissident's wife calls on prison authorities to treat her husband's eyesight before he goes blind.

A planned bauxite mine in Vietnam will provide jobs, but some experts fear its environmental impact.

A writer in Dharamsala provides a personal glimpse of a youth movement now redefining Tibetan culture.

Jailers in the central Burmese city of Meiktila face new allegations of abusing political detainees.