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Hydropower projects on Laos’s rivers have reservoirs that are too small and cause an unsteady water flow, a researcher says.

The Burmese opposition leader heads to Geneva amid simmering tensions in Rakhine.

Observers say Vietnam is tightening controls online ahead of a proposed decree on Internet usage.

Chinese authorities stop a would-be candidate's wife from bringing witnesses to his trial.

The suspected independence activist was denied medical care following torture and beatings by police.

Citizens are demanding an official investigation into the death of a Chinese activist in police custody.

As violence rages in Rakhine state, will the Burmese government confront head-on the long-running issue of a stateless Muslim group?

Cambodian officials defend the country’s human rights situation.

Cambodian officials defend the country’s human rights situation.

A Cambodian NGO launches an initiative to reforest parts of the Tonle Sap Lake.

A Cambodian NGO launches an initiative to reforest parts of the Tonle Sap Lake.

Residents believe the attack was organized by the grandson of a local Chinese official.

Chinese family planning officials force a woman to terminate her seven-month pregnancy.

People arm themselves in the troubled Burmese state's capital despite heightened security.

The North Korean leader, sources say, displays concern for the people’s welfare in impromptu departures from his planned itineraries.

Rights groups plan protests ahead of the Cambodian foreign minister’s visit to Washington.

Rights groups plan protests ahead of the Cambodian foreign minister’s visit to Washington.

Chinese police search for a popular singer who distributed politically 'sensitive' songs.

Chinese authorities look to tighten controls over online content.

Chinese authorities block friends and supporters from visiting an activist held under house arrest.

Russian leader's Beijing visit fails to break impasse.

Sectarian violence between Buddhists and Muslims in Burma's western state has seen at least 17 people killed this month.

Officials demand the return from New York of a sandstone warrior they say was stolen from temple ruins.

Officials demand the return from New York of a sandstone warrior they say was stolen from temple ruins.

A court case of a senior monk in China's Qinghai province is put off after he protests.

A Vietnamese dissident researcher is freed after serving three years.

Muslims in western Burma take revenge for a deadly attack by Buddhists that killed ten.

Residents of Chinese blind activist Chen Guangcheng's village feel liberated by the removal of the guards.

Relatives suspect foul play in Tiananmen activist Li Wangyang's death.

The wife of a jailed Chinese rights lawyer says news of the outside world will help ease his troubles.