Tibetans Celebrate
2015-07-08
From Los Angeles to Dharamsala, India, and Kathmandu, Nepal, thousands of Tibetans celebrated their religious leader's 80th birthday.
Dalai Lama Visits D.C.
2009-10-09
The Tibetan spiritual leader meets with top U.S. lawmakers but not with President Obama, who will go to China in November.
Cambodia Worker Strikes Turn Deadly
2014-01-03
Police open fire on striking garment workers at an industrial park in Phnom Penh on Jan. 3, 2014, killing at least four people and injuring dozens. Rights ...
Anger Over Night Demolitions
2008-11-12
Residents of a workers' apartment building belonging to a state-owned company in southwest China are reeling after their homes were demolished in the middle of ...
Part 1: The Headwaters
2011-07-15
Farmers employ heavy doses of fertilizers and pesticides when growing fruit trees. The chemical run-off has helped contaminate the Dong River.
Part 3: A Flood as High as Man
2011-07-27
With an eco-system transformed by uncontrolled mining, locals are first to pay the price of China's race to export rare earth metals.
Part 5: How Black is the Dragon?
2011-08-18
A river that was once a primary source of drinking water for Hong Kong has become so polluted that it is now nicknamed “Black Dragon River.”
Part 6:Blue Jean Blues
2011-08-31
The town of Xintang has earned the title “blue jeans capital.” But local jeans production has come at a huge environmental cost.
Duch Denies Murder Accusations
2009-05-04
Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch denies killing several inmates with his own hands at his landmark international tribunal in Phnom Penh.
Local Elections: Gains for the Opposition
2014-05-20
Political opposition to the Hun Sen regime in Cambodia registered significant gains in provincial, municipal, and district council elections on May 18. ...
Ban on Marching for the Environment
2014-06-06
In Cambodia, even a call to protect the environment is perceived as a political threat. Forest activists and NGOs were banned from marching in Phnom Penh on ...
The Fanya Incident
2016-12-20
Infographic data on the corruption in the Yunnan Kunming Fanya Nonferrous Metal Exchange, or Fanya, the first exchange platform for non-ferrous metal in China.
Flooding Hits Southeast Asia
2013-10-03
In recent weeks residents living in coastal areas or along rivers in Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam have seen heavy rains and storms that left their ...
Fenced-in Freedom
2014-04-30
Cambodian authorities have rejected a request from 20 unions to assemble in Phnom Penh. The unions wanted to celebrate International Labor Day at Freedom Park ...
Clean Water Doesn't Come Easy
2013-03-21
In spite of U.N. Millennium Goals, many around the world find it difficult to access clean water. Keeping safe from contamination often means long treks with ...
Grace Wang on Cyber-Clashes
2009-08-19
Duke University student Grace Wang tried to mediate between clashing Chinese and Tibetan fellow students in 2008 and paid dearly for it, drawing insults and ...
AIDS concern in Asia
2010-12-03
The number of AIDS deaths in Asia may have stabilized but there are no indications of a decline in the prevalence of the deadly disease.
Human trafficking in Vietnam
2010-12-07
Smuggling of people has emerged as a serious problem In Vietnam, with most of the victims trafficked to China and other neighboring countries such as Cambodia ...
Tracking Corruption
2010-12-03
Burma was ranked next to worst among 178 countries in corruption in a 2010 report released in October by Transparency International, a Berlin-based monitoring ...
North America Braces to Contain H1N1 Virus
2009-05-01
The World Health Organization raised its flu alert on April 29, signaling a H1N1 virus pandemic is "imminent" as a toddler in the United States became the ...
Hong Kong: a Protest that Wouldn't Die
2014-10-30
More than a month into the demonstrations that have at times paralyzed parts of the city of Hong Kong, signs of support for the students asking for the right ...
The Umbrella Revolution
2014-10-03
Before Oct. 3, the protests were peaceful if somewhat disorganized. But what the protesters lacked in organization they made up for in creativity.
Hong Kong Gets 'Harmonized'
2020-07-10
China's Communist Party imposed a new national security law on Hong Kong on June 30th that outlaws acts of "secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion ...