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China stands to gain clout with a bigger financial foothold in North Korea.

For 130 youths, circus school offers a first rung on the ladder up and out of poverty and exploitation.

Newly freed U Tin Oo calls for the release of opposition party leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

A U.N. agency releases census details that show the country is dying younger.

In Burma, a top opposition leader renews his appeal for dialogue.

A former official lobbies China's central government to abolish labor camps.

A 1989 dissident leader hears echoes from two decades ago.

The U.S. trade deficit with China continues to drive tensions, despite a decline last year.

Minority refugees from Burma face harassment and worse in Bangladesh.

Life just got even tougher for North Koreans.

Monks and nuns in Tibet protest over detainees unaccounted for after nearly two years.

Gen. Mehmet Riza Bekin Pasha was renowned as an advocate for the Uyghur people.

Tibetans in China risk persecution by praying for a good outcome to a meeting between their spiritual leader and the U.S. president.

Two Nobel Peace laureates hold White House talks, despite Chinese warnings.

The people of Cambodia's Svay Rieng village have reported a surge in illnesses after a hydropower plant upstream in Vietnam went into operation.

Economic sanctions hinder the North Korean leader's traditional birthday extravaganza.

China's central government tells local authorities to handle their own problems.

Chinese activists want colleagues released during the Year of the Tiger.

At the mouth of the Mekong River, climate change is affecting the livelihoods of both those who fish the river and those who fish the sea.

Seasonal rice harvests in the Mekong River Delta are threatened by the rise of sea tides due to climate change.

Experts struggle to evaluate the purpose of yet another commission to monitor energy supplies in China

North Korea backtracks on a shift in currency policy.

North Korean children left to fend for themselves in China are afforded no protection under the country's laws.

Following the rejection of pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo's appeal, Bao Tong, former aide to ousted late premier Zhao Ziyang, calls on the ruling party to ...

Authorities launch a manhunt and offer a major reward.

In Burma, bribery, graft, and kickbacks are deeply ingrained.

Two Chinese activists look set to stay in jail.

A victim of China's 1989 crackdown says he's looking forward to his new life.

Chinese authorities anticipate more Uyghur unrest over the year's biggest holiday.

Burned by rampant piracy at home, Chinese writers now take aim at Google.