Millions Homeless in Sichuan
2008-05-22
Five million people are without permanent shelter in the wake of last week's earthquake, with rescuers now beginning to call off the search for survivors. ...
Sisters Fear for Defectors
2008-05-21
Sent back to North Korea from China four times, the Cho sisters finally won resettlement as U.S. refugees. Now they're planning for the future but still ...
Tibetan Nuns Play Key Role
2008-05-21
In Tibet, Chinese authorities have cracked down again on a nunnery suspected of inculcating separatism. The move highlights the quiet but pivotal role played ...
Just Rescued, and Hurrying Back
2008-05-21
Lin Di goes to Beichuan Qiang in Sichuan and meets an earthquake survivor rushing back to search for her father.
Refugee Boats Sink in Burma
2008-05-21
Dozens of Burmese cyclone refugees may have died when their boats went down in the Irrawaddy river after the junta ordered them to return home.
Struggle for survival in Burma
2008-05-21
Nearly two and a half million people have been affected by a cyclone that tore through Burma on May 3rd. The military rulers have prevented international aid ...
As if I Am in the Room
2008-05-21
Reporter Lin Di drove 160 kms north of Chengdu to the mountainous region of Jiangyou and Pingwu on the Fujiang river. He saw schools flattened, with ...
China Quake Survivors Suffer Trauma
2008-05-21
China is sending counselors to areas hit hardest by the devastating Sichuan earthquake in a bid to help hundreds of thousands of people, especially children, ...
Lao Medics Sent to Burma
2008-05-21
As the U.N. Secretary-General heads to Burma and southeast Asia tries to persuade the country's secretive military rulers to accept disaster relief aid from ...
Leading Tibetan Freed, Awaiting Trial
2008-05-20
Chinese authorities have released on bail a leading Tibetan media personality. But Jamyang Kyi still expects to stand trial on unspecified charges related to ...
Aftershocks Rock Sichuan
2008-05-20
At least two schools have collapsed with hundreds of children inside as the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan struggles in the wake of last week's ...
Burma Death Toll Surges
2008-05-16
Burma's military government has sharply revised upward the estimated death toll from Cyclone Nargis, as aid agencies report cholera and continued delays in ...
Quake Pushes China on Food
2008-05-16
China’s government is fighting to curb food prices in the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake. Economists argue the country should keep markets open to prevent ...
Sichuan's Race Against Time
2008-05-16
More than 100,000 soldiers, police, officials, rescuers, and volunteers are racing to save lives in the wake of China's devastating earthquake. But the body ...
Tibet Sees Scattered Protests, Arrests
2008-05-15
Two months after a massive crackdown ended the worst anti-Chinese unrest in Tibet in nearly 50 years, residents still report small, sporadic protests by monks, ...
Chinese Rescuers Face Grim Task
2008-05-15
China now says more than 50,000 people may have died in a devastating earthquake in Sichuan province—as rescue workers now shift their focus from finding ...
Quake Survivors Lack Food, Water
2008-05-14
Corpses remain piled up on the streets of cities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, as the authorities mobilize troops to rescue hundreds of ...
Burma Moving Storm Victims
2008-05-14
Burma’s military regime has begun moving large numbers of cyclone and flood victims from a major city hit by Tropical Cyclone Nargis last week. And a growing ...
Maymyo: Sleepy Hill Town No More
2008-05-14
Burma's cyclone Nargis has exposed a secretive society in which the junta and its supporters enjoy privileges far removed from the lives of ordinary Burmese. ...
Sichuan Reeling From Quake
2008-05-13
The worst earthquake to hit China in three decades leaves thousands of people waiting anxiously for news of the missing, many of whom are believed trapped ...
Defector Is Best-Selling Poet
2008-05-13
As court poet for North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, Jang Jin-sung enjoyed all the trappings of life among the Pyongyang elite. But he traded it in ...
Disease Hits Cyclone Refugees
2008-05-13
More than 1 million Burmese survivors of Tropical Cyclone Nargis are still living with scant food or water as the threat of infectious disease mounts. Many say ...
Tibetan Nuns Jailed, Detained
2008-05-12
Nearly two months after widespread Tibetan protests against Chinese rule, authorities in a heavily Tibetan area of Sichuan province have handed down jail terms ...
China Quake Kills Thousands
2008-05-12
The worst earthquake to strike China in decades has killed as many as 9,000 people, according China's official media, but authorities still haven’t reached ...
Burma Food, Health Aid Sought
2008-05-09
The United Nations seeks a massive infusion of funding for Burma's cyclone relief effort, while a leading expert says the country's health infrastructure could ...
Burma Blocks Cyclone Aid
2008-05-09
Burma’s reclusive military government has impounded U.N. aid in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, as the confirmed death toll reaches 60,000 and the top U.S. ...
Burma: What Witnesses are Saying
2008-05-08
Witnesses in Burma have been contacting RFA Burmese service staff with heartbreaking accounts of devastation, death, and a major humanitarian crisis in the ...
Burma Disaster Drives Rice Prices Higher
2008-05-08
Countries throughout Asia are likely to feel the impact of Burma's Cyclone Nargis as lost rice production pushes prices higher. The storm has damaged areas ...
Life Slowly Returns to Lhasa
2008-05-08
A trickle of tourists from other parts of China has resumed into the Tibetan capital, although few shops have opened in downtown Lhasa despite encouragement by ...
Burmese Wait For Rescue
2008-05-07
Even as Burma's state-run media report that officials are working hard to tackle the havoc wreaked by Tropical Cyclone Nargis, Burmese citizens complain that ...