Experts Doubt China Gas Plan
2008-03-12
China plans to begin importing Central Asian gas by 2011 through what will be the world’s longest pipeline once it is built. But the huge $27 billion project ...
North Korea Begins To Help Disabled
2008-03-05
North Korea is still one of the least hospitable societies for people with a disability, but charity workers say attitudes to the disabled are slowly changing ...
Thai Soldiers Forced Lao Hmong Back to Laos
2008-02-28
Armed Thai soldiers dragged a group of Lao Hmong asylum-seekers from a crowded holding camp here onto trucks to deport them and sent dogs after two who jumped ...
China Polluters Still Get Loans
2008-02-27
China has failed to implement a key program that could cut pollution from industrial plants, a top regulator said this month.
Vietnam Upholds Dissident Jail Terms
2008-02-27
A Vietnamese appeals court has upheld the sentences of four men convicted of collecting complaints against the government and sharing them with Western news ...
