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 ...
Zeng Jinyan: Courage is not enough
2008-12-19
In a moving message to the European Parliament who awarded her husband, Hu Jia, the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Zeng Jinyan also paid tribute to ...
Cambodia Faces History
2009-03-26
Thirty years after the murderous Khmer Rouge were toppled from power, Cambodians will finally see several leaders of the regime brought to justice before an ...
Khmer New Year in Siem Reap
2015-04-13
Cambodia is staging a Songkran event in Siem Reap province, best known as the home of the ancient temple complex at Angkor Wat. The April 13-16 event ...
Burmese Refugees in China Left Uncertain
2009-08-31
Refugees who fled Myanmar into China after deadly clashes between junta forces and ethnic rebels have begun trickling back across the border, but some say they ...
A Violent Land Grab in Kratie, Cambodia
2015-04-13
Military authorities and local villagers burn down several houses and forcefully evict people from their land in Chhloang district, Kratie province. Photos ...