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The Security Council unanimously approves tighter new sanctions on Pyongyang, but how will they be enforced?

An outspoken "Tiananmen mother" has a plan for her son's ashes, 20 years after his death.

Four of 17 Uyghurs detained for years at Guantanamo Bay are flown to Bermuda.

Computer users are up in arms about a Web filtering system the government says must be installed to protect young people from harmful content.

North Korea sets the stage for the appointment of a successor to leader Kim Jong Il.

A rare large gathering of Tibetan Buddhists ends with six people in custody.

Mining at a site Tibetans regard as sacred will cease, but where will the hazardous waste go?

Women and children belonging to the Karen ethnic insurgent group flee a Burmese military assault in the largest exodus in years.

A first-ever Gay Pride week shows how far China has come since decriminalizing homosexuality 12 years ago, and how far it has to go.

Two U.S. journalists are sentenced to 12 years' hard labor in North Korea. Will they have to serve that time?

Geithner visit marks new U.S.-China approach.

Two Uyghur women describe how police sent five women to jail and seven to forced labor for holding an illegal gathering.

Court documents offer a rare glimpse of Chinese legal proceedings against 12 men sentenced for alleged separatism.

Nighttime raids and mandatory jamming devices curb North Koreans' already limited access to foreign media.

In a June 2 Washington Post commentary, RFA Executive Editor Dan Southerland addresses the many ways in which the Chinese authorities have blacked out news and ...

At age six, Dan Southerland's son, Matthew, had heard enough to sympathize with the students protesting on the square. He drew dinosaurs representing the ...

North Korea announces the trial of two U.S. journalists, and analysts say the move signals a bid for direct talks with Washington.

The 20th anniversary of China's deadly 1989 crackdown brings tight security and quiet calls for an official reckoning with the past.

Broadcaster Tseten Dolkar was presented with the 2009 Burke Distinguished Journalism Award for her coverage of the peaceful protests of Tibetan monks and the ...

A Lao court spares the life a pregnant British woman convicted of drug smuggling.

A former student leader of Beijing's June 4, 1989 pro-democracy movement talks about her vision for China's future.

Former leaders of Beijing's June 4, 1989 pro-democracy movement say newfound prosperity in China has led to complacency among the country's brain trust.

On June 5, 1989 a lone man stood in front of a column of tanks and came to symbolize the Chinese people's resistance to the crackdown at Tiananmen Square. ...

Chinese authorities go on high alert ahead of the 20th anniversary of a crackdown they want the world, and the Chinese people, to forget.

Poor women die in childbirth every day in Cambodia, but who's to blame?

Poor women die in childbirth every day in Cambodia, but who's to blame?

A Catholic leader in Vietnam has joined with critics of a controversial plan to mine for bauxite.

A former teacher who famously splattered paint on Chairman Mao’s portrait at the height of 1989 protests describes a failure of leadership among protesters—and ...

U.S., China face six-month climate deadline.

It's the 20th anniversary of the bloodstained massacre of the students' anti-corruption movement, which is still being covered up to this day.