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Experts are considering an international system to fight speculation in food prices, but questions persist about how coordinated grain reserves would be used.

Nearly three months after massive Tibetan protests in western China, authorities haven't extinguished the unrest.

Burmese cyclone survivors and healthcare workers say the junta is still diverting aid.

Parents across southwestern China are struggling to hold local officials accountable for allegedly shoddy construction standards in school buildings that ...

Burmese authorities detain the country's best-known comedian as he returns from a major aid effort in cyclone-devastated areas.

Burmese authorities detain the country's best-known comedian as he returns from a major aid effort in cyclone-devastated areas.

China’s subsidy costs for food and fuel are soaring while the country tries to cope with damage from the Sichuan earthquake. Experts say the government can’t ...

Nineteen years after Chinese troops fired on protesters in and around Tiananmen Square, a prominent Beijing lawyer says police grabbed him as he left his ...

A private group run by several prominent Burmese is turning attention to the psychological trauma suffered by the millions of victims of Tropical Cyclone ...

Thailand has returned another group of ethnic Hmong sheltering in a refugee camp to neighboring Laos. The Hmong say they chose to return once it became clear ...

Never mind that state media still demonize anything marginally capitalist. In North Korea, nothing shouts "status" like a smuggled kitchen appliance.

Global food prices are still sky-high, but Cambodia has announced an end to its ban on rice exports, and Vietnam may soon follow suit.

Global food prices are still sky-high, but Cambodia has announced an end to its ban on rice exports, and Vietnam may soon follow suit.

Weeks ahead of Cambodia's general election, Prime Minister Hun Sen's government forces the closure of an independent radio station that gave airtime to the ...

Weeks ahead of Cambodia's general election, Prime Minister Hun Sen's government forces the closure of an independent radio station that gave airtime to the ...

Chinese authorities in the Tibet Autonomous Region this week detained five monks in connection with a series of small blasts during massive anti-Chinese ...

A young mother from North Korea dies of lung cancer just three weeks after settling as a refugee with her family in the United States, after a harrowing ...

Burma's volunteer groups are helping villagers return to their land in the Irrawaddy delta in a bid to kick-start a rice harvest amid severe food shortages ...

Ethnic Chinese families close to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen are playing a key role in putting Chinese companies in touch with top Cambodian officials, ...

Authorities in the southwestern province of Sichuan have denied rumors of another massive earthquake threatening the devastated region, amid continuing ...

Ethnic Chinese families close to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen are playing a key role in putting Chinese companies in touch with top Cambodian officials, ...

Authorities in Sichuan have announced that China's tough family planning regulations will be relaxed to accommodate parents whose children have been severely ...

More than two months after Tibet erupted in protests against China's heavy-handed rule, Tibetan sources in the region report the arrest of one of their own for ...

Citizens in China have formed surveillance groups to supervise aid distribution to millions hit by the May 12 earthquake, as officials promise full ...

The Sichuan earthquake will drive up demand for steel for rebuilding—which some say will cause massive damage to the environment.

In An county, Sichuan province, our reporter meets anger and frustration. Left to fend for themselves, villagers curse the government.

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. ...

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 ...

In Tibet, Chinese authorities have cracked down again on a nunnery suspected of inculcating separatism. The move highlights the quiet but pivotal role played ...

Lin Di goes to Beichuan Qiang in Sichuan and meets an earthquake survivor rushing back to search for her father.