Japan to Send Activists Home
2012-08-16
Tensions between Tokyo and Beijing run high following Chinese activists' visit to disputed islands controlled by Japan.
Pick Berries or Pay Fines
2012-08-15
North Korean education authorities mobilize students on summer break to pick berries that are sold to China.
Provinces Return Rice Farms
2012-08-14
Vietnamese rice farmers get to keep thousands of hectares of land that were to be turned over to industrial projects.
Shandong Land Activist Held
2012-08-14
The detention comes amid clashes over forced evictions in the coastal province in eastern China.
Royalist Parties to Merge
2012-08-13
The surprise resignation of Cambodia’s Prince Norodom Ranariddh paves the way for the merger.
Royalist Parties to Merge
2012-08-13
The surprise resignation of Cambodia’s Prince Norodom Ranariddh paves the way for the merger.
Gu Trial Highlights Abuses
2012-08-13
Financial issues are notably absent from the official account of the trial of the wife of fallen Communist Party star.
Olympic Aid for North Korea
2012-08-13
One of North Korea’s four gold medals at the London Olympics was won with help from foreign training funding.
UN: More Flood Aid Needed
2012-08-13
Relief costs rise after North Korea increases its estimates of flood casualties and damages.
Two Tibetans Burn in Ngaba
2012-08-13
A third self-immolation was also reported in the troubled Ngaba Tibetan prefecture, but it cannot be confirmed.
Scholar Gets Website Warning
2012-08-10
Beijing authorities question an outspoken Uyghur professor whose website the state media calls ‘separatist.’