Story Archive
2019-10-18
Report shows that North Korea’s “Arduous March” had lasting effects on children well into the 2010s.
2019-10-18
They are accused of raising funds to support the ethnic Arakan Army in its fight against Myanmar government forces.
2019-10-18
He said that he also plans to ‘liberate’ CNRP President Kem Sokha, who is under de facto house arrest.
2019-10-18
Ha Van Nam must go back to jail to serve his full term for role in a protest that blocked traffic at a BOT toll station in Bac Ninh.
2019-10-18
Police ban a mass rally planned by the Civil Human Rights Front on Sunday, though many are expected to attend to protest an attack on the group's convenor.
2019-10-18
Li Wenzu says her husband Wang Quanzhang has suddenly put on weight and has extreme sunburn on his face.
2019-10-18
Protests in Hong Kong have been fast, fluid and flexible as protesters use social media to stay ahead of police. Chinese President Xi Jinping and Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam have struggled to respond.
2019-10-17
Sam Brownback says Muslims made aware of the Uyghurs’ plight should press their governments to confront China.
2019-10-17
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback urges the people of Muslim majority nations to pressure their governments to condemn China’s repression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.
2019-10-17
General Aung San, father of Aung San Suu Kyi, is not widely celebrated by minorities.
2019-10-17
No evidence has been found so far that would support a conviction, a Cambodian rights group says.
2019-10-17
New funeral campaign aims to “civilize” groups with “excessive” funerary traditions.
2019-10-17
Officials say a power-short part of Shan state gets more electricity thanks to the mine.
2019-10-17
Many jobs remain out of reach, however, with competition from Chinese applicants and required proficiency in Mandarin.
2019-10-17
The attack comes as citizens publish a report saying unchecked abuse of police power is undermining the rule of law.
2019-10-17
Forced labor goes unchecked under the guise of ‘vocational training,’ they tell a Washington panel.
2019-10-17
The agreement comes as Zhao Ziyang's family mark the centenary of his birth at his former residence in Beijing.
2019-10-16
Citizens say empty stadium was either strategy or censorship.
2019-10-16
A group of Buddhist monks and environmental activists calls for the demolition of a closed Chinese casino.
2019-10-16
Ma Houzhi was detained in 2009 in the southwestern city of Chongqing as he tried to get Bo's support for a Maoist splinter party.
2019-10-16
Locals suspect they were planning to extort money from fellow Chinese in the Myanmar-China border area.
2019-10-16
Activists are silently preparing for the planned repatriation next month, an opposition official says.
2019-10-16
Nguyen Hoang Nam was sentenced in 2018 to four years in prison for trying to join a friend for worship services.
2019-10-16
Laos’ “Crown Prince” urges overseas Lao to continue the fight for democracy.
2019-10-16
The bloody attack comes after chief executive Carrie Lam cuts short her policy address amid heckling by pro-democracy lawmakers.
2019-10-15
Some Vietnamese believe that Hanoi's one-party Communist government has failed to take a strong enough stance on the issue.
2019-10-15
Xayaburi dam will go online before the end of October, while Don Sahong enters final testing phase.
2019-10-15
The bill, if passed by the Senate, would allow the US to sanction officials seen as violating rights in the city.
2019-10-15
North Korea forbade foreign media coverage, a South Korean cheering delegation, and even fans for the home team.
2019-10-15
Authorities feared protests in Nepal by Tibetans opposed to Chinese rule and policies in Tibet.
