Story Archive
2021-06-03
School closings further tighten China's restrictions on language rights in Tibetan areas.
2021-06-03
The move hurts North Korean residents already struggling every day to earn a living, sources in the country say.
2021-06-03
Taiwan's attempts to procure vaccines amid a rising wave of COVID-19 transmission has been stymied by Beijing.
2021-06-03
The Chinese Communist Party has successfully silenced any public discussion of the protest movement and the bloody crackdown that ended them.
2021-06-03
Five years after the Chinese Communist Party scrapped its controversial one-child policy, the CCP unveiled new plans to boost flagging birth rates and reverse population aging by raising the official limit on the number of children per couple from two to three. The move raised complaints about government interference in people's lives and doubts that couples can afford more children when many struggle to put even one child through school.
2021-06-03
The organizer of a now-banned candlelight vigil marking the Tiananmen massacre in Hong Kong on the importance of visible activism.
2021-06-02
Penpa Tsering is prioritizing the resumption of Sino-Tibetan dialogue in pursuing the Middle Way policy.
2021-06-02
Observers hope Phnom Penh may roll back political restrictions to curry favor with Washington.
2021-06-02
But they say that economic activities should be created for the refugees living on Bhashan Char, an isolated site in the Bay of Bengal.
2021-06-02
The special warrant and widespread media coverage are typically used only in the case of dangerous criminals, one source says.
2021-06-02
Democratic Voice of Burma reporter Aung Kyaw live-streamed his arrest in March, drawing a huge audience.
2021-06-02
Three Chinese naval ships took part in the operation to lift the submarine, which was found broken in three pieces 2,749 feet down in the Bali Sea.
2021-06-02
Ethnic minority families can’t afford school and make kids toil in fields or watch over younger siblings.
2021-06-02
“There is no time to waste,” American Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman says.
2021-06-02
Dang Hoang Minh is the latest to be jailed for writings 'opposing the State' under Article 117 of Vietnam's Penal Code.
