Story Archive
2018-06-13
Exiled opposition leader praises the U.S. move as “first step” to sanctioning Hun Sen for abuses.
2018-06-13
The refugees will be sent back to their former places of residence in Rakhine state after verification.
2018-06-13
FIFPro calls Erfan Hezim ‘one of China’s most promising young footballers.’
2018-06-13
A prominent Uyghur exile leader says he was prevented from learning of his mother’s death for more than three weeks.
2018-06-13
Cambodia’s national elections next month are widely expected to be neither free nor fair after Prime Minister Hun Sen dissolved the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) in November over its alleged involvement in a plot to topple the government.
2018-06-13
Ye Qiming is being held on charges of 'picking quarrels and stirring up trouble' after he took issue with Xi's promises of greater openness.
2018-06-13
Five directly elected members of LegCo are taken away after protesting president's refusal to address a point of order during the second reading of a controversial bill.
2018-06-12
Prime Minister commends North Korean leader’s “new attitude,” calls for pursuing good relations with Pyongyang.
2018-06-12
Up to 200,000 refugees could be at risk of landslides and floods, UNHCR warns.
2018-06-12
General Hing Bun Hieng's unit was involved in numerous abuses, including beatings of lawmakers and attacks on civilians.
2018-06-12
Google, Facebook, and other providers will soon have to take down 'offending' posts and identify users to authorities.
2018-06-12
North Korea merely reaffirms an earlier commitment to denuclearizing, with no specific timetable.
2018-06-12
Christine Schraner Burgener will meet Aung San Suu Kyi, the military commander-in-chief, ethnic armies, NGOs, and religious groups.
2018-06-12
William Nguyen participated in a public demonstration in Ho Chi Minh City where dozens of demonstrators were taken into custody.
2018-06-12
Show a 'clean finger,' Buth Bunthen says, indicating no vote has been cast in an election widely seen as unfair.
2018-06-12
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is keen to see denuclearization, but stands to lose regional influence if its Stalinist neighbor gets too liberal.
2018-06-12
The authorities are apparently worried about a nebulous online activists' network called the Xinghua Club.
2018-06-12
Trump wants Kim to take concrete steps to curb North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
2018-06-11
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un make history by meeting, but doubts hang over any nuclear deal.
2018-06-11
Authorities want to prevent possible disorder inside the isolated country during the key talks in Singapore.
2018-06-11
Different countries have different tastes, though, a ruling party spokesperson says.
2018-06-11
The jailed woman's sister said they were trying to find work in Yangon to support younger brothers in a family stuck in a camp since 2012.
2018-06-11
Opposition lawmakers say putting an international representative on the new panel will compromise Myanmar’s sovereignty.
2018-06-11
Dozens are beaten and detained amid concerns over Chinese commercial encroachment on Vietnamese land.
2018-06-11
Edward Leung's sentence has been criticized as part of a pattern of politically motivated jailings in recent years.
2018-06-11
Most drivers now work via an app that treats them as independent contractors, but fees haven't risen to cover business costs.
2018-06-11
Government planners face challenges on gas, oil, power, and coal.
2018-06-08
The move bans the accounts of the ultranationalist Buddhist Ma Ba Tha group and of two 'extremist' monks.
2018-06-08
Abdulreshit Seley Hajim, 65, was taken to a camp in Gulja nine months earlier and had a blunt-force head wound, his brother says.
2018-06-08
They call the new directive a ‘clear case of government overreach’ and demand its revocation.
