Story Archive
2020-06-25
China has upped the ante in the South China Sea, with deep sea surveys in disputed waters, unilateral declarations of its right to administer the area, and confrontations with vessels from other claimant states.
2020-06-25
They say the authorities are complicit in rampant logging and encroachment.
2020-06-25
Move to cut supplies to the Arakan Army leave the mostly ethnic Chin civilians to survive on bananas and vegetables.
2020-06-25
A teenage girl accuses a Hong Kong police officer of sexual assault, the latest in a string of such complaints.
2020-06-25
Seventy years after North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (1912-94) launched the June 25, 1950 surprise attack on South Korea that sparked the Korean War, Kim’s grandchildren, Kim Jong Un and his younger sister Kim Yo Jong, are in charge in Pyongyang – and embroiled in conflict with Seoul and Washington over nuclear weapons and economic sanctions.
2020-06-25
Seventy years after North Korean founder Kim Il Sung (1912-94) launched the June 25, 1950 surprise attack on South Korea that sparked the Korean War, Kim’s grandchildren, Kim Jong Un and his younger sister Kim Yo Jong, are in charge in Pyongyang – and embroiled in conflict with Seoul and Washington over nuclear weapons and economic sanctions.
2020-06-25
The Hong Kong Bar Association says plans to allow the city's chief executive to pick judges for national security trials is 'worrying.'
2020-06-25
Ge's sentence is the latest in a string of subversion cases being brought against peaceful activists by the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
2020-06-24
Two factories employing tens of thousands shut down after workers develop symptoms.
2020-06-24
A charity spokeswoman praises Acehnese people for preparing to feed and shelter the refugees.
2020-06-24
Arrests come amid a broad crackdown six months before a key Communist Party gathering.
2020-06-24
Sam Brownback says a new law ‘requires’ the US to review ways to end rights abuses in Xinjiang.
2020-06-24
But critics say the funds are insufficient and help should have come months ago.
2020-06-24
“It really goes against the rules-based international order,” says U.S. Air Force’s regional commander.
2020-06-24
Police have charged them under the country’s Peaceful Assembly and Peaceful Procession Law.
2020-06-24
But jobs are scarce at home, too, and many would like to go back to Thailand once they are allowed to return.
2020-06-24
China’s Ministry of Natural Resources has published a list identifying and locating 50 undersea features near the Senkaku/Diaoyu islets.
2020-06-24
The move is part of a broad strategy that will see an end to mother-tongue education in ethnic minority areas of China.
2020-06-24
Wu Quan was sentenced to 14-and-a-half years in prison after exposing wrongdoing and corruption among local officials.
2020-06-23
Nguyen Van Nghiem represented himself during his trial, refusing a lawyer.
2020-06-23
Aung San Suu Kyi and senior officials are allotted plots of land in the capital at special prices.
2020-06-23
Signe Poulsen says South Korea should meet with civil society and other stakeholders about launching leaflets to the North.
2020-06-23
But unions say the sector is rebounding and that workers are struggling financially.
2020-06-23
An army spokesman cites separatist incitement and security breaches for the year-long ban, which has cut off residents from needed information and help from aid groups.
2020-06-23
Ships carrying rice and corn from Dandong to Nampo labeled as “construction materials.”
2020-06-23
Beijing insists all oil and gas exploration in the area – including within other countries’ EEZs – must be done with Chinese partners.
2020-06-23
Xu Zhiyong is being held incommunicado on charges of 'incitement to subvert state power.'
2020-06-23
Local residents post video footage of drowned streets and turbulent river flooding, while state media play down the extent of the damage.
2020-06-22
But the 35-year ruler says he won’t be ready to relinquish power for at least another decade.
2020-06-22
Lawyers suspect police pressured two detained discussion page leaders into refusing legal counsel.
