Story Archive

China denies injuring ‘illegal’ Vietnamese fishing crew

China's foreign ministry said law enforcement was ‘professional and restrained.’

A conservation treasure is threatened by Indonesian plans for food security

Military-led project also risks stirring resentment in easternmost Papua region, researchers say.

French PM scraps divisive New Caledonia electoral change after months of unrest

Violence erupted in May leaving 13 dead, the economy crippled and the territory under curfew.

Walz said he ‘misspoke’ about being in Hong Kong during Tiananmen protest

The Democratic hopeful said he can be a ‘knucklehead’ but learned from China experience

North Korea swaps soybean-based doenjang paste with wheat-based imitation

Residents say it tastes awful and they long for the salty fermented soybean paste, a staple of Korean cuisine.

China celebrates 75th birthday but Uyghurs and Tibetans chafe under Beijing's rule

Tibetans are subjected to more ‘patriotic education’ as a Uyghur camp survivor calls it ‘Day of Mourning.’

French museum blasted for using 'Xizang' in Tibet exhibits

Activists say the renaming is part of China’s effort to distort Tibetan history and undermine cultural identity.

Malaysia deports Cambodian worker for calling Hun Sen ‘despicable’

Nuon Toeun was arrested just a few days after putting the post on Facebook

Award-winning Cambodian journalist jailed for ‘incitement’

Global and local watchdogs condemned his arrest. Cambodia’s deputy prime minister said he wasn’t aware of the case.

Some 200,000 Myanmar workers detained in Thai immigration crackdown

Authorities inspected documents at workplaces, deporting some workers and fining others in the 3-month initiative.

More than 170 villages of Inlay region have been flooded for about three weeks

UN honors translators for aiding dialogue, information flows across language barriers

The 7th International Translation Day highlights technology and indigenous languages.

Students, teachers die in bus inferno near Bangkok

After the blaze, investigation raises concerns about compressed natural gas used for public transportation.

PRC at 75: Mao Zedong's mass political campaigns still drive Chinese politics

75 years later, his legacy is a party that brainwashes people to accept the next political target, experts say.

INTERVIEW: Umbrella Movement was form of anti-colonial resistance: former leader

'It was about not just accepting' a fate decided by colonizers, says Alex Chow.