Story Archive
2009-05-29
Bangladesh prods Burma over its treatment of a Muslim minority group.
2009-05-29
A soldier placed an army hat on a child's head, and the child happily saluted the crowd. No one knew what was coming, writes Dan Southerland, as he recalls the eve of a brutal crackdown in Beijing.
2009-05-29
The memoir of a Chinese leader comes out in time for the 20th anniversary of the crackdown that coincided with his ouster.
2009-05-28
From the death of former Communist Party chief Hu Yaobang—accused of leniency toward China’s young protesters—to the lifting of martial law eight months later, see the events that shaped this key period in Chinese history, 20 years ago.
2009-05-28
A May 20 declaration of martial law failed to deter protesters, who managed to stop military trucks and speak with troops inside as they headed toward Tiananmen Square. Throughout all of this, Muriel Southerland kept taking pictures. Then, late on June 3, a deadly two-day crackdown began—leaving an untold number of dead and a government blackout on the incident in its wake.
2009-05-27
Have talks settled a long-running dispute over plans to mine gold at a sacred Tibetan site?
2009-05-27
In May 1989, students went on hunger strike to urge the government toward a dialogue. During this time, Muriel Southerland photographed the hunger-striking students and their supporters
2009-05-27
Residents of a strategically located village find themselves at odds with troops sent to pressure them into a land deal.
2009-05-27
Accusations fly after a protest over alleged graft turns violent.
2009-05-27
In this video—never before released publicly—Muriel Southerland remembers life in Beijing during the historic events of May and June 1989.
2009-05-26
The U.S. commander in chief makes a blunt appeal to Burma's ruling junta: Let her go.
2009-05-26
An aide to China's late ex-premier discusses the legacy Zhao Ziyang left behind, and how it might still change China.
2009-05-26
Pyongyang ratchets up tensions as the major powers lash out over its nuclear test.
2009-05-24
Tibetan Buddhists regard it as a sacred site. Gold deposits make Ser Ngul Lo valuable in other ways too, and tensions are rising.
2009-05-22
They're well cared for, staff say, but ethnic Uyghur children are required to assume Chinese identities in a Xinjiang orphanage.
2009-05-21
An essay in six parts on the legacy of China's ousted late premier Zhao Ziyang by a top aide who knew him well.
2009-05-21
Maritime tensions are likely to be a priority issue for the next U.S. ambassador to China.
2009-05-21
Parents of missing children in China call for a more thorough investigation as the number of kidnappings grows.
2009-05-20
The sole aid group caring for Lao Hmong asylum-seekers in a Thai camp pulls out, citing pressure from a military that wants them repatriated.
2009-05-20
Kyaw Min Htun of RFA’s Burmese service first reported on the plight of trafficked Burmese nationals in Southeast Asia in 2007. He returned to Thailand and Malaysia in early 2009 and produced a series of 12 reports, excerpted here, on the trafficking of Burmese nationals into Malaysia. Photo: RFA/Kyaw Min Htun.
2009-05-20
After an international outcry, Burma's ruling generals let diplomats and a handful of reporters into a high-profile trial.
2009-05-20
Vietnamese MPs are to debate a planned mine involving a Chinese firm, as controversy flares over a joint trade promotion Web site.
2009-05-19
Two men jailed for a high-profile act of vandalism in 1989 get U.S. asylum and treatment for trauma suffered in prison.
2009-05-18
The trial has begun for a pro-democracy leader in Burma accused of violating the terms of her house arrest, amid calls for her release by local activists and global leaders.
2009-05-18
More than a year after a major Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, two more Tibetan monks escape arrest and reach India.
2009-05-18
China-Russia oil deal seen unlikely to mend ties.
2009-05-15
The Deputy editor of a Vietnamese tourism publication is fired from his job after the government accuses him of writing what they call ‘sensitive’ articles.
2009-05-15
Women belonging to an ethnic minority in northwestern China defend their land in a clash with officials who try to seize it for forced crop production.
2009-05-15
From mid-April until the end of May 1989, Muriel Southerland went out each day to photograph the student protests at Tiananmen Square. The protests grew into a nationwide pro-democracy movement, with more than a million Beijing citizens surging into the streets at one point to support the students.
2009-05-15
Burma's opposition leader and Nobel peace laureate has fought for decades to bring democracy to her native Southeast Asian country.
