Story Archive
2009-08-07
U.S. Senator Jim Webb announces a visit to Burma, as officials reassess policy toward the isolated Southeast Asian country.
2009-07-31
A Burmese court delays the verdict against opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, amid mounting international criticism.
2009-07-30
A rare glimpse of the lower ranks of Burma’s military, seen through the eyes of an active-duty sergeant.
2009-07-16
A publisher is jailed after his newspaper reports on alleged official corruption in Cambodia.
2009-07-02
A report details a secret visit to North Korea by a high-level Burmese delegation last year. Pictures were taken showing military sites and signing ceremonies.
2009-06-30
The editor of a Cambodian opposition newspaper is convicted in absentia over articles accusing officials of corruption.
2009-06-22
No longer on a U.S. blacklist, Cambodia could see bilateral trade ties expand.
2009-06-18
North Korea and Burma may have bartered goods for tunnel engineering.
2009-06-16
Hard times are abetting the massive global slave trade, according to a new U.S. report on human trafficking.
2009-06-09
Women and children belonging to the Karen ethnic insurgent group flee a Burmese military assault in the largest exodus in years.
2009-06-02
Poor women die in childbirth every day in Cambodia, but who's to blame?
2009-05-29
Bangladesh prods Burma over its treatment of a Muslim minority group.
2009-05-26
The U.S. commander in chief makes a blunt appeal to Burma's ruling junta: Let her go.
2009-05-20
After an international outcry, Burma's ruling generals let diplomats and a handful of reporters into a high-profile trial.
2009-05-18
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.
2009-05-14
Burma's opposition leader, on trial for breaking the terms of her house arrest, has denied any wrongdoing, amid an international outcry over her prosecution.
2009-05-11
U.S. officials call for medical access to a Burmese opposition leader who is ill and under house arrest.
2009-05-07
In the second installment of an interview, a Burmese migrant describes abuses suffered by himself and other Burmese at the hands of a human trafficking gang.
2009-04-29
A Burmese man describes how he was forced to beat other illegal workers by a Malaysian trafficking gang to buy his own freedom.
2009-04-24
A new report prompts Malaysia to investigate persistent allegations that Burmese migrants have suffered gravely, while traffickers act with impunity.
2009-04-22
The Burmese junta tortures 'a lot' of its critics, says a senior U.N. official, who also says he expects human rights monitoring to increase.
2009-04-17
Known for their sidesplitting, irreverent comedy, Burma's Moustache Brothers have found a way around the ban that keeps them from performing in public.
2009-04-16
A Muslim minority group unrecognized by Burma's military regime has sparked a diplomatic flurry, as they take to the high seas to escape persecution.
2009-04-09
Cambodians don't trust their own legal system, and corruption allegations in a high-profile Khmer Rouge trial don't help.
2009-04-09
A French scholar takes the stand in Cambodia, becoming the first witness in a landmark trial of ex-Khmer Rouge leaders.
2009-04-08
Frustration in the U.S. Senate over ineffective sanctions prompts a new look at Burma policy.
2009-04-08
Producers of laphet, a ceremonial dish of pickled green tea leaves, say they are scrambling to recall their products after reports of contamination by textile dyes.
2009-04-01
Cambodia’s international tribunal for top Khmer Rouge officials hears arguments over whether to move the one defendant who has voiced remorse to a site away from the others.
2009-03-31
The former commandant of an infamous Khmer Rouge torture camp addresses the court and the country.
2009-03-31
In the run-up to Burma's first elections in 20 years, the junta is urging loyal businessmen to stand as candidates.
