Story Archive
2013-02-28
They express frustration that a probe into a China-backed copper mine has yielded no results.
2013-02-28
A new report says governments in several Asian nations tightly clamp down on civil society groups.
2013-02-27
Local government officials agree to study grievances of farmers who clash with police over occupied land.
2013-02-27
Unions and employers are urged to agree on higher minimum pay for factory workers.
2013-02-26
Police clash with villagers reclaiming land they say was confiscated 10 years ago.
2013-02-26
Unions and trade organizations remain far apart on monthly salaries for garment and footwear workers.
2013-02-25
Residents say their electricity was cut off by local officials angry over election results.
2013-02-25
But critics say the group behind the drive is subject to influence from the ruling party.
2013-02-22
The Cambodian premier's son will join several children of top officials of the ruling party in contesting national elections.
2013-02-21
A Buddhist mob attacks a Muslim school and shops in rare violence in the Burmese former capital.
2013-02-21
Security personnel assigned to protect Preah Vihear temple had lacked water for months.
2013-02-21
The lower house of parliament backs a former Supreme Court director general for the slot.
2013-02-20
A Shan monk says refugees from his ethnic group are among the hardest hit by fighting in Burma’s Kachin state.
2013-02-20
Government negotiators meet with the United Nationalities Federal Council in Chiang Mai.
2013-02-19
Cambodia will use a portion of the national budget to pay the factory employees their back wages.
2013-02-18
Burmese villagers launch signature campaign in bid to ask U.N. help to halt a controversial copper mine.
2013-02-15
A Kachin religious leader says soldiers from the Burmese ethnic group are forcing children to serve.
2013-02-15
Displaced persons in Burma’s Kachin state say their homes were broken into while they fled to camps to avoid fierce battles between rebels and the military.
2013-02-14
Cambodian villagers fear displacement and destruction of ancestral land.
2013-02-14
Cambodian garment workers say they are owed two months of wages after their factory owner fled the country.
2013-02-11
New rules against Cambodian lawyers are expected to discourage them from using the media to assert the legal rights of oppressed groups.
2013-02-11
The special rapporteur on human rights travels to Burma to investigate camps for the displaced in Rakhine and Kachin states.
2013-02-08
Cambodia instructs radio and TV stations to get permission for guests discussing legal topics.
2013-02-07
Burma acknowledges its political prisoners and creates a committee to work towards their release.
2013-02-07
Investment in Cambodia from Chinese companies is devastating the country's natural resources, an opposition party politician says.
2013-02-07
Thousands lack health care and provisions eight months after violence shook western Burma.
2013-02-06
Burma's 88 Generation Students Group works with lawyers to give legal advice.
2013-02-06
Not all Cambodians freed in a royal pardon may have been eligible for release.
2013-02-05
Legislators are working to strengthen controls over the purchase of acid—a common weapon in Cambodian attacks.
2013-02-05
A UN official urges the Burmese government to allow assistance to tens of thousands of people displaced by violence.
