Story Archive
2017-05-11
Monks hold press conference to defend their actions and urge officials to investigate the incident.
2017-05-11
The civil society group says the ban is a violation of free speech and calls for its reversal.
2017-05-11
The civil society group says the ban is a violation of free speech and calls for its reversal.
2017-05-11
Thousands of local residents had blockaded a chemical factory near their homes in anger over a recent leak of 'irritating' gas.
2017-05-11
The move comes amid suspicions that the government is moving to minimise all sign of public opposition ahead of a potential visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
2017-05-10
He says similar violence is likely to descend on Cambodia if his party loses upcoming elections.
2017-05-10
He says similar violence is likely to descend on Cambodia if his party loses upcoming elections.
2017-05-10
The move comes days after a nongovernmental investigative organization issued a report on Vietnam’s trade in illegal logs from Cambodia.
2017-05-10
The move comes days after a nongovernmental investigative organization issued a report on Vietnam’s trade in illegal logs from Cambodia.
2017-05-10
Dolkun Isa, co-founder of an exile Uyghur organization opposed by China, is forced from a UN building without explanation.
2017-05-10
Police fire shots into the air to break up a confrontation between monks and local residents in Mingala Taungnyunt township.
2017-05-10
Thang is removed as party chief of the nation’s economic hub for misconduct.
2017-05-10
Chagdor Kyab's parents are forbidden to receive friends or to organize prayers, a Tibetan source says.
2017-05-10
Li Heping's wife says the government isn't done with its pursuit of human rights attorneys and activists just yet, however.
2017-05-10
The move follows a night of further clashes with riot police drafted in to fire tear gas and stage mass detentions of protesters.
2017-05-09
Liberal advocate of dialogue with North Korea may have trouble turning back clock to 'Sunshine Policy' days.
2017-05-09
The prime minister threatens an end to peace if his party is voted from power.
2017-05-09
The prime minister threatens an end to peace if his party is voted from power.
2017-05-09
Only Uyghurs are targeted in a move to investigate the political views of students studying abroad.
2017-05-09
They say authorities are trying to bring the clergymen up on ‘anti-state’ charges.
2017-05-09
Some 20,000 residents gather outside government buildings as police set up roadblocks and social media posts are deleted.
2017-05-09
The Quran is considered 'pretty separatist' by the ruling Chinese Communist Party, as are beards and full-length dark clothing, officials say.
2017-05-08
Dinh La Thang committed ‘serious mistakes and violations’ while running a state oil giant, it said.
2017-05-08
The Environmental Investigation Agency says kickbacks to Cambodian authorities have amounted to more than $13 million since early last November.
2017-05-08
The Environmental Investigation Agency says kickbacks to Cambodian authorities have amounted to more than $13 million since early last November.
2017-05-08
The incident occurs as members of an advisory commission on Rakhine meets with Buddhist and Muslim leaders over religious tensions.
2017-05-08
Sources say the move could come as early as May and would seriously affect the North’s economy.
2017-05-08
Gonpo, aged 43, is taken into custody following two-self immolation protests in Kardze in the last two months.
2017-05-08
Xie Yang had previously declared that any confession he made would be under duress, or because he had been offered a plea bargain.
2017-05-08
Protesters are beaten and detained as they march through the streets of Qingyuan city over plans for a waste incinerator power plant on their doorstep.
