Story Archive
2020-06-04
Crowds gradually fill up Victoria Park in spite of a strong police presence and fences aimed at keeping them out.
2020-06-04
The man illegally entered Rakhine state from a refugee camp in neighboring Bangladesh with his family.
2020-06-03
Twelve countries, both dictatorships and democracies, had stifled debate in the name of fighting fake news.
2020-06-03
Foreign secretary praises President Duterte for keeping nation safe through alliance with Washington.
2020-06-03
He says bipartisan support in Congress will ‘make these things possible.’
2020-06-03
Chen Yunfei has been incommunicado since taking part in a public commemoration of the massacre, which are banned by the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
2020-06-03
Other administrators say they are considering resigning to avoid arbitrary arrest.
2020-06-03
The victims' group says they are owed a detailed account of the decisions leading up to the massacre.
2020-06-03
About 1 million people have been stranded in Thailand since COVID-19 stalled the economy.
2020-06-02
Cases spike as the country records 2,911 new infections.
2020-06-02
Sarcastic phrase becomes common gibe among trendy North Korean people.
2020-06-02
Beijing has in recent years skirted international law with its sweeping claims and artificial island-building and used strong-arm tactics to bully the vessels of other claimants.
2020-06-02
The government military vows instead to retaliate for recent attacks on troops in Rakhine state.
2020-06-02
Police say they are protecting community health, but the Tibetans claim discrimination since other businesses can open.
2020-06-02
Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened arrests after the opposition urged a delay of debt payments amid the outbreak.
2020-06-02
The retired doctor disappeared days after her sister spoke out against abuses in Xinjiang.
2020-06-02
Manila says it is holding off for six months its plan to pull out of the 1999 Visiting Forces Agreement.
2020-06-02
Le Dinh Chuc, son of slain Dong Tam village elder Le Dinh Kinh, is recovering from injuries suffered in the Jan. 9 police assault, his lawyer says.
2020-06-02
Chief executive Carrie Lam says Hong Kong will retain its freedoms, but an opinion poll shows many residents think its special status is a thing of the past.
2020-06-02
Hu Weifeng, a colleague of whistleblower Li Wenliang, is the sixth doctor to die of the virus at Wuhan Central Hospital.
2020-06-02
Some keyboard warriors go too far even for Beijing, which shut a site spreading “anti-intellectualism.”
2020-06-01
With few orders due to COVID-19, company offers financial support for workers only through the end of June.
2020-06-01
The pro-army Union Solidary Development Party and unelected military MPs say the speaker violated the constitution.
2020-06-01
Veteran rights activist Xiao Yuhui is detained in Guangdong, while outspoken poet Wang Zang faces charges in Yunnan.
2020-06-01
The city's police ban an annual candlelight vigil to commemorate the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen massacre by the People's Liberation Army.
2020-05-29
"We will take action to revoke Hong Kong as a separate customs and travel territory from the rest of China," President Donald Trump said.
2020-05-29
The government military reports seizures of police, while a villager describes ‘heavy losses of servicemen.’
2020-05-29
A Cambodian Ministry of Economy spokesperson says the country may go further into debt if necessary, calling debt levels 'manageable.'
2020-05-29
Tsai Ing-wen sends out a strong message of support to Hong Kong residents thinking of fleeing to the democratic island.
2020-05-29
A new security law is being imposed on the city that will criminalize 'actions or activities' deemed subversive, seditious, or supportive of independence.
