Story Archive
2020-11-06
Residents of Ryanggang province who visited Hyesan on Nov. 1 must self-quarantine for 20 days.
2020-11-06
The democracy icon’s atrocity-tarred international reputation is not a factor in Myanmar's general elections.
2020-11-06
But the party’s acting chief says the two are united and that the strategy will fail.
2020-11-06
Emma Reilly says OHCHR has been doing so for years, putting participants and their families at risk.
2020-11-06
Some see the move as a signal to other countries in the region not to challenge China's operations in those countries' own territorial waters.
2020-11-06
The Canada-based co-founder of a Hong Kong cultural association says the rule of law no longer exists in the city.
2020-11-06
One lawmaker says he is being charged with 'contempt' of the city's legislature for chanting slogans during a tense confrontation in May.
2020-11-06
Lu Siwei's law firm has been ordered to submit details of all of his recent cases for 'review,' in a move linked to his hiring by a Hong Kong family.
2020-11-05
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing cites military slogan supporting the Union, solidarity, and sovereignty.
2020-11-05
Citizens criticize government for not observing social distancing rules.
2020-11-05
Coronavirus restrictions require certification of a negative test and 14-day quarantine.
2020-11-05
China occupies virtually every rock and sandbar in the Paracel archipelago, a grouping of land features in the northern half of the South China Sea.
2020-11-05
Others think Biden will ease tariffs, helping the struggling Chinese economy, while the president of democratic Taiwan says relations won't be affected by either outcome.
2020-11-05
The act lifts an 18-year designation that many say was made in error in the wake of the Sept. 11 attack.
2020-11-05
A rights group meanwhile documents harsh treatment, including torture, of political prisoners in Vietnam's jails.
2020-11-05
The city's police force will take 'information, photos, audio and video' from informers under a new law banning dissent.
2020-11-04
Oil and gas exploration can now move ahead following President Rodrigo Duterte's lifting of a ban on the activity in the contested waterway.
2020-11-04
Ethnic Chinese living in North Korea encouraged to apply for exit visas to visit China.
2020-11-04
Intervention by the military is troubling to many in Myanmar, which endured harsh rule by its army from 1962 to 2011.
2020-11-04
Foreign-invested banana farms and other land concessions are using chemical fertilizers and pesticides in violation of government regulations banning or limiting their use.
2020-11-04
The government denies it has failed to deal with hate speech.
2020-11-04
The rail line connecting China's Sichuan province with Tibet's Nyingtri prefecture will boost migration and trade, but can also be used to move troops quickly to areas along China's disputed border with India.
2020-11-04
Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto tested positive soon after leaving the country.
2020-11-04
Sok Bolyma has actively campaigned for the release of her husband, but now fears for her life.
2020-11-04
Ma is hauled in for a dressing down after criticizing the government, which has given no reason for the decision.
2020-11-04
Officials are increasingly being targeted by party investigators over ‘overseas publications with serious political problems.’
2020-11-03
Court also questions wife of opposition member who claims her son was tortured by police.
2020-11-03
One critic calls the military’s open criticism and of the government’s performance 'very alarming.'
2020-11-03
Yusufjan Amet said he had monitored the Uyghur exile community for years before speaking out.
2020-11-03
Kastar Polat was handed a 15-year sentence and a hefty fine for posting the song to social media.
