Story Archive
2019-01-08
Freshly leaked documents indicate that Chinese officials thought nothing of bugging and surveilling the paper's journalists in violation of Hong Kong's promised autonomy.
2019-01-07
Rakhine politicians, however, call on the central government to heed local concerns in the strife-torn region.
2019-01-07
But he falls short of inviting the now-dissolved main opposition party for talks.
2019-01-07
Police are handing out administrative punishments for 'using illegal channels to access the international internet.'
2019-01-07
The government-backed Islamic Association says the religion must be compatible with President Xi Jinping's political thought.
2019-01-04
The order issued in Lhoka Tsethang city bans enrollment in workshops and religious classes, sources say.
2019-01-04
The attacks by the Arakan Army on the country's Independence Day are the latest act of violence to hit the restive state.
2019-01-04
Only around 700 families remain and will be relocated by July, an official says.
2019-01-04
They fear displacement from their land and homes as plans proceed for a tourist zone in scenic Vang Vieng.
2019-01-04
Chinese commentators say the detentions indicate Beijing could be engaging in 'hostage diplomacy.'
2019-01-04
One-third of respondents overall said they intend to emigrate, with nearly 16 percent already preparing to leave.
2019-01-04
Dina Eganbayurt was sent to a camp in a secret trial, and her family wasn't told why.
2019-01-03
Prime Minister Hun Sen had earlier suggested the move would encourage the opposition to defect.
2019-01-03
Malaysia’s prime minister, who stopped the project last year, says it might be revived on a smaller scale.
2019-01-03
KNU criticism comes as fighting involving different ethnic armies displaces hundreds in remote corners of the country.
2019-01-03
Legislator alleges students, including Muslims, were forced to work in factories and were fed pork.
2019-01-03
Diplomat’s disappearance could be an embarrassment to the Kim Jong Un regime
2019-01-03
The group is the second small batch of Rohingya Muslims expelled by India since October 2018.
2019-01-03
Schools and teachers are ordered to check students' smartphones for content, links, or functions that could 'violate educational rules.'
2019-01-03
Wang Quanzhang's wife says the authorities are to blame for illegally holding him for three-and-a-half years without access to a lawyer.
2019-01-02
North Korea watchers see no immediate change in Kim’s stance but warn status quo can’t hold without movement by Pyongyang.
2019-01-02
The Arakan Army denies it carried out a failed mine attack on the Rakhine chief minister’s convoy.
2019-01-02
A Catholic priest in the Southeast Asian country cites a ‘lack of knowledge’ about handling the issue.
2019-01-02
Political commentators react with warnings about the erosion of Hong Kong's promised autonomy, rights and freedoms by Beijing.
2019-01-02
Three church leaders and four congregation members are released after being held for holding an 'illegal' service.
2019-01-02
Hong Kong's government bans 'activities promoting or advocating' independence for the city from a square outside its headquarters.
2019-01-01
Several ethnic Kazakh women have been returned to a "re-education" camp after refusing to sign exploitative contracts in a textile factory.
2019-01-01
The march comes as dozens of overseas Chinese dissidents call on the world to wake up its memories of the 1989 pro-democracy movement on Tiananmen Square.
