Story Archive
2018-05-07
Not everyone who died or fell ill could have been sickened by rice wine, they say.
2018-05-07
The Phnom Penh Post’s new owner fires staff over article detailing his ties to Prime Minister Hun Sen.
2018-05-07
State inspectors carry out investigations across the country, charging and jailing party and government officials.
2018-05-07
Lawyers, daughter say the ailing CNRP leader's case is purely political and requires negotiations.
2018-05-07
Clashes between the government military and Kachin Independence Army have displaced about 4,000 residents.
2018-05-07
Obulkasim Haji was arrested in December and sent to a ‘political re-education camp,’ sources said.
2018-05-07
Book-banning means independent booksellers can no longer sell to mainland China, while rising costs and smartphone use hit sales at home.
2018-05-07
Alumni say the howls of protest are likely linked to growing political controls, and the suppression of a recent #MeToo campaign by students.
2018-05-04
Eight are injured and sent to hospital as rescue workers continue the search for survivors.
2018-05-04
The warning comes as former opposition chief Sam Rainsy urges voters to avoid the July polls.
2018-05-04
A former North Korean diplomat discusses why Kim won’t agree to an irreversible denuclearization.
2018-05-04
The representative of the Trump administration to India calls the spiritual leader 'inspirational,' voices hope he may soon visit the US.
2018-05-04
Ding Jiaxi is told he can’t board a plane to visit his wife and daughter by police citing 'national security.'
2018-05-04
Zhu Chengzhi, who is well-known in China’s dissident community, may be under criminal detention after he visited the grave of a Mao-era dissident.
2018-05-03
From North Korea to Cambodia, journalists are subject to harassment, arrest, and detention for practicing their profession.
2018-05-03
Rallies continue in Myitkyina as protesters call for humanitarian access to villagers displaced by government attacks.
2018-05-03
Existing surveillance and censorship networks already detect potential 'thought crimes' before they become public opinion.
2018-05-03
Hun Chea is arrested, tried, and sentenced in one day—a near record for Cambodia’s sluggish courts.
2018-05-03
The coupons, issued to the country's elite, are then sold to ordinary citizens at twelve times their real value.
2018-05-03
The widow of late political prisoner Liu Xiaobo has been accused of no crime but is not allowed to leave her home.
2018-05-03
Paltry wages and seasonal labor leaves workers saddled with debts that spawn generations.
2018-05-03
The ruling Chinese Communist Party appears concerned that the pink icon is becoming a focus for satirical online memes that could target national leaders.
2018-05-02
He says the jailed cop’s account didn’t differ from an earlier one, as prosecutors alleged.
2018-05-02
Ten years after the 8.0 quake devastated swathes of rural Sichuan, the families of child victims say the government has yet to deliver on its promises.
2018-05-02
Local residents say they have been squeezed out of local leisure facilities, and accuse mainland Chinese tourists of dropping their trash at popular scenic spots.
2018-05-01
Many work for low pay and no benefits, with raises in minimum wage still not enough to live on, sources say.
2018-05-01
Slovakia provided a plane that could have been used to spirit Trinh Xuan Thanh out of Europe.
2018-05-01
One diplomat suggests that Myanmar can set up an investigation through an International Criminal Court referral or by holding its own thorough inquiry.
2018-05-01
An unprecedented series of wildcat disputes has spread across the country, prompting police crackdowns and detentions ahead of May 1.
2018-05-01
Pyongyang tells its trade workers to arrange investments, look for openings as tensions ease.
