Story Archive
2016-12-08
Environment and Natural Resources Minister Tran Hong Ha promises tougher pollution regulations and more compensation.
2016-12-08
Malaysian Employers Federation supports offer following Myanmar’s decision to stop sending workers to Malaysia.
2016-12-08
Mist cannons are often used to tamper with pollution monitoring equipment, as local officials try to meet environmental clean-up targets.
2016-12-08
The protest brings to 146 the number of self-immolations by Tibetans calling for freedom in China.
2016-12-08
Chinese students overseas are calling for Kwon Pyong's release, but say they also run the risk of detention in doing so.
2016-12-07
Some parliamentarians and civil society organizations oppose the move, arguing that it will not help the country’s peace process.
2016-12-07
Residents of the Rason Special Economic Zone (SEZ) are making a killing on hemp, a week strain of cannabis popular among some Chinese tourists.
2016-12-07
Enriched by involvement in logging, provincial governors protect smuggling across the border, sources say.
2016-12-07
Hopes rise that the ‘Kem Sokha Five’ will also be released, but opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s fate is cloudy.
2016-12-07
Hopes rise that the ‘Kem Sokha Five’ will also be released, but opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s fate is cloudy.
2016-12-07
A foreign affairs minister warns the country about ‘making calls based on unverified allegations’ regarding the crisis in Rakhine state.
2016-12-07
Li Heping's case has been transferred to state prosecutors while three others are sent back for 'further investigations.'
2016-12-07
Some had helped organize celebrations of last year's birthday of exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, sources say.
2016-12-07
While Hanoi ballyhooed the company’s $500-million compensation plan, protestors say the money hasn’t come.
2016-12-07
Retired Shandong University professor Sun Wenguang is prevented from leaving home ahead of an official deadline for registering as an independent candidate.
2016-12-06
“No human rights violations” against Rohingya have occurred, military chief tells Malaysian counterpart.
2016-12-06
A coalition of civil society organizations chastises Prime Minister Najib Razak for exploiting the situation for political purposes.
2016-12-06
He was one of a group of 20 that had tried to stop Chinese police from taking a burned protester into custody.
2016-12-06
A reporter and his boss are suspended after drunken Facebook rant criticizes Fidel Castro.
2016-12-06
The ruling Chinese Communist Party's 88 million members can be locked up and abused at any time with no access to a lawyer or due legal process.
2016-12-06
Hun Sen says that demonstrations in the free-speech zone scare off tourists.
2016-12-06
Hun Sen says that demonstrations in the free-speech zone scare off tourists.
2016-12-06
Rifts are beginning to show between key figures in the administration of Leung Chun-ying ahead of elections for the next chief executive.
2016-12-05
The government-appointed body will submit an interim report on prospects for conflict resolution, humanitarian assistance, and development in the troubled state.
2016-12-05
She was convicted of 'homicide' after trying to prevent a self-immolation protester from being seized by police.
2016-12-05
Hun Sen berates the U.S. for being a hypocrite as he celebrates the decision by one of America’s most storied brands to expand in Phnom Penh.
2016-12-05
Hun Sen berates the U.S. for being a hypocrite as he celebrates the decision by one of America’s most storied brands to expand in Phnom Penh.
2016-12-05
Senior Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker sees positive signs in recent political moves.
2016-12-05
Senior Cambodia National Rescue Party lawmaker sees positive signs in recent political moves.
2016-12-05
A series of picks in the country’s national lottery raise new questions over the integrity of the game.
