Story Archive
2017-04-26
Chinese media say the move is part of 'emergency preparedness' as analysts weigh up the likelihood of a military conflict on the Korean peninsula.
2017-04-26
Yau Wai-ching and Sixtus Leung are arrested on charges of "illegal assembly" for a Nov. 2 protest in the city's legislature.
2017-04-26
They are told they must leave the retreat center to which they relocated after being forced out of Larung Gar Buddhist Academy.
2017-04-25
Offered bribes are no longer a steady source of supplemental income.
2017-04-25
Dozens of would-be protesters are detained and returned under escort to their hometowns, while others are still incommunicado in local police stations.
2017-04-25
The court gives no reason for the delay, but orders dozens of supporters and observers to leave.
2017-04-24
The protest ends peacefully, with authorities promising a written statement, sources say.
2017-04-24
Kem Sokha tells supporters that the elections will be better than ones held five years ago because of a revamped National Election Committee.
2017-04-24
Kem Sokha tells supporters that upcoming local elections will be better than those held five years ago because of a revamped National Election Committee.
2017-04-24
Vice-Senior General Soe Win rules out any changes to the nationwide cease-fire agreement to accommodate ethnic militias that haven’t signed it.
2017-04-24
The lecturer is the third American held by Pyongyang amid rising tensions with Washington.
2017-04-24
Xie Yang's lawyers, who exposed details of his torture, are replaced with a government-appointed attorney.
2017-04-24
Analysts say access to information about the standoff helped restrain the government.
2017-04-24
President Xi Jinping promises to stay in regular contact with his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump amid a "rapidly changing international situation."
2017-04-22
Last 19 hostages handed over after negotiations in which Hanoi's mayor vows to investigate farmers' complaints about land spat.
2017-04-22
Vuthy Huot rejects assertions that he blended in with a group of opposition party officials to improperly access Prey Sar Prison on April 19.
2017-04-22
Vuthy Huot rejects assertions that he blended in with a group of opposition party officials to improperly access Prey Sar Prison on April 19.
2017-04-21
Nineteen police officers and officials remain held amid the ongoing standoff over land.
2017-04-21
Seven members of three families take guards' guns, throw magazines in Tumen River before fleeing on April 15.
2017-04-21
Former soldier Oeuth Ang says his prison term for murdering Kem Ley does not offer an opportunity for him to reform himself.
2017-04-21
Former soldier Oeuth Ang says his prison term for murdering Kem Ley does not offer an opportunity for him to reform himself.
2017-04-21
A cargo ship officer and his wife have been charged with killing Wai Yan Heinn of the weekly magazine Iron Rose.
2017-04-21
He was convicted of subversion after staging a solo protest in Ngaba calling for Tibetan freedom.
2017-04-21
Wang Xili said police had been on their way to arrest him for having 'overseas links' after he gave interviews to RFA about a local environmental protest.
2017-04-21
Authorities say they are investigating the death of Hu Xianglan, whose remains were found under the rubble of her family home.
2017-04-20
Reports suggest they fear arrest if they leave their barricaded commune.
2017-04-20
They have confiscated US $1.62 million worth of illegal goods since the inspection station opened two months ago.
2017-04-20
One military official from an ethnic militia says discussions must first be conducted among Shan ethnics.
2017-04-20
Dong Guangping's lawyer says that he has been 'replaced' by a government lawyer and barred from representing his client.
2017-04-20
Jihad, Mecca, Hajj, and Saddam are among names judged to be 'a bit too much' according to current baby registration guidelines.
