Story Archive
2020-05-20
Observers say the move will exacerbate tensions between the military and ethnic rebel armies.
2020-05-20
Authorities say air conditioning uses more power in the warmer months, resulting in higher bills, however.
2020-05-20
Fei-Fei Li has links to research programs with ties to China's People's Liberation Army and with organizations run by the Chinese Communist Party's United Front Work Department.
2020-05-20
South Korea says North Korea is headed for a grain shortage this year.
2020-05-20
Tsai Ing-wen ushers in her second term in office signaling possible constitutional reforms.
2020-05-19
NGOs say the company and its subsidiaries are in breach of contract and must return the land to indigenous Cambodian highlanders.
2020-05-19
Anya Sengdra drew a seven-year prison term for 'disturbing social order' after criticizing official corruption and illegal mining in online posts.
2020-05-19
But police say they took only her car and a safe containing papers, leaving valuable items of jewelry unaccounted for.
2020-05-19
A minister touts the benefits of power, but a Shan state MP says it isn’t worth the cost to health and environment.
2020-05-19
Chinese government statements fall short of a full accounting of the fate of the Tibetan religious leader, who vanished into Chinese captivity 25 years ago this week, the International Campaign for Tibet says.
2020-05-19
Desperate as sources of income dry up, some vendors have brawled with the police.
2020-05-19
Journalists in the once-freewheeling city are increasingly faced with criticism and even violence if they probe unanswered questions.
2020-05-19
The ban comes after pro-democracy lawmakers are forcibly removed from the city's legislature ahead of a key procedural vote.
2020-05-18
Phung Thuy was arrested on May while delivering books for the Liberal Publishing House.
2020-05-18
Despite huge seizures by UWSA and Tatmadaw, drugs continue to ravage Shan state.
2020-05-18
Rights groups in the country meanwhile urge transparency in the campaign and an end to unlawful detentions and arrests.
2020-05-18
Rohingyas welcome the move, but the squatters say they won’t move unless they are given new land.
2020-05-18
Death row inmate to be spared pending assembly investigation.
2020-05-18
The Tibetan religious leader was taken into custody as a young boy by China 25 years ago on May 17 and has not been heard from since.
2020-05-18
Ekpar Asat was sentenced to 15 years in prison weeks after returning to Xinjiang from the US.
2020-05-18
The democratic island is left out in the cold despite having one of the best track records in handling the coronavirus pandemic.
2020-05-18
Zhang Zhan had previously said she expected to be detained, but saw little difference between life inside and outside jail.
2020-05-15
The campaign is aimed at rooting out popular South Korean elements from the North’s youth culture.
2020-05-15
The Chinese vessel was operating within Malaysia’s 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.
2020-05-15
'It’s just an excuse to crack down on Tibetans,' says Wangden Kyap of Tibet Watch.
2020-05-15
Data show the variety and volume of synthetic drugs have increased in the region’s thriving illegal drugs business.
2020-05-15
Residents of Bokeo province's Nam Fa village bathe in their river when water levels fall, but emerge with rashes and swelling.
2020-05-15
Vice chief justice says assemblymen spread fake news about Ho Duy Hai’s case on Facebook.
2020-05-15
“The Paracel Islands is not really an area where we find piracy,” said counter-piracy expert Lydelle Joubert.
2020-05-15
An exam question inviting students to weigh Japan's contribution to 20th century China 'leads students to be traitors,' one newspaper claims.
