Story Archive
2017-04-07
Myo Yan Naung Thein will serve six months in prison for criticizing Senior General Min Aung Hlaing in a Facebook post.
2017-04-07
They are heard saying that money spent on weapons tests would be better used for civilian needs.
2017-04-07
Guo Li says he suffered repeated beatings and solitary confinement during his sentence, but welcomes the appeal decision by the provincial high court.
2017-04-07
Groups warn of a 'dangerous direction' if the leaders of two major countries fail to take human rights violations seriously.
2017-04-06
Myanmar remains cautious about a media report that China is rethinking its insistence on building the project, suspended in 2011.
2017-04-06
The money will go towards strengthening the NEC’s work in elections this year and next.
2017-04-06
The money will go towards strengthening the NEC’s work in elections this year and next.
2017-04-06
China is Cambodia’s top donor, but questions abound over lack of transparency.
2017-04-06
Hundreds of people carry banners along sreets and beaches denouncing the company that caused the country’s worst environmental disaster.
2017-04-06
The rules requiring public wi-fi networks to log user details and activity have been made public in some parts of the country, but not others.
2017-04-06
President Xi Jinping goes into first meeting with President Donald Trump in a 'strong negotiating position.'
2017-04-05
But India downplays the trip and the Dalai Lama says his visit will promote religious harmony.
2017-04-05
Kaman Muslims, ethnic Rakhine people, and Rohingya Muslims living in the camps will be moved to other locations.
2017-04-05
Green Trees wants the government to allow it to scrutinize compensation owed to victims of the nation’s worst toxic chemical spill.
2017-04-05
The ministry says he was just doing his job by reporting on a nationalist firebrand monk.
2017-04-05
Relatives of a late former premier are still calling for permission to lay his ashes to rest in a cemetery for former leaders and revolutionaries, 11 years after his death.
2017-04-05
The two men have had access to lawyers, and could be tried on illegal immigration charges before being deported.
2017-04-05
Authorities believe the gadgets will prevent guards from crossing the border to commit crimes, sleeping on the job, and assisting defectors.
2017-04-04
The inspections come weeks after a deadly attack carried out by Uyghurs in the region.
2017-04-04
Citizens’ lives were on the line in dispute around Kim Jong Nam’s murder, they say.
2017-04-04
They are told to move at their own expense to make way for an unspecified government-backed construction project.
2017-04-04
The National League for Democracy says its difficult showing in April 1 by-elections reflects ethnic voters' tendency to support ethnic-based parties.
2017-04-04
The German Association of Judges has selected Nguyen Van Dai as the recipient of its biennial human rights honor.
2017-04-04
He dismisses critics who say the money should be used for more crucial infrastructure projects.
2017-04-04
He dismisses critics who say the money should be used for more crucial infrastructure projects.
2017-04-04
The company pays returns at high rates of interest and then suddenly stops, leading to owner's arrest.
2017-04-04
Analysts say North Korea and trade are more likely to be top of the agenda than the plight of the country's detained human rights lawyers.
2017-04-04
Cao Sanqiang had been overseeing the construction of a school in a poverty-stricken area of Myanmar's Wa state.
2017-04-03
Censorship and steep fees deter them, despite the impact on their business.
2017-04-03
The Cambodia National Rescue Party has re-endorsed Kem Sokha as party president.
