Story Archive
2017-03-29
Many are refusing to move to a government-assigned relocation zone, calling the land unsuitable for farming.
2017-03-29
General Gwan Maw of the Kachin Independence Organization says the political group has not agreed to sign the government’s cease-fire agreement.
2017-03-29
Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh was honored for her ‘defense of freedom of expression.’
2017-03-29
Local governments are on high alert to prevent a 'mass petitioning' trip to Beijing, leaked internal documents show.
2017-03-29
Wang Fengyun gets a two-and-a-half year sentence, which her lawyers and family say is political retaliation for her petitioning over a government land grab.
2017-03-28
Neither believes former soldier Oueth Ang was solely responsible for Kem Ley’s death.
2017-03-28
Neither believes former soldier Oueth Ang was solely responsible for Kem Ley’s death.
2017-03-28
The country’s de facto leader urges displaced Kachin to pursue harmony with their Burmese countrymen.
2017-03-28
The remains of the slain half-brother of North Korea's leader were not cremated, S. Subramaniam says.
2017-03-28
They are handed certificates and monetary awards for their work in promoting 'political harmony and ethnic unity.'
2017-03-28
Lee Ming-cheh's wife receives 'indirect evidence' of his detention by China's state security police, but no charges are specified.
2017-03-28
Thousands residents of Tianmu village are calling on local officials to account for lost farmland and pay compensation for violent forced evictions.
2017-03-27
The charges range from assault to destruction of state property.
2017-03-27
Even the adjusted targets are hard to meet, though, as international sanctions affect foreign trade.
2017-03-27
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing says the armed forces must protect the country’s sovereignty in the face of political, religious, and racial problems.
2017-03-27
His lawyer said the decision was expected and vows to appeal.
2017-03-27
Nine people are summoned by police more than two years after the Occupy Central democracy campaign ends.
2017-03-27
Feng Chongyi has also researched sensitive areas of Communist Party history, including late ousted premiers Hu Yaobang and Zhao Ziyang.
2017-03-26
Lam's win came as no surprise, as widespread popular support for her rival John Tsang had no outlet at the ballot box.
2017-03-24
The ruling throws the validity of the party into question in the lead up to local elections.
2017-03-24
The ruling throws the validity of the party into question in the lead up to local elections.
2017-03-24
Local police fire on residents for blocking the road leading to the Chinese-operated project.
2017-03-24
Myanmar says it won’t work with a fact-finding mission that will look into allegations of violence against Rohingya Muslims.
2017-03-24
John Tsang is the most popular candidate in opinion polls, but the public won't get a vote in Sunday's election.
2017-03-24
Police block one congregation from marking the death of their founder and seize the church of another.
2017-03-24
Rights activists say the crackdown has centered on supporters of evictee Fan Mugen, jailed in 2015 for killing two demolition gang members.
2017-03-24
Local residents are complaining that they had 10 days' notice to be relocated miles away, and no agreement over compensation.
2017-03-23
About 5,000 monks and nuns have already left, while nearly 250 still wait to leave, the abbot says.
2017-03-23
But critics say the conviction failed to bring the masterminds to justice.
2017-03-23
But critics say the conviction failed to bring the masterminds to justice.
