Story Archive
2020-11-03
Bao Choy is taken away from her home and charged with misuse of a vehicle license plate search facility used in the investigation.
2020-11-02
Residents desperate to even gather wilted cabbage leaves and radish stems discarded after harvest.
2020-11-02
Before handing himself in, Wirathu accuses the ruling National League for Democracy government of harassing him.
2020-11-02
Storm Goni, the tenth storm of the season, slammed into the Philippines at the weekend and is now heading for Vietnam, with landfall expected by mid-week.
2020-11-02
Another five have been sentenced to prison, while others are forced to work in factories or missing.
2020-11-02
Ta Mok Lake in the capital is under threat from overdevelopment, activists say.
2020-11-02
Many have been forced to abandon travel plans amid skyrocketing ticket prices.
2020-11-02
No pro-China lawmakers are arrested in connection with physical scuffles in the city’s Legislative Council on May 8.
2020-11-01
The New Myanmar Foundation says an unprecedented number of clashes already have occurred during the election campaign period.
2020-10-31
America’s top diplomat pressed an anti-China message during stops in India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Indonesia and Vietnam.
2020-10-30
What was once provided for free now commands 1/10 of its weight in food.
2020-10-30
Residents say the Myanmar Navy attacked their communities with indiscriminate fire.
2020-10-30
In Vietnam, 35 are reported dead with at least 19 killed by landslides, while floods destroy villages and roads in Laos.
2020-10-30
Police in the eastern province of Zhejiang track down and detain an internet user who accessed Wikipedia using a circumvention app.
2020-10-30
Chan Kin-man, co-founder of the 2014 Occupy Central pro-democracy movement, talks to RFA about prison life and his hopes for the future.
2020-10-30
Hongkongers will be asked to contact the multiplatform hotline with anonymous details of anyone suspected of breaking the National Security Law
2020-10-29
'We were terrified. They fired guns and artillery nonstop,' said boat operator Kan Aye Chan.
2020-10-29
Lhamo, 36, died covered in bruises two days after being sent to a hospital by police, while a cousin remains in jail.
2020-10-29
Sister says family visit with Nguyen Van Hoa was denied, and letters went unsent.
2020-10-29
Söyüngül Chanisheff recalls her years in prison after working towards a Uyghur state in the 1960s.
2020-10-29
Communist Party-anointed Buddhist leader has not won acceptance in Tibet despite decades of efforts.
2020-10-29
In a speech focused on religious freedom, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls on Islamic countries to speak out against China's persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang.
2020-10-29
Villagers facing displacement say they fear they will be inadequately compensated.
2020-10-29
Reports emerge on social media that the authorities in China are building a concrete wall along the Sino-Vietnamese border to stop people leaving.
2020-10-29
Chung is denied bail over charges that rights groups say are based on his peaceful use of social media.
2020-10-28
Michael Nguyen said he endured 16-hour interrogations, a sham trial, and only learned of his release at the airport.
2020-10-28
The hired relief boat operator died and two other men were injured as they carried food to Rakhine war refugees.
2020-10-28
British activist Andy Hall said that Thailand's Natural Fruit Co. had abused some of its migrant workers, many of them from Myanmar.
2020-10-28
Lao citizens remain unable to leave their country, though, as its border with Thailand opens to goods shipments only.
2020-10-28
Human Rights Watch, local groups, say the Union Election Commission has acted without transparency.
