Story Archive
2020-04-03
Many of the 46 affected families say they were coerced into selling.
2020-04-03
Observers worry the prime minister may next reduce the pay of government employees.
2020-04-03
Special forces assault smugglers and even innocents near the China border.
2020-04-03
Journalists say government criticism of an interview with a WHO adviser further curtails press freedom in the city.
2020-04-03
As people return to work elsewhere in Hubei province, Wuhan residents are warned that restrictions are still in place.
2020-04-02
Kyauktaw township sees biggest increase of IDPs in Rakhine, where the IDP ranks have grown to nearly 160,000.
2020-04-02
North Korea told foreign media that its preventative measures were absolutely successful in protecting its citizens from the deadly virus.
2020-04-02
Thai police arrest and later release 300 migrant workers who run afoul of a do-not-travel order.
2020-04-02
A cluster of asymptomatic cases among doctors at Jia County People's Hospital is giving cause for concern.
2020-04-02
Supplies of effective masks are either scarce or expensive, but homemade masks are less effective.
2020-04-02
The proposal billed as a measure to combat coronavirus should ‘set off alarm bells,’ the group says.
2020-04-02
Hong Kong's High Court hands over discretionary powers to police officers to use cell phone contents as evidence to build cases.
2020-04-01
Critics say exercises with China mainly serve to strengthen Hun Sen, who has ruled Cambodia for 35 years.
2020-04-01
Newly unemployed laborers need cash to survive until they can get back to work.
2020-04-01
Three reporters from the Narinjara news agency were arrested and questioned by police in a raid in Sittwe.
2020-04-01
Industry insiders say there will be no shortage but urged the public not to hoard.
2020-04-01
They have not been allowed to leave the former hotels in Ghulja for more than a month, sources said.
2020-04-01
Migrant workers were also asked to pay their own expenses during enforced 14-day quarantine and left on-site after construction was complete.
2020-04-01
Wang Quanzhang could be prevented from going home to his family despite his forthcoming release from Linyi Prison.
2020-03-31
Meanwhile, former RFA reporters lose their appeal to have passports and other identifying documents returned as an investigation continues into charges against them of espionage.
2020-03-31
Vietnamese government recommends resumption of rice exports.
2020-03-31
Schools, restaurants, and markets open in Tibet's capital Lhasa, though the city's major religious sites remain closed for now.
2020-03-31
Voice of Myanmar editor-in-chief Nay Myo Lin could face life in prison on ‘terrorism’ charges.
2020-03-31
Local residents are attending festivals, unaware of government bans on public gatherings.
2020-03-31
Observers say authorities are pushing a narrative that they’ve stemmed the outbreak, at the risk of lives.
2020-03-31
Officials try to reassure people that the epidemic in the worst-hit city is now 'basically under control.'
2020-03-31
Reports indicate that Zhang Wenbin is incommunicado since posting the short video clip to Twitter.
2020-03-30
Pyaing Taing residents believe that soldiers intentionally bombed and burned down houses in their community.
2020-03-30
Authorities recommend more telework, masks, and quarantine to stop the pandemic from getting worse.