Story Archive
2009-09-02
Ethnic Karen refugees fleeing armed clashes in Burma face grim conditions, and children are the most vulnerable.
2009-09-01
But allegations persist of a government role in the 2004 killing of Cambodian labor leader Chea Vichea.
2009-09-01
But allegations persist of a government role in the 2004 killing of Cambodian labor leader Chea Vichea.
2009-09-01
Police in China's capital are on high alert ahead of National Day celebrations.
2009-08-31
As the Burmese military tightens control over its border regions, Washington voices concern and refugees in neighboring countries debate whether to return home.
2009-08-31
The lawyer for five accused democracy activists in Vietnam defends their motives, as the government prepares to try them for anti-state activities.
2009-08-31
Chinese ethnic minorities in northern Burma with close ties to China are fleeing across the border, describing defeat at the hands of the Burmese military regime.
2009-08-28
Treatment and schooling are scarce for the estimated 60,000 HIV-positive children in Ho Chi Minh City.
2009-08-27
Buddhist teachers urge more disciplined behavior from Tibetans in China.
2009-08-27
Refugees cross the Chinese border following armed clashes in northern Burma.
2009-08-27
Will the long-awaited trial of Khmer Rouge leaders ease Cambodians' trauma, or stir painful memories?
2009-08-27
Will the long-awaited trial of Khmer Rouge leaders ease Cambodians' trauma, or stir painful memories?
2009-08-26
A lawyer for Burma’s opposition leader says she never discussed anything sensitive with the American whose unwanted visit brought her 18 more months under house arrest.
2009-08-26
Parents in China say authorities are failing to make good on promises to test children for lead poisoning.
2009-08-26
Women in remote Cambodian villages are turning to woodcarving as a new way to raise their standard of living.
2009-08-26
Women in remote Cambodian villages are turning to woodcarving as a new way to raise their standard of living.
2009-08-24
Chinese authorities release and warn a prominent Uyghur economist they accuse of inciting deadly riots in Urumqi.
2009-08-24
A Tibetan youth is detained for viewing restricted content at an Internet cafe.
2009-08-24
North Korean youths often struggle after they defect to the South, but arts and community service programs provide support.
2009-08-24
Chinese authorities release a well-known rights lawyer, but his assistant's whereabouts remain unknown.
2009-08-24
Activists say Chinese authorities have video of North Korean defectors filmed by two U.S. reporters who were jailed by North Korea and then expelled.
2009-08-21
Another case of mass lead poisoning caused by factories in central China calls the effectiveness of government regulation into question.
2009-08-21
Homelessness poses a large and growing problem in China's cities, with thousands scraping by on what they can beg or earn on the streets.
2009-08-20
The family of an exiled Uyghur leader is evicted by authorities in China who plan to demolish their building.
2009-08-19
North Korea's only major import to the United States has been a highly potent grain alcohol, but new trade curbs are drying up that trade as well.
2009-08-19
Parents riot and authorities take action over a Chinese factory blamed for lead poisoning in hundreds of children.
2009-08-18
Chinese children are found to lack creativity as a result of the national obsession with rote learning.
2009-08-17
Burma’s main opposition leader dismisses reports that she might support an easing of sanctions against the country’s military junta.
2009-08-17
The luxurious residences of North Korea's leaders stand in stark contrast to reports of the hardships endured by the majority of the country's population.
2009-08-14
Authorities scrap plans to require software to block "unsuitable content" online.
