Story Archive
2019-11-26
The trial comes as the country faces heavy international scrutiny over the 2017 crackdown in Rakhine state.
2019-11-26
The sentences come amid a continuing crackdown on dissent that has seen dozens jailed this year alone.
2019-11-26
Military spokesman Brigadier General Zaw Min Tun says Myanmar has neither used nor stored chemical weapons.
2019-11-26
Suspects netted more than U.S. $2.5 million during the past few months, investigators say.
2019-11-26
Drill occurred on Saturday, the ninth anniversary of the last major inter-Korean skirmish, at Yeonpyeong island.
2019-11-26
President Tsai Ing-wen says China's efforts to influence Taiwan's elections are ever-present.
2019-11-26
Sources say Chinese authorities are less likely to bust seafood smugglers this year.
2019-11-26
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the China Cables prove ‘intentional’ violations in the region.
2019-11-26
Beijing is 'highly dissatisfied' with its own officials in Hong Kong after a landslide victory for the pro-democracy camp.
2019-11-25
The suggestion comes as Myanmar gears up to defend itself on genocide charges at the International Court of Justice.
2019-11-25
Police may have thought the performance was supported by funds from 'foreign sources,' the environmental advocacy group Green Trees says.
2019-11-25
Instructions are provided for preventing escape, keeping the program secret, and using ‘points’ to grade detainees.
2019-11-25
Wang Liqiang's status as an alleged former Chinese spy has been dismissed as 'farce' by Beijing, as security officials try to verify his claims.
2019-11-25
Mouay also fined 20 million kip for complaining about September flood rescue efforts.
2019-11-25
Heightened security measures follow two leafleting protests this month in Kardze's Sershul county calling for freedom from Chinese rule.
2019-11-25
Democrats win control of district councils on the back of record voter turnout in a first-past-the-post counting system.
2019-11-25
State Audit Organization says $50 million missing from 2018 budget.
2019-11-24
Voters choose a new generation of district councilors in a ringing endorsement of the broader pro-democracy movement.
2019-11-24
Adrian Zenz says that the region has built between 1,300 and 1,400 camps.
2019-11-22
But he fails to mention Trump’s urging that Cambodia now return to ‘the path of democracy.’
2019-11-22
Uyghurs say refusing to eat pork leads to accusations of ‘extremism.’
2019-11-22
A long-distance cyclist from Taiwan talks for the first time about his detention on suspicion of 'spying' while crossing the Mongolian
grasslands.
2019-11-22
Opponents say they fear more competition for jobs, rise in crime rates.
2019-11-22
People who previously thought voting pointless could be moved to make their views known at the ballot box.
2019-11-22
Myanmar’s army views the Arakan Army as illegal, so its won’t trade captives.
2019-11-22
Phan Cong Hai had posted writings criticizing Vietnamese government policies and following pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
2019-11-22
The government is facing calls to publish a full chemical analysis of tear gas canisters, which police have fired in their thousands in the densely populated city.
2019-11-21
Paul Reichler sees copious evidence of intent to ‘destroy the Rohingya’ backing Gambian case.
2019-11-21
The protest follows the detention of four monks who scattered leaflets calling for Tibet's independence in a protest earlier in November.
2019-11-21
America’s top diplomat highlighted Alfred Erkin’s case in a statement slamming abuses in Xinjiang.
