Story Archive
2019-11-08
At least nine people detained for "rumor-mongering" as local people stand in line to withdraw deposits at Yingkou Coastal Bank.
2019-11-07
Critics say deportation was unconstitutional and possibly in violation of international law.
2019-11-07
Villagers blame Myanmar forces for the attack in Buthidaung township, which also set homes ablaze.
2019-11-07
Wangchuk had shared books by the Dalai Lama and other banned material on social media, sources say.
2019-11-07
Hanoi's mission says will work with Britain to repatriate remains of the 39, all Vietnamese, "at the earliest time.”
2019-11-07
Xu Yan, wife of detained attorney Yu Wensheng, has asked the French government to put pressure on Beijing over her husband's case.
2019-11-07
Latest incident leaves locals fearful of soldiers working at state-managed construction zone.
2019-11-07
Activist and blogger Nguyen Ngoc Anh is also sent back when his own appeal fails the next day.
2019-11-07
One university cuts short a graduation event after a mainland Chinese man waves a knife on campus while singing the national anthem.
2019-11-07
Sam Rainsy was blocked from boarding a flight to Thailand, while Mu Sochua was detained in Malaysia.
2019-11-06
Nguyen Ngoc Anh was sentenced in June to six years in prison for posting online material criticizing Vietnam's government.
2019-11-06
He cites obligations by members of ASEAN to refrain from meddling in the affairs of neighbors.
2019-11-06
At conference about Luangprabang project, experts and officials worry about environmental and social impact.
2019-11-06
Government had announced plans to move 3,000 to Bhashan Char from Cox’s Bazar camps by early November.
2019-11-06
They are freed a day after the Arakan Army released 25 other civilian captives taken from a passenger ferry.
2019-11-06
Lhadar opposed Beijing's rule in Tibetan areas and had been placed on a police 'watch list,' a local source says.
2019-11-06
A lawyer hired by Wang Yi's parents to defend him is denied permission to do so by prosecutors.
2019-11-06
Survey by South Korean university asks 116 refugees to state reasons for Pyongyang’s economic problems.
2019-11-06
U.K. lawmakers say they are gravely concerned at the erosion of Hong Kong's promised autonomy.
2019-11-05
Numbers still held remain unclear, though, as AA figures for captives' status clash with government estimates.
2019-11-05
The London-based rights group also demands the immediate release of all political prisoners.
2019-11-05
Study of 65 countries says China, Vietnam and Myanmar are “not free,” while Cambodia is “partly free.”
2019-11-05
Washington is troubled by reports that Beijing has "harassed, imprisoned, or arbitrarily detained" family members of Uyghur activists and survivors of internment camps.
2019-11-05
Prosecutors show no evidence of links to terrorism, though, a US-based Vietnamese democracy advocacy group says.
2019-11-05
Carrie Lam is still useful to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, but could yet step down early, commentators say.
2019-11-05
Confections are sold at 10 times the cost of their raw materials in cash-grab at expense of grains.
2019-11-05
Students rally against police violence as a 22-year-old student lies in critical condition after clashes with police.
2019-11-04
Summit host Prayuth Chan-o-cha welcomed improving cooperation regarding the major shipping route.
2019-11-04
Rescued females agreed to marry Chinese men, but were treated like property once they arrived in China.
2019-11-04
Predictions of major inundation in southern Vietnam are overstated, two Vietnamese scholars say.
