Story Archive
2019-10-29
Coastal provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Thua Thien-Hue all have families fearing the worst as the investigation proceeds.
2019-10-29
Pyongyang claims it is HIV and AIDS-free, but U.S. journal says 8,300 or more in the country live with the disease.
2019-10-29
Allies say her comments to the Japanese press were unhelpful in achieving a key electoral pledge.
2019-10-29
Owners say the old casino will be torn down when the new one is built, a spokesman for the province says.
2019-10-29
Sophia Huang is being held in the southern province of Guangdong after she reported on the anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong.
2019-10-29
Thubten Pema Lhundrub was detained five months ago, and has not been heard from after refusing to spy on other Tibetans.
2019-10-29
Joshua Wong's candidacy has been invalidated because of his ties to a political party that favors genuine autonomy for Hong Kong.
2019-10-29
After one death in custody and seven releases, seven Yeub village protesters remain incarcerated.
2019-10-28
Khum Kan is taken away wearing only a sarong after returning home from work in the fields, his bedridden wife says.
2019-10-28
Dramatic air attack on AA motorboats in Rakhine state killed an unknown number of abductees.
2019-10-28
Some personnel changes could occur, but analysts expect no real challenge to President Xi Jinping's power.
2019-10-28
Authorities told the man’s family he died of complications from an undiagnosed heart condition.
2019-10-28
Citizens can’t believe Kim spoke negatively about previous leaders and trade officials worry that bulldozing buildings will scare off Chinese investors in other projects.
2019-10-28
Tibetans must choose their own religious leaders free from interference by Beijing, US Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback says.
2019-10-28
The protest movement warns participants to beware of racial discrimination, both formal and informal, against non-white ethnic minority groups in Hong Kong.
2019-10-27
The AA cites the example of a deadly attack by the three-army Northern Alliance in August in Shan state that killed 15 people.
2019-10-25
Rights activists say Thinh Nguyen should never have been picked up by police to begin with.
2019-10-25
Geshe Jampel Lobshe, a widely respected religious leader, had trained in India as a young man and then come back to Tibet to teach.
2019-10-25
Sidiqulla Nurmemet had tried to enter Saudi Arabia but was turned away and deported back to Cairo, friends and family say.
2019-10-25
Relatives tell RFA a young man and woman had made the passage and are unaccounted for.
2019-10-25
Bao Tong, who was violently prevented from paying respects to Zhao Ziyang in 2005, is allowed to visit his former boss' grave outside Beijing.
2019-10-25
A newspaper backed by the ruling Chinese Communist Party says human trafficking is likely behind the tragedy.
2019-10-24
Central authorities say the move is part of a bid to ‘maintain security, order, and peace.’
2019-10-24
Vietnam belongs back on Countries of Special Concern list, Nghe An priest tells U.S. diplomat.
2019-10-24
Tatmadaw, Myanmar’s army, does not deny report’s claims, but says it is working to prevent rights abuses.
2019-10-24
Government blames drought, not dam for depleted fish stocks.
2019-10-24
The European Parliament calls for the immediate release of the outspoken economist.
2019-10-24
Sophia Huang is detained on public order charges after asking police to return her passport so she could study in Hong Kong.
2019-10-24
The rally comes as a Chinese diplomat in Hong Kong describes the protest movement as a 'virus.'
2019-10-23
Experts say Kim’s move is another ‘nail in the coffin’ for inter-Korean relations.
