Story Archive
2019-10-17
New funeral campaign aims to “civilize” groups with “excessive” funerary traditions.
2019-10-17
Officials say a power-short part of Shan state gets more electricity thanks to the mine.
2019-10-17
Many jobs remain out of reach, however, with competition from Chinese applicants and required proficiency in Mandarin.
2019-10-17
The attack comes as citizens publish a report saying unchecked abuse of police power is undermining the rule of law.
2019-10-17
Forced labor goes unchecked under the guise of ‘vocational training,’ they tell a Washington panel.
2019-10-17
The agreement comes as Zhao Ziyang's family mark the centenary of his birth at his former residence in Beijing.
2019-10-16
Citizens say empty stadium was either strategy or censorship.
2019-10-16
A group of Buddhist monks and environmental activists calls for the demolition of a closed Chinese casino.
2019-10-16
Ma Houzhi was detained in 2009 in the southwestern city of Chongqing as he tried to get Bo's support for a Maoist splinter party.
2019-10-16
Locals suspect they were planning to extort money from fellow Chinese in the Myanmar-China border area.
2019-10-16
Activists are silently preparing for the planned repatriation next month, an opposition official says.
2019-10-16
Nguyen Hoang Nam was sentenced in 2018 to four years in prison for trying to join a friend for worship services.
2019-10-16
Laos’ “Crown Prince” urges overseas Lao to continue the fight for democracy.
2019-10-16
The bloody attack comes after chief executive Carrie Lam cuts short her policy address amid heckling by pro-democracy lawmakers.
2019-10-15
Some Vietnamese believe that Hanoi's one-party Communist government has failed to take a strong enough stance on the issue.
2019-10-15
Xayaburi dam will go online before the end of October, while Don Sahong enters final testing phase.
2019-10-15
The bill, if passed by the Senate, would allow the US to sanction officials seen as violating rights in the city.
2019-10-15
North Korea forbade foreign media coverage, a South Korean cheering delegation, and even fans for the home team.
2019-10-15
Authorities feared protests in Nepal by Tibetans opposed to Chinese rule and policies in Tibet.
2019-10-15
Firefighters suspected of being government soldiers are kidnapped, while police assigned to Rakhine are resigning.
2019-10-15
Li Biyun and her brother and sister face charges of 'theft' and 'obstructing officials in the course of their duties.'
2019-10-15
The ministry says the order is warranted because it concerns protecting the country from a ‘coup.’
2019-10-15
Journalists and students alike are demanding a fuller investigation into reports and suspicions of police violence.
2019-10-14
Zumuret Dawut says she believes her brother Abdulhelil Dawut was forced to record his statement.
2019-10-14
Tea Banh’s comments come a day after the deputy prime minister said their return will cause war.
2019-10-14
'Abominable,' produced jointly by Chinese and US animation studios, includes a scene showing China's 9-Dash Line demarcation of disputed waters.
2019-10-14
The soldier said he was sick of seeing Rakhine civilians abused, but the army dismisses his claims as propaganda.
2019-10-14
Protesters want Congress to pass a law that could lead to sanctions of local officials and police over human rights violations in the city.
2019-10-14
Authorities claim Thitphay Thammavong’s land has been owned by the state since 2001.
2019-10-14
Yearly manure collection mission requires each household turn in eight tons.
