Story Archive
2009-02-06
A North Korean defector endured nine years of labor camp because of her friendship with a mistress of former supreme leader Kim Il Sung.
2009-02-06
Internet cafes in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region have become a new setting for confrontations between Uyghurs and Han Chinese.
2009-02-05
Details of recent protests in China's Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture are emerging, as Tibetans in exile relate accounts provided by relatives and friends in the troubled region.
2009-02-05
Burmese nationals and other foreigners in Chinese prisons face forced labor under brutal conditions.
2009-02-04
A Chinese-language equivalent of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, known as WikiLib, has been taken offline temporarily, with no further explanation.
2009-02-04
Scientists warn of further disasters as dam reservoirs are blamed for the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Their voices are finally being heard.
2009-02-03
A Cambodian property developer forcefully evicts residents to develop a commercial site in the capital Phnom Penh. Talk of compensation ends in the midst of confusion over land rights.
2009-02-03
A Cambodian property developer forcefully evicts residents to develop a commercial site in the capital Phnom Penh. Talk of compensation ends in the midst of confusion over land rights.
2009-02-02
Young North Korean defectors adjust to life and learning in the South with the help of alternative schools.