Story Archive
2016-05-25
The Burma Socialist Programme Party confiscated nearly 4,000 acres of land in Tant-Se township more than 35 years ago to use for a farm project.
2016-05-25
Rescuers have not resumed efforts to find survivors because they fear heavy rain will trigger the collapse of other slag heaps.
2016-05-25
Analysts say Beijing may be tempted to pick on smaller neighbors rather than risking direct confrontation with the United States.
2016-05-25
Dangerous roads and exposed power lines lead to injuries and deaths, a local source says.
2016-05-25
Angela Gui says documents purportedly linking him to a drunk-driving accident have the wrong name on them.
2016-05-24
Sister says she is worried as Guo’s hunger strike enters third week and authorities stymie efforts to meet lawyer.
2016-05-24
While the U.S. president's remarks are televised, noted activists are prevented from discussing issues with him.
2016-05-24
The incident is the latest in a string of deadly accidents that have occurred during the past year in Hpakant, the center of the country’s jade-mining industry.
2016-05-24
Customers think there's more at work than just the heat wave and Electricite du Laos admits that it guesses at what to charge.
2016-05-24
Security details are watching towns and villages in a bid to prevent further attacks by ‘bandits’ and other criminals.
2016-05-24
The parents are calling on the government to uphold promises of financial assistance for their post-quake children.
2016-05-24
Herders elsewhere in the region are also detained after protesting unpaid subsidies outside local government offices.
2016-05-23
An earlier agreed-on bid was too high, raising concerns over cost overruns and substandard work.
2016-05-23
Decision to lift an embargo on U.S. arms sales to Vietnam without any rights concessions sacrifices American leverage, critics say.
2016-05-23
The civilian-led government is working towards a resolution of its Rohingya issue, and believes the U.S. will drop remaining sanctions against the country.
2016-05-23
Campaigners launch new protests and vow to defy government orders banning postings on Facebook.
2016-05-23
Campaigners launch new protests and vow to defy government orders banning postings on Facebook.
2016-05-23
Tie Liu and He Linxia are detained amid a widening crackdown targeting politically sensitive writing.
2016-05-23
The man's desperate protest draws an angry crowd of out-of-town parents who have met with similar problems.
2016-05-20
As Vietnam and the U.S. grow closer, White House officials say the president plans to bring up the human rights agenda and talk to dissidents.
2016-05-20
Many can no longer make a living because the blaze at Dao Heuang market in Pakse destroyed their shops and merchandise.
2016-05-20
Defense Minister Tea Banh says protesters need government permission to demonstrate, or else they will go to jail.
2016-05-20
Defense Minister Tea Banh says protesters need government permission to demonstrate, or else they will go to jail.
2016-05-20
Activists on the outside are continuing a relay fast to call for Guo Feixiong's release on medical parole.
2016-05-20
They say the laborers from Sagaing region have violated laws pertaining to unlawful assembly and causing disorder.
2016-05-20
He has six years left to serve of a 13-year sentence for calling for the Dalai Lama's return to Tibet.
2016-05-20
Tang Zhishun's lawyer has been denied official recognition, while Xing Qingxian's lawyer has been prevented from seeing him.
2016-05-20
Beijing stops websites inside the Great Firewall from live-streaming Tsai Ing-wen's inauguration.
2016-05-19
Family says youngster was on a job hunt as two other teenagers are also convicted of seeking to illegally depart the country.
2016-05-19
The exploited workforce at a Thai pineapple processing plant was largely made up of immigrants from Myanmar.
