Story Archive
2009-06-11
An outspoken "Tiananmen mother" has a plan for her son's ashes, 20 years after his death.
2009-06-11
Four of 17 Uyghurs detained for years at Guantanamo Bay are flown to Bermuda.
2009-06-11
Computer users are up in arms about a Web filtering system the government says must be installed to protect young people from harmful content.
2009-06-10
North Korea sets the stage for the appointment of a successor to leader Kim Jong Il.
2009-06-10
A rare large gathering of Tibetan Buddhists ends with six people in custody.
2009-06-09
Mining at a site Tibetans regard as sacred will cease, but where will the hazardous waste go?
2009-06-09
Women and children belonging to the Karen ethnic insurgent group flee a Burmese military assault in the largest exodus in years.
2009-06-09
A first-ever Gay Pride week shows how far China has come since decriminalizing homosexuality 12 years ago, and how far it has to go.
2009-06-08
Two U.S. journalists are sentenced to 12 years' hard labor in North Korea. Will they have to serve that time?
2009-06-05
Two Uyghur women describe how police sent five women to jail and seven to forced labor for holding an illegal gathering.
2009-06-05
Court documents offer a rare glimpse of Chinese legal proceedings against 12 men sentenced for alleged separatism.
2009-06-05
Nighttime raids and mandatory jamming devices curb North Koreans' already limited access to foreign media.
2009-06-04
North Korea announces the trial of two U.S. journalists, and analysts say the move signals a bid for direct talks with Washington.
2009-06-04
The 20th anniversary of China's deadly 1989 crackdown brings tight security and quiet calls for an official reckoning with the past.
2009-06-03
A Lao court spares the life a pregnant British woman convicted of drug smuggling.
2009-06-03
Former leaders of Beijing's June 4, 1989 pro-democracy movement say newfound prosperity in China has led to complacency among the country's brain trust.
2009-06-03
Chinese authorities go on high alert ahead of the 20th anniversary of a crackdown they want the world, and the Chinese people, to forget.
2009-06-02
Poor women die in childbirth every day in Cambodia, but who's to blame?
2009-06-02
Poor women die in childbirth every day in Cambodia, but who's to blame?
2009-06-02
A Catholic leader in Vietnam has joined with critics of a controversial plan to mine for bauxite.
2009-06-01
A former teacher who famously splattered paint on Chairman Mao’s portrait at the height of 1989 protests describes a failure of leadership among protesters—and how prison abuse scarred the friend who joined him in that act of vandalism.
2009-05-29
Bangladesh prods Burma over its treatment of a Muslim minority group.
2009-05-29
The memoir of a Chinese leader comes out in time for the 20th anniversary of the crackdown that coincided with his ouster.
2009-05-27
Have talks settled a long-running dispute over plans to mine gold at a sacred Tibetan site?
2009-05-27
Residents of a strategically located village find themselves at odds with troops sent to pressure them into a land deal.
2009-05-27
Accusations fly after a protest over alleged graft turns violent.
2009-05-26
The U.S. commander in chief makes a blunt appeal to Burma's ruling junta: Let her go.
2009-05-26
An aide to China's late ex-premier discusses the legacy Zhao Ziyang left behind, and how it might still change China.
2009-05-26
Pyongyang ratchets up tensions as the major powers lash out over its nuclear test.
2009-05-24
Tibetan Buddhists regard it as a sacred site. Gold deposits make Ser Ngul Lo valuable in other ways too, and tensions are rising.
