Story Archive
2012-10-07
A Tibetan monastery is targeted by Chinese security forces after three self-immolations in a week.
2012-10-06
A new self-immolation in a Tibetan-populated Chinese province brings the total number of burning protests to 54.
2012-10-05
Four months after violence hit western Burma, people still flee their homes and the situation remains tense, the U.N. says.
2012-10-05
US legislators ask the State Department to reveal records about China’s alleged organ transplant abuses.
2012-10-05
The isolated North Korean regime turns to selling burial grounds as a way to earn foreign currency.
2012-10-05
Rights groups want accountability and transparency for U.S. firms entering Burma.
2012-10-05
Nationalist protests over China's island row with Japan deflect attention from domestic problems, analysts say.
2012-10-05
The head of a village in southern China is detained after residents protest the loss of a tourist site and adjoining farmland.
2012-10-04
Rights groups and the wife of Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty say the court trial ended without a full probe of his death.
2012-10-04
Rights groups and the wife of Cambodian environmentalist Chut Wutty say the court trial ended without a full probe of his death.
2012-10-04
The firings suggest an internal rift in eastern Burma’s Karen state.
2012-10-04
A Tibetan man self-immolates after calling for Tibetan unity against Chinese rule.
2012-10-04
Tourists flood major attractions during China's national holiday week.
2012-10-04
Chinese authorities target social media use, which has been responsible for exposing a number of high-level scandals.
2012-10-03
Four Guantanamo Uyghurs resettled in Bermuda are stateless and struggling to make ends meet.
2012-10-03
He swiftly assumes the lead role in Cambodia's opposition alliance.
2012-10-03
He swiftly assumes the lead role in Cambodia's opposition alliance.
2012-10-03
The Burmese opposition chief received accolades throughout her two-week visit.
2012-10-03
Chinese villagers protest a government take-over of farmland and a profitable tourist site.
2012-10-03
Authorities hand down a one-year labor sentence to a woman who tried to boost the morale of Chinese petitioners.
2012-10-02
A minister in the president's office says laws should be changed to allocate more wealth to ethnic states.
2012-10-02
Despite decades in prison, his vision of a world without oppression inspired the Vietnamese people.
2012-10-02
A Cambodian court comes under fire for giving lenient sentences to two Frenchmen convicted of child sex.
2012-10-02
A Cambodian court comes under fire for giving lenient sentences to two Frenchmen convicted of child sex.
2012-10-02
The Cambodian government approves registration of the united party with Sam Rainsy as its leader.
2012-10-02
The Cambodian government approves registration of the united party with Sam Rainsy as its leader.
2012-10-02
Laos sends a team to investigate a land dispute in southern Laos.
2012-10-02
The ferry collision leaves dozens dead in one of the worst accidents in Hong Kong's history.
2012-10-02
The government move could end standoff over a tax fine.
2012-10-01
Chinese shop owners demand compensation for the closure of a street to build a metro line.
