Story Archive
2009-03-05
North Korean defectors say tattoos mark them as foreign. Now they have help in removing them.
2009-03-05
State-run dance troupes get a cold reception from Tibetans protesting China's often heavy-handed rule.
2009-03-04
Petitioners in an eastern Chinese village say they were forced to attend reeducation sessions or “law study groups.”
2009-03-03
Petitioners report tight security and heavy surveillance in Beijing as two major meetings get under way.
2009-03-02
China gets a badly needed food safety law, but critics say freer media and better enforcement are also necessary.
2009-02-27
Health groups call for a probe into abuses by Burma’s junta during 2008 cyclone relief efforts.
2009-02-27
The new U.S. envoy on North Korea will head to Asia as Pyongyang readies a rocket launch.
2009-02-26
Buddhist monks in Qinghai stage a march and protest at the start of a somber Tibetan New Year.
2009-02-26
North Korea increases demands on South Korean firms in the Kaesong industrial complex.
2009-02-26
A Burmese journalist is honored for bravery but may not have heard about it in prison.
2009-02-25
Tibetans are forgoing traditional New Year celebrations in passive protest, to the dismay of Chinese authorities.
2009-02-24
A Burmese dissident freed after serving more than 18 years in jail says he and many others outside the prison walls are now struggling to survive.
2009-02-24
Security is tight and tensions are high ahead of several key Tibetan anniversaries.
2009-02-24
Official media are relieved after a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, while protesters describe a huge operation to prevent public protest.
2009-02-20
Ethnic Uyghurs in Kashgar complain about a new campaign against facial hair.
2009-02-20
A lawyer for 17 ethnic Uyghurs held at Guantanamo Bay says he could take his fight for their release to the Supreme Court.
2009-02-19
A new book describes how some Chinese who complain about the government are mistreated in psychiatric settings, while the author calls for better regulation of mental health services in China.
2009-02-19
Lawyers clash over evidence at pretrial hearings in Cambodia's long-awaited Khmer Rouge trial.
2009-02-19
Lawyers clash over evidence at pretrial hearings in Cambodia's long-awaited Khmer Rouge trial.
2009-02-18
Seventeen ethnic Uyghurs held at Guantanamo Bay face a new legal setback, disappointing U.S.-based Uyghurs.
2009-02-18
A Vietnamese cyber-dissident is freed after serving 2-1/2 years in jail, and insists he did nothing wrong.
2009-02-18
Tibetans stage protests as key anniversaries approach.
2009-02-17
Three decades after the atrocities of Cambodia's "Killing Fields," the Khmer Rouge's lead torturer appears in court.
2009-02-17
Three decades after the atrocities of Cambodia's "Killing Fields," the Khmer Rouge's lead torturer appears in court.
2009-02-17
A Burmese appeal court reduces two prison terms as a senior U.N. envoy visits.
2009-02-16
A major new study shows how China does, and doesn't, control bloggers.
2009-02-13
Chinese parents rush to get babies checked as new kidney stone cases are reported. Companies and government labs insist they find no contamination.
2009-02-13
A Uyghur woman in China whose pregnancy drew international attention has given birth to a son.
2009-02-12
Times are likely to get tougher for Cambodia’s already impoverished workers.
2009-02-12
Times are likely to get tougher for Cambodia’s already impoverished workers.
