Story Archive
2012-08-15
Burma’s Lower House of Parliament says a ruling on affairs committees was unlawful.
2012-08-15
Chinese workers in Tibet are stranded without pay.
2012-08-15
Beijing responds with 'solemn representations' after Japan detains 14 Chinese activists who sailed to disputed islands.
2012-08-15
A second Tibetan protester dies of his burns.
2012-08-14
Vietnamese rice farmers get to keep thousands of hectares of land that were to be turned over to industrial projects.
2012-08-14
His songs spoke of support for the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan people.
2012-08-14
Tibetans march to protest an assault by 'drunk' Chinese policemen.
2012-08-14
The detention comes amid clashes over forced evictions in the coastal province in eastern China.
2012-08-14
A plague of armyworms descends on northeast China's grain belt.
2012-08-14
The Vietnamese dissident faced severe pressure from authorities after his release from prison.
2012-08-13
The surprise resignation of Cambodia’s Prince Norodom Ranariddh paves the way for the merger.
2012-08-13
The surprise resignation of Cambodia’s Prince Norodom Ranariddh paves the way for the merger.
2012-08-13
Financial issues are notably absent from the official account of the trial of the wife of fallen Communist Party star.
2012-08-13
'House church' members in China are being pressured to join a Communist Party backed church group.
2012-08-13
Relief costs rise after North Korea increases its estimates of flood casualties and damages.
2012-08-13
One of North Korea’s four gold medals at the London Olympics was won with help from foreign training funding.
2012-08-13
A third self-immolation was also reported in the troubled Ngaba Tibetan prefecture, but it cannot be confirmed.
2012-08-12
Their third meeting aimed at assessing reforms comes amid tensions in Rakhine state.
2012-08-11
A Tibetan activist who set himself on fire a day earlier has died.
2012-08-10
Twenty-four Burmese political parties want U.N. human rights envoy Tomas Quintana removed.
2012-08-10
Beijing authorities question an outspoken Uyghur professor whose website the state media calls ‘separatist.’
2012-08-10
People in China's Zhejiang province expect casualties to mount after a major dam collapses.
2012-08-10
Vietnam gives a Bloc 8406 member five years in prison for anti-state propaganda.
2012-08-10
Four other senior Chinese police officers admit trying to cover up a murder confessed by a disgraced politician's wife.
2012-08-10
Despite push-back from China, more can be done, experts say.
2012-08-10
A 24-year-old Tibetan sets fire to himself in the third self-immolation this week.
2012-08-09
Opposition members cannot question him about an agreement between Cambodia and Vietnam.
2012-08-09
Opposition members cannot question him about an agreement between Cambodia and Vietnam.
2012-08-09
A chemical defoliant used in the war has sickened thousands, Hanoi says.
2012-08-09
Vietnam throws an outspoken netizen in jail for six years.
