Story Archive
2020-07-15
Local authorities may be in trouble for failing to adequately screen elite candidate.
2020-07-15
The southern part of Rakhine state, relatively quiet since conflict erupted in late 2018, is seeing detentions rise.
2020-07-15
“Malaysia is too small to be able to find solution to this on our own,” foreign minister says.
2020-07-15
After failing to stop construction of the slaughterhouse, they campaigned for compensation for land seized by developers, resulting in charges of 'social disturbance' made against them.
2020-07-15
Rights groups say neither case is legitimate and called them part of a campaign to intimidate the media.
2020-07-15
Hong Kong and Chinese officials involved in suppressing the city's promised freedoms could see their US assets seized, while special trading privileges have been revoked by Washington.
2020-07-15
Foreign Secretary Locsin and his Chinese counterpart agreed their relationship covers more than “contentious maritime issues.”
2020-07-15
Observers welcome the move, although they acknowledge that it would largely be symbolic.
2020-07-15
A key figure in the election campaign pulls out, citing fears for his personal safety and that of those around him.
2020-07-15
Investigators found the corpse of Hasan Afriandi after receiving a tip from Destructive Fishing Watch.
2020-07-14
China's ambassador to the UK, who had issued public threats during the debate over Huawei, called London's decision "disappointing and wrong."
2020-07-14
The president also signed a bill that would sanction individuals and banks who abet China's erosion of Hong Kong’s autonomy.
2020-07-14
Attempting to flee is a crime, but doing it on Kim Il Sung’s death anniversary is more serious.
2020-07-14
Indonesia’s foreign ministry reacts obliquely to statement from the American secretary of state, calling it “normal.”
2020-07-14
Human Rights Watch says the government and micro-lenders have failed to assist those most vulnerable.
2020-07-14
Fellow liberal intellectuals say the 'prostitution' charges against Xu are a form of political retaliation for his criticism of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
2020-07-14
The US has aligned its policy with a 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling that undermined the legal basis of China’s claims to virtually all of the South China Sea.
2020-07-14
Beijing's cabinet-level office in charge of the city warns that the unofficial poll was a "flagrant provocation" under a new security law.
2020-07-13
They say the members did not speak with them about a deadly landslide in Hpakant.
2020-07-13
Citing international law, Washington wades into disputes between Beijing, Southeast Asian nations.
2020-07-13
The villager has accused three soldiers of abducting and raping her.
2020-07-13
China exerts pressure on Southeast Asian nations that want to exploit resources in the South China with international partners.
2020-07-13
Residents complain that Lao authorities are too soft on crimes committed by Chinese.
2020-07-13
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a popular religious teacher and promoter of Tibetan culture and social welfare, died five years ago under mysterious circumstances in a Chinese prison.
2020-07-13
Activists may try to make discreet offerings to Liu, whose ashes were scattered at sea, along China's beaches.
2020-07-13
The sanctions come days after the US announced a travel ban and asset freeze on top Xinjiang officials.
2020-07-13
The move comes after a China-backed newspaper says the weekend's primary elections, in which more than 600,000 took part, broke the national security law.
2020-07-12
Hongkongers turn out in large numbers despite a police raid, official warnings and a surge in new coronavirus cases.
2020-07-10
Activists say police broke laws to thwart their participation.
2020-07-10
Anger over villager’s death follows days of clashes that displaced hundreds.
