Story Archive
2012-12-07
Cambodia’s prime minister ignores a land dispute petition from ethnic minority villagers while distributing land titles to others.
2012-12-07
The Lao legislature supports a government decision to proceed with the Xayaburi dam.
2012-12-07
North Koreans in the capital lack power as a new dam is hit by the dry season.
2012-12-07
Laos kicks out the director of a Swiss development organization for her ‘unconstructive attitude’ toward the government.
2012-12-07
China labels Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo a criminal amid growing calls for his release from jail and his wife's freedom from house arrest.
2012-12-06
Aung San Suu Kyi promises an inquiry into a controversial copper mine in northern Burma will be based on what is best for the people.
2012-12-06
A round of Uyghur arrests in a county in Xinjiang is uncovered after two years.
2012-12-06
Two Cambodian doctors found negligent in a boy’s death are moved to new clinics.
2012-12-06
Two Cambodian doctors found negligent in a boy’s death are moved to new clinics.
2012-12-06
China’s warning follows reports that Chinese vessels cut a Vietnamese ship’s seismic cables.
2012-12-06
A former Chinese official who spoke out against a planned power station is released with a suspended sentence as work on the plant begins.
2012-12-06
Nobel laureates urge China to release dissident couple from confinement.
2012-12-05
A delegation visits Mandalay to discuss a brutal crackdown by Burmese police with monks and activists.
2012-12-05
A report on global graft calls for transparency and accountability.
2012-12-05
Chinese property developer filmed the encounters to blackmail municipal officials.
2012-12-05
But the move against a provincial Party official may be tied to an internal power struggle.
2012-12-04
A commission is set to investigate a controversial copper mine in northern Burma but a crackdown on protesters is no longer under its purview.
2012-12-04
North Korea turns to food donations to feed soldiers and workers.
2012-12-04
A Tibetan man stabs himself to death to protest China's rule in Tibetan areas.
2012-12-04
He says he was unwelcome in Beijing or Xinjiang during a key meeting of China’s Communist Party.
2012-12-04
Commentators say China's leadership did not want to hear songs associated with a former Party chief embroiled in a scandal.
2012-12-04
Nobel Prize laureates send a letter to the incoming Chinese president urging him to release jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo.
2012-12-03
Vietnam's state oil and gas company says Chinese fishing vessels cut the cables of its survey ship.
2012-12-03
A panel investigating a police crackdown on protests against a copper mine is restructured after prominent activists refuse to participate.
2012-12-03
A Cambodian physician is sacked for allegedly refusing to treat a patient who died of a snake bite.
2012-12-03
A Cambodian physician is sacked for allegedly refusing to treat a patient who died of a snake bite.
2012-12-03
An activist lawyer is told to keep quiet after publicly challenging China's labor camp system.
2012-12-03
A Tibetan monk self-immolates and dies in Qinghai province's Pema county.
2012-12-03
Allies of North Korea say a rocket launch would go against a UN resolution.
2012-12-03
Chinese blind activist Chen Guangcheng asks leaders in Beijing to emulate Burma's reform model.
