Story Archive
2012-06-20
Vietnamese police detain farmers after a third day of protests over a land eviction.
2012-06-20
Chinese microbloggers refuse payment of fees for a censored service.
2012-06-20
An ex-chief of a police station and key witness to bloody ethnic riots in Xinjiang perishes under mysterious circumstances.
2012-06-20
They leave behind a suicide note, saying they cannot make a significant contribution to Tibetan society under Chinese rule.
2012-06-19
A Cambodian man wins a U.S. award for raising awareness of human trafficking in Southeast Asia.
2012-06-19
A Cambodian man wins a U.S. award for raising awareness of human trafficking in Southeast Asia.
2012-06-19
New laws aid the countries' anti-trafficking efforts, according to a new U.S. report.
2012-06-19
The World Bank refutes a report which said that some of the villagers who were resettled to make way for the Nam Theun 2 project have no electricity.
2012-06-19
Vietnamese authorities harass an unregistered monk.
2012-06-19
Authorities in China's northwestern Xinjiang region sentence the man for selling "illegal religious materials."
2012-06-19
Protesters demand Vietnamese authorities return their land during a demonstration in the capital.
2012-06-19
Workers in the southern Chinese city block the gates of their electronics factory.
2012-06-18
The party says it won’t abide by any decision which forfeits Cambodian territory to Vietnam.
2012-06-18
The party says it won’t abide by any decision which forfeits Cambodian territory to Vietnam.
2012-06-18
North Korea has launched a probe into the sale of state-issued fertilizer.
2012-06-18
Tibetan villagers had spoken out against corrupt housing officials.
2012-06-18
Some in China say the money would have been better spent on social issues.
2012-06-18
The two asylum seekers say they face persecution if they are returned to China.
2012-06-16
The Burmese democracy hero accepts the Nobel Peace Prize 21 years late.
2012-06-15
Chinese authorities demolish apartment buildings in Beijing's Chongwen district, calling them 'dangerous.'
2012-06-15
Rakhine refugees live in camps and are afraid to return home while Rohingya fleeing by boat are turned back by Bangladesh.
2012-06-15
A court in Cambodia allows the two land activists to return home pending trial.
2012-06-15
A court in Cambodia allows the two land activists to return home pending trial.
2012-06-15
The Asian giant’s space capabilities will likely give it a military advantage, analysts say.
2012-06-15
Villagers near Vietnam’s capital battle with ‘thugs’ hired to clear their land for a development project.
2012-06-15
Chinese police tighten security in a restive Tibetan county following a solitary protest.
2012-06-15
Chinese authorities will probe family planning operations after a woman was forced to terminate her seven-month pregnancy.
2012-06-15
Angry Tibetans throng a Chinese county center and police station to demand the body of the self-immolator.
2012-06-14
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks of the underlying problems over communal violence in Rakhine.
2012-06-14
A Cambodian court is asked to re-examine the jailing of Boeung Kak land activists.
