Story Archive
2020-01-31
The government-appointed Independent Commission of Enquiry enjoys little support outside the country.
2020-01-31
Those with expired documents live under the threat of deportation or face detention back home.
2020-01-31
A new report says 2019 was a year of protest against established orders and repressive regimes in Asia.
2020-01-31
Medical staff and journalists say the officially confirmed cases are likely just the tip of the iceberg.
2020-01-31
Tran Thi Nga was freed early from a nine-year prison term for 'spreading propaganda against the state,' and came to the US in January.
2020-01-31
Chief executive Carrie Lam says shutting the border with mainland China goes against WHO guidelines.
2020-01-30
Traders try to smuggle South Korean masks as government tightens border control.
2020-01-30
Muslims, Christian refugees lodge police complaints against each other.
2020-01-30
Travel between Lhasa and other areas remains blocked, with health officials stationed along major roads to screen travelers for signs of infection.
2020-01-30
He also suggests that the spread of the coronavirus is not as severe as reports have said.
2020-01-30
Dreams of a good life are spoiled by crowded, poor living conditions, NGO official says.
2020-01-30
Many actions by the military in ethnic areas ‘constituted war crimes,’ says Amnesty International.
2020-01-30
President Tsai Ing-wen says the democratic island -- whose nationals are stranded in Wuhan -- is at the 'front line' of epidemic control.
2020-01-30
Meanwhile, seven trucks carrying finished wood products, which are legal for export, were allowed to cross the border without payment.
2020-01-30
The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus rises to 170, while the surge in new cases is attributed to faster diagnosis.
2020-01-29
Sources say the group of 15 included government officials, possibly with secret information.
2020-01-29
Professor Charles Lieber allegedly lied about Chinese government collaboration and funding to U.S. institutions.
2020-01-29
Pledge comes a week after the International Court of Justice orders Myanmar to take measures to protect Rohingya Muslims.
2020-01-29
Lao Airlines suspends several flights to China, but some remain operating as normal.
2020-01-29
'Patient Zhang' arrived in Lhasa by train on Jan. 24 and was admitted to a hospital next day for treatment and tests.
2020-01-29
He urges the court to accept testimony from the countries he is accused of colluding with.
2020-01-29
China reports more than 1,000 new confirmed cases of infection with the novel coronavirus in a single day, as countries begin evacuating foreign nationals from Wuhan.
2020-01-29
News of confirmed infections spreads over WeChat in Chinese cities near the North Korean border.
2020-01-29
While not finalized, the plan would require classes to follow the Myanmar curriculum.
2020-01-29
Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam face pressure to control flow of visitors from China.
2020-01-28
Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan and Yunnan all report positive tests as infection spreads.
2020-01-28
Regional authorities take measures to slow infections, but say nothing of closing the detention facilities.
2020-01-28
Refugees will be sent back to their makeshift homes “when the tense situation is over,” official says.
2020-01-28
The Tibet Policy and Support Act passes the House by a vote of 392 to 22, and now requires a vote in the Senate.
2020-01-28
Malaysia and Thailand document more cases while the Philippines monitors travelers from Wuhan, China.
