Story Archive
2018-02-28
The group was held in a room surrounded by wire fencing and forced to work under threat for long hours at little pay.
2018-02-28
A government spokesman says the country will continue to build “democracy” on its own and free from foreign interference.
2018-02-28
Monk Ashin Aikthsriya says the government must rein in wayward clergy members who foment communal tension.
2018-02-28
Pham Doan Trang, author of a book on political engagement 'for everyone,' is now under house arrest at her home in Hanoi.
2018-02-28
Relatives of those killed in the Feb. 28, 1947 bloodshed by Nationalist troops on the island say they want more detail about who was responsible.
2018-02-28
Immigration consultants and overseas realtors report a sharp spike in inquiries following the announcement that President Xi Jinping could rule indefinitely.
2018-02-27
The program is designed to identify possible threats to Chinese control in the restive Uyghur region.
2018-02-27
The Trump administration cites the country's recent Senate elections in which the ruling party swept all seats.
2018-02-27
Tran Huynh Duy Thuc is preparing to appeal his 16-year sentence for plotting to overthrow the government, his brother says.
2018-02-27
The grassroots rally is reminiscent of demonstrations over the charter before the National League for Democracy came to power.
2018-02-27
He is supported by his instructor, who tells Chinese students they must respect opposing views.
2018-02-27
Defense attorney presents photo showing Kim with an alleged intelligence agent in a resort hotel.
2018-02-27
The deterioration in Jiang Tianyong's mental functioning sparks fears that the authorities may be force-feeding him psychiatric medication.
2018-02-27
A former top Communist Party official says limiting the time Chinese leaders may serve in office was born of 'bitter experience' under its late chairman, Mao Zedong.
2018-02-26
Three fellow Peace Prize winners warn Aung San Suu Kyi she risks prosecution for genocide.
2018-02-26
Authorities question Pham Doan Trang about her activities and her book before escorting her home.
2018-02-26
In a vote slammed by observers as illegitimate and unfair, the CPP gains control of Cambodia's upper house.
2018-02-26
The move comes a day after Nobel Peace laureates criticize Aung San Suu Kyi for failing to stop the violence against the Muslim minority.
2018-02-26
A Christian rights group says the ruling Chinese Communist Party must bear responsibility for the death of Li Boguang, who died two days after receiving a liver cancer diagnosis.
2018-02-26
The move draws comparisons with the rule of Chairman Mao Zedong, Robert Mugabe, North Korea's 'Kim dynasty,' and Russian president Vladimir Putin.
2018-02-23
Washington also proposes more multilateral sanctions at the UN to target coal and oil smuggling by the Kim Jong Un regime.
2018-02-23
They claim the clearings are to make way for new structures for returning refugees, not to wipe out evidence at sites where troops are accused of atrocities.
2018-02-23
They are held and questioned for hours before being put on a plane back to South Korea.
2018-02-23
Mihray Jume, 37, was picked up by a policeman in recent weeks and taken to join untold thousands in numerous re-education camps across Xinjiang.
2018-02-23
United Nations sanctions require countries to send back North Koreans abroad who earn hard cash for the rogue regime.
2018-02-23
Somkot Mangnomek, governor of Xieng Khouang province, had authorized a shipment of timber without central government approval.
2018-02-23
Xu Qin's detention is likely linked to her outspoken support for other activists and rights attorneys, as well as her association with detained veteran dissident Qin Yongmin.
2018-02-23
Bao Yu says she recently traveled to the regional capital, Hohhot, in a bid to end catastrophic pollution of her community's traditional grazing lands linked to a nearby gold mine.
2018-02-23
The former head of Anbang Insurance, Wu Xiaohui, will now face trial on charges of' 'financial fraud' and 'abusing his position.'
2018-02-22
King Norodom Sihamoni departs for China a day after the Senate approves changes to the charter and a lèse-majesté law.
