Story Archive
2009-03-31
The former commandant of an infamous Khmer Rouge torture camp addresses the court and the country.
2009-03-31
The former commandant of an infamous Khmer Rouge torture camp addresses the court and the country.
2009-03-31
In the run-up to Burma's first elections in 20 years, the junta is urging loyal businessmen to stand as candidates.
2009-03-31
U.S. health officials have found lead and arsenic in traditional Burmese medications used by refugee families. Are children back in Burma also affected?
2009-03-30
More resistance is reported in Tibet, along with the beating death of a monk.
2009-03-30
Villagers in China's southern province of Hainan are staging a round-the-clock vigil to protect the bones of their Muslim ancestors in tombs dating back to the Tang dynasty, they say.
2009-03-29
Five ex-leaders of the Khmer Rouge go on trial, and Cambodia's youth get a chance to learn the truth about an era kept secret for the last 30 years.
2009-03-29
Five ex-leaders of the Khmer Rouge go on trial, and Cambodia's youth get a chance to learn the truth about an era kept secret for the last 30 years.
2009-03-27
Defendants sentenced in connection with church land protests vow more appeals.
2009-03-27
A Shanghai-based director plans a Broadway-style multimedia musical based on Karl Marx's political tome, 'Das Kapital.'
2009-03-27
Campaigners demand Chinese authorities release information on Gao Zhisheng's whereabouts and treatment.
2009-03-26
Thailand says a group of ethnic Hmong returned to Laos voluntarily, but a witness says not all were volunteers.
2009-03-26
An outspoken economist from a Chinese minority group faces "unbelievable threats and pressure" to keep quiet.
2009-03-25
North Korea has stopped receiving U.S. food aid, but a U.S. official says it could re-start immediately.
2009-03-25
Tibetan farmers in China's Sichuan province refuse to till their land in protest at Chinese crackdowns.
2009-03-24
A leading Burmese labor activist isn't getting the care she needs in prison for a heart ailment.
2009-03-24
A subtly subversive online spoof in China prompts an apparent backlash, and netizens are angry.
2009-03-23
Security forces patrol the streets of a mountain town in Qinghai after a man jumps into the Yellow River.
2009-03-20
Tense relations between North and South Korea have forced separated families to travel to a third country to see long-lost relatives.
2009-03-19
A former member of China's highly secretive intelligence community calls on other countries to take Beijing to task for its abysmal human rights record.
2009-03-19
Top brass in the U.S. military say they can probably shoot down any North Korean missile. But will they?
2009-03-19
Authorities again stop online writer Zan Aizong from flying to Hong Kong.
2009-03-18
Almost 20 years after the deadly 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests, a former PLA soldier calls for a full inquiry.
2009-03-18
A leader of the 2007 Saffron Revolution is still fighting back from a remote prison in northern Burma.
2009-03-18
An outspoken cyber-dissident's health is suffering badly in jail, his wife says.
2009-03-18
A Burmese dissident's wife calls on prison authorities to treat her husband's eyesight before he goes blind.
2009-03-17
A planned bauxite mine in Vietnam will provide jobs, but some experts fear its environmental impact.
2009-03-17
Jailers in the central Burmese city of Meiktila face new allegations of abusing political detainees.
2009-03-16
A Chinese journalist says time is running out for U.N. refugee officials to hear his asylum case.
2009-03-16
A U.N. investigator calls on Burma's military government to make major reforms ahead of planned elections.
