Story Archive
2008-05-30
Global food prices are still sky-high, but Cambodia has announced an end to its ban on rice exports, and Vietnam may soon follow suit.
2008-05-30
Global food prices are still sky-high, but Cambodia has announced an end to its ban on rice exports, and Vietnam may soon follow suit.
2008-05-30
Weeks ahead of Cambodia's general election, Prime Minister Hun Sen's government forces the closure of an independent radio station that gave airtime to the opposition.
2008-05-30
Weeks ahead of Cambodia's general election, Prime Minister Hun Sen's government forces the closure of an independent radio station that gave airtime to the opposition.
2008-05-29
Chinese authorities in the Tibet Autonomous Region this week detained five monks in connection with a series of small blasts during massive anti-Chinese protests in late March.
2008-05-29
A young mother from North Korea dies of lung cancer just three weeks after settling as a refugee with her family in the United States, after a harrowing journey that highlights the plight of North Korean defectors.
2008-05-29
Burma's volunteer groups are helping villagers return to their land in the Irrawaddy delta in a bid to kick-start a rice harvest amid severe food shortages that linger in cyclone-hit areas. Relief still isn't reliably available to all, with at least 1 million people still falling between the cracks.
2008-05-28
Ethnic Chinese families close to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen are playing a key role in putting Chinese companies in touch with top Cambodian officials, resulting in billions of dollars' worth of deals.
2008-05-28
Authorities in the southwestern province of Sichuan have denied rumors of another massive earthquake threatening the devastated region, amid continuing allegations of corruption aimed at local officials.
2008-05-28
Ethnic Chinese families close to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen are playing a key role in putting Chinese companies in touch with top Cambodian officials, resulting in billions of dollars' worth of deals.
2008-05-27
Authorities in Sichuan have announced that China's tough family planning regulations will be relaxed to accommodate parents whose children have been severely injured or killed in the recent earthquake, along with those wishing to adopt an orphan from the disaster-hit region.
2008-05-27
More than two months after Tibet erupted in protests against China's heavy-handed rule, Tibetan sources in the region report the arrest of one of their own for allegedly making contact with Hong Kong media.
2008-05-27
Citizens in China have formed surveillance groups to supervise aid distribution to millions hit by the May 12 earthquake, as officials promise full accountability for relief supplies administered by the Chinese Red Cross.
2008-05-22
Five million people are without permanent shelter in the wake of last week's earthquake, with rescuers now beginning to call off the search for survivors. China's leaders have appealed for international aid supplies, saying a further 3 million tents are needed.
2008-05-21
Sent back to North Korea from China four times, the Cho sisters finally won resettlement as U.S. refugees. Now they're planning for the future but still worrying about those they left behind.
2008-05-21
In Tibet, Chinese authorities have cracked down again on a nunnery suspected of inculcating separatism. The move highlights the quiet but pivotal role played by Tibetan Buddhist nuns.
2008-05-21
Dozens of Burmese cyclone refugees may have died when their boats went down in the Irrawaddy river after the junta ordered them to return home.
2008-05-21
China is sending counselors to areas hit hardest by the devastating Sichuan earthquake in a bid to help hundreds of thousands of people, especially children, recover. Experts say the help can't come soon enough.
2008-05-21
As the U.N. Secretary-General heads to Burma and southeast Asia tries to persuade the country's secretive military rulers to accept disaster relief aid from its neighbors, Laos sends a medical team and other personnel to help set up a refugee camp for survivors.
2008-05-20
Chinese authorities have released on bail a leading Tibetan media personality. But Jamyang Kyi still expects to stand trial on unspecified charges related to massive anti-Chinese protests in March.
2008-05-20
At least two schools have collapsed with hundreds of children inside as the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan struggles in the wake of last week's earthquake. Aftershocks of magnitude 6.0 have already caused hundreds of deaths in remote hillside towns.
2008-05-16
Burma's military government has sharply revised upward the estimated death toll from Cyclone Nargis, as aid agencies report cholera and continued delays in getting help to survivors.
2008-05-16
More than 100,000 soldiers, police, officials, rescuers, and volunteers are racing to save lives in the wake of China's devastating earthquake. But the body count is rising, and aid efforts now are focused on getting clean water to millions of survivors.
2008-05-15
Two months after a massive crackdown ended the worst anti-Chinese unrest in Tibet in nearly 50 years, residents still report small, sporadic protests by monks, nuns, and lay people—and swift arrests.
2008-05-14
Corpses remain piled up on the streets of cities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, as the authorities mobilize troops to rescue hundreds of thousands of people believed to be still trapped under rubble. Survivors are camping outside, and many say they have run out of food and water.
2008-05-14
Burma’s military regime has begun moving large numbers of cyclone and flood victims from a major city hit by Tropical Cyclone Nargis last week. And a growing number of ordinary people are saying that foreign aid supplies are being sold privately in shops and markets, or controlled by officials and government supporters, instead of being distributed free to the most needy.
2008-05-13
The worst earthquake to hit China in three decades leaves thousands of people waiting anxiously for news of the missing, many of whom are believed trapped beneath collapsed buildings. Authorities say the toll is now around 12,000, and rising.
2008-05-13
As court poet for North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong Il, Jang Jin-sung enjoyed all the trappings of life among the Pyongyang elite. But he traded it in for a dangerous flight to South Korea, where he is now a best-selling author of poems chronicling the grueling misery of North Korean life.
2008-05-13
More than 1 million Burmese survivors of Tropical Cyclone Nargis are still living with scant food or water as the threat of infectious disease mounts. Many say they have yet to receive any official aid and are managing as best they can on handouts from well-wishers and non-government groups.
2008-05-12
Nearly two months after widespread Tibetan protests against Chinese rule, authorities in a heavily Tibetan area of Sichuan province have handed down jail terms to seven nuns for joining the demonstrations—and 14 more nuns are taken into custody for staging new protests.
