Story Archive
2012-08-31
The German Chancellor gets assurances from the Chinese on possible new European bond purchases.
2012-08-31
Fighting escalates in northern Burma's resource-rich Kachin state.
2012-08-31
The Burmese government seeks legislative approval to abolish the Ministry of Industrial Development.
2012-08-31
Chinese workers come under pressure in the Shenzhen factory zone.
2012-08-30
Burma’s government publishes the names of thousands of people it removed from a ‘no-entry’ list.
2012-08-30
China is asked to explain thousands of cases of disappeared Uyghurs.
2012-08-30
A new report says Cambodia, Laos, and Burma must leverage their resources to up their rice yields.
2012-08-30
Chinese authorities retaliate for bad publicity over an attempted forced abortion.
2012-08-30
Chinese police deport Tibetans seeking to rejoin their families.
2012-08-30
She commits suicide after rejecting charges she misused public funds.
2012-08-29
Forced labor and other abuses in eastern Burma’s Karen border region are highlighted in a report.
2012-08-29
The former lawyer of jailed Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo denies reports that the dissident will be released for medical treatment.
2012-08-29
Cambodia’s government rejects a UN report seeking electoral reforms and respect for human rights.
2012-08-29
Cambodia’s government rejects a UN report seeking electoral reforms and respect for human rights.
2012-08-29
Vietnamese authorities extend the detention of a democracy campaigner and reject an appeal by a labor activist.
2012-08-29
Chinese miners flee after their tents are burned.
2012-08-29
People infected with AIDS through an official blood-selling scheme storm a government building in central China.
2012-08-28
Family members of an imprisoned Uyghur who fasted in protest say his life is in danger.
2012-08-28
Thai activists suing the Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River in Laos will submit more documents to the court.
2012-08-28
Burma shortens its list of people not welcome in the country, but thousands remain.
2012-08-28
UN special envoy Surya Subedi warns of possible unrest in Cambodia if the authorities refuse to embrace election reforms.
2012-08-28
UN special envoy Surya Subedi warns of possible unrest in Cambodia if the authorities refuse to embrace election reforms.
2012-08-28
Floods and power shortages challenge North Korea’s water supply system.
2012-08-28
Burma frees three local aid workers ordered jailed over ethnic unrest between Rohinygas and Rakhines.
2012-08-28
Chinese authorities send at least 1,000 back over the border into Burma.
2012-08-27
The family of Chinese blind activist Chen Guangcheng's nephew wants to sue government over attack.
2012-08-27
The brother of two Burmese nationals sentenced to prison last week says they are innocent.
2012-08-27
Supporters of 17 Vietnamese social activists hold a mass candlelight vigil and a protest in Hanoi.
2012-08-27
Dams planned for the Mekong River could destroy fish populations and dramatically alter land allocation.
2012-08-27
Dams planned for the Mekong River could destroy fish populations and dramatically alter land allocation.