Story Archive
2009-09-30
China marks the 60th anniversary of Communist Party rule with major festivities, and curbs on everything from kites to knives and foreign TV.
2009-09-29
Followers of a Zen monk and peace activist are driven from a monastery in Vietnam following a standoff.
2009-09-29
China plans a meticulously scripted anniversary celebration of Communist Party rule, under extremely tight security.
2009-09-28
As China tightens security ahead of a major anniversary, North Korean refugees are even less welcome.
2009-09-28
Tibetans face increased restrictions on prayer and travel ahead of a sensitive Chinese anniversary.
2009-09-24
A former Party aide calls on Chinese to push for democracy as National Day approaches.
2009-09-23
Police in China are seeking a third Uyghur man for allegedly leaking information about a death in custody.
2009-09-23
Outrage in southern China over deliberate flooding to ease the water level at a local dam.
2009-09-22
A budget food item in South Korea is now a prized gourmet item across the border.
2009-09-21
The father of an ethnic Uyghur man in northwest China says police turned out in force.
2009-09-21
A legal defense is under way for a U.S.-based Chinese dissident detained for alleged fraud as he tried to return home for a visit.
2009-09-19
In China’s tense Xinjiang region, could a suspicious death spark more ethnic violence?
2009-09-18
Authorities storm a house church in northern China, beating worshipers and demolishing buildings in the compound.
2009-09-17
A former Burmese military officer describes how children are enticed into the armed forces.
2009-09-17
Chinese democracy activists receive visits, warnings from the police.
2009-09-16
A noted Vietnamese blogger and government critic describes her detention.
2009-09-16
China's latest lead-poisoning scandal has parents staging angry protests.
2009-09-16
A scholarly institute rejects new government orders covering what members can and cannot do.
2009-09-16
China scores a tactical victory in its war on Web sites the government doesn't like.
2009-09-15
Throughout East Asia, vulnerable children are forced and trafficked into every kind of work.
2009-09-14
Chinese authorities detain parents observing the anniversary of a far-reaching milk scandal that sickened their children.
2009-09-14
Burmese refugees say more and more youngsters are being press-ganged into working as military porters.
2009-09-11
Poetry by teenage North Korean defectors, translated into English for the first time.
2009-09-11
Nearly two years after Burma's Saffron Revolution, an exiled leader of the monks' movement says their ranks are growing.
2009-09-11
A dissident leader among Burmese monks tries to uphold his monastic vows in prison.
2009-09-10
Internet cafes vow to 'self regulate' in advance of a politically sensitive anniversary.
2009-09-09
Two leading bloggers in China report elements of the ethnic strife in Urumqi that haven’t appeared in state-run media.
2009-09-09
Two journalists are charged with libel in Cambodia.
2009-09-09
Two journalists are charged with libel in Cambodia.
2009-09-09
The State Department says it is seeking consular access to a U.S. citizen, missing since landing last week in Burma.
