Story Archive
2020-11-09
The parliamentarians say the court should agree to investigate a complaint filed in July.
2020-11-09
Staff say hospitals are crowded and can't hire new doctors or buy equipment needed to provide quality care.
2020-11-09
The democratic island of Taiwan is keen to reach out, while a key Hong Kong activist warns against a return to engagement.
2020-11-09
There are signs that attitudes towards Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence in the country may be shifting, an academic says.
2020-11-08
Many voters brave long poll lines amid a surge in the coronavirus.
2020-11-06
Residents say that the law could be used to arbitrarily punish anyone.
2020-11-06
Cancelled voting, a coronavirus surge, and a ballot scandal have clouded the Nov. 8 vote in the western state.
2020-11-06
Many in Laos said the Chinese-style art put up on lampposts across Vientiane symbolize China's growing influence and control.
2020-11-06
Residents of Ryanggang province who visited Hyesan on Nov. 1 must self-quarantine for 20 days.
2020-11-06
The democracy icon’s atrocity-tarred international reputation is not a factor in Myanmar's general elections.
2020-11-06
But the party’s acting chief says the two are united and that the strategy will fail.
2020-11-06
Emma Reilly says OHCHR has been doing so for years, putting participants and their families at risk.
2020-11-06
Some see the move as a signal to other countries in the region not to challenge China's operations in those countries' own territorial waters.
2020-11-06
The Canada-based co-founder of a Hong Kong cultural association says the rule of law no longer exists in the city.
2020-11-06
One lawmaker says he is being charged with 'contempt' of the city's legislature for chanting slogans during a tense confrontation in May.
2020-11-06
Moscow objects to impact on its interests in fossil fuels.
2020-11-06
Lu Siwei's law firm has been ordered to submit details of all of his recent cases for 'review,' in a move linked to his hiring by a Hong Kong family.
2020-11-05
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing cites military slogan supporting the Union, solidarity, and sovereignty.
2020-11-05
Citizens criticize government for not observing social distancing rules.
2020-11-05
Coronavirus restrictions require certification of a negative test and 14-day quarantine.
2020-11-05
China occupies virtually every rock and sandbar in the Paracel archipelago, a grouping of land features in the northern half of the South China Sea.
2020-11-05
Others think Biden will ease tariffs, helping the struggling Chinese economy, while the president of democratic Taiwan says relations won't be affected by either outcome.
2020-11-05
The act lifts an 18-year designation that many say was made in error in the wake of the Sept. 11 attack.
2020-11-05
A rights group meanwhile documents harsh treatment, including torture, of political prisoners in Vietnam's jails.
2020-11-05
The city's police force will take 'information, photos, audio and video' from informers under a new law banning dissent.
2020-11-04
Oil and gas exploration can now move ahead following President Rodrigo Duterte's lifting of a ban on the activity in the contested waterway.
2020-11-04
Ethnic Chinese living in North Korea encouraged to apply for exit visas to visit China.
2020-11-04
Intervention by the military is troubling to many in Myanmar, which endured harsh rule by its army from 1962 to 2011.
2020-11-04
Foreign-invested banana farms and other land concessions are using chemical fertilizers and pesticides in violation of government regulations banning or limiting their use.
2020-11-04
The government denies it has failed to deal with hate speech.
