Story Archive
2017-05-09
The prime minister threatens an end to peace if his party is voted from power.
2017-05-09
Only Uyghurs are targeted in a move to investigate the political views of students studying abroad.
2017-05-09
They say authorities are trying to bring the clergymen up on ‘anti-state’ charges.
2017-05-09
Some 20,000 residents gather outside government buildings as police set up roadblocks and social media posts are deleted.
2017-05-09
The Quran is considered 'pretty separatist' by the ruling Chinese Communist Party, as are beards and full-length dark clothing, officials say.
2017-05-08
Dinh La Thang committed ‘serious mistakes and violations’ while running a state oil giant, it said.
2017-05-08
The Environmental Investigation Agency says kickbacks to Cambodian authorities have amounted to more than $13 million since early last November.
2017-05-08
The Environmental Investigation Agency says kickbacks to Cambodian authorities have amounted to more than $13 million since early last November.
2017-05-08
The incident occurs as members of an advisory commission on Rakhine meets with Buddhist and Muslim leaders over religious tensions.
2017-05-08
Sources say the move could come as early as May and would seriously affect the North’s economy.
2017-05-08
Gonpo, aged 43, is taken into custody following two-self immolation protests in Kardze in the last two months.
2017-05-08
Xie Yang had previously declared that any confession he made would be under duress, or because he had been offered a plea bargain.
2017-05-08
Protesters are beaten and detained as they march through the streets of Qingyuan city over plans for a waste incinerator power plant on their doorstep.
2017-05-08
A surge in unregulated lending triggers alarm.
2017-05-07
Chagdor Kyab, 16, shouted plea for Tibetan freedom before being taken away by authorities in Amdo.
2017-05-05
But an environmental group says any sand taken out of the country is done so illegally.
2017-05-05
But an environmental group says any sand taken out of the country is done so illegally.
2017-05-05
The incident has prompted a lawmaker in the country’s Ayeyarwady region to raise questions about the transfer of money.
2017-05-05
Bach Hong Quyen had covered the government’s response to the Formosa toxic waste spill.
2017-05-05
Promised increases are refused by company managers, who say the workers' salaries are already high.
2017-05-05
Visitors will be monitored for ideas that are 'damaging to China's reputation' and for 'taboo' questions and conversation topics.
2017-05-05
Chen Jiangang and his family were detained in Yunnan, possibly during an attempt by the lawyer to smuggle his wife and two children out of China.
2017-05-04
But he denies taking part in the beating of Le My Hanh and her friends.
2017-05-04
The move comes as the government and other powerful people take heat for cracking down on those who write critical posts of them online.
2017-05-04
The animals, including poultry and rabbits, were believed by authorities to be infected with bird flu.
2017-05-04
The former chief minister of Magway region transfers 3 billion kyats to the regional government, with more to come.
2017-05-04
Villagers complain they are not being provided with the means to make a living after their land is taken.
2017-05-04
The man’s father says his injuries and video footage do not suggest he killed himself.
2017-05-04
Rights activists say the state security police are trying to scare off supporters of Xie, whose reports of torture in detention have sparked an international outcry.
2017-05-04
Supporters say his current health problems are linked to the authorities' refusal of his medical parole during a three-year jail term handed down in 2008.
