Story Archive
2016-06-08
Police in China's Ili prefecture near the Kazakh border issue new restrictions on travel documents.
2016-06-07
Chinese authorities try again to reduce the population of Serthar county's Larung Gar Buddhist Academy.
2016-06-07
A new government report says the lack of rain and resultant salt intrusion have cost the nation more than $670 million.
2016-06-07
Myaing Kyee Ngu and his supporters have been transporting trucks and bricks to Saint Mark Anglican church in Karen state.
2016-06-07
They want their race and religion shown on ID cards that will make them eligible to apply for full citizenship.
2016-06-07
Hun Sen's government continues to pressure rival party over petition thumbprints and lawmakers' immunity.
2016-06-07
Hun Sen's government continues to pressure rival party over petition thumbprints and lawmakers' immunity.
2016-06-07
Lobsang Tsering was enrolled in restive Kirti monastery, the scene of frequent protests against Chinese rule.
2016-06-07
The wives stood outside court buildings with messages of support for their husbands printed on buckets.
2016-06-07
Joshua Wong is acquitted on charges of obstructing police officers during the burning of a Beijing policy paper in 2014.
2016-06-07
Authorities deny allegations that they beat the Uzbek national while holding him for drug possession.
2016-06-06
Government representative Tin Myo Win will sit down with leaders from the two rebel groups to get them on board for a major peace conference.
2016-06-06
Sunday's rallies tried to demand accountability from a silent Hanoi two months after a major ecological disaster.
2016-06-06
Police let the six land activists and one citizen journalist go after they signed a pledge to not participate in further campaigns or cause ‘social disorder.’
2016-06-06
Police let the six land activists and one citizen journalist go after they signed a pledge to not participate in further campaigns or cause ‘social disorder.’
2016-06-06
Villagers oppose Chinese gold-mining operations on a nearby sacred mountain.
2016-06-06
Seventeen Uyghurs are detained over 'pro-Ramadan' propaganda, an exile group says.
2016-06-06
Rights groups want U.S. officials to push back at strategic dialogues on Beijing's treatment of peaceful dissidents.
2016-06-06
Import dependence adds to strains in South China Sea.
2016-06-04
The city hosts the largest commemoration of the bloodshed in the world, and the only one in China.
2016-06-03
Arrested Uzbek man claims he was framed for helping the Uyghur suspects.
2016-06-03
Property owners had applied for permission to build, but were turned down after failing to pay bribes, sources say.
2016-06-03
Rights activists across China will fast for a day in honor of those who died in the bloody end to the 1989 democracy movement.
2016-06-03
The civilian-led government seeks the cooperation of the armed ethnic groups on a political dialogue framework.
2016-06-03
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has formed the group to prevent illegal logging and lumber smuggling to neighboring countries.
2016-06-03
China needs to win over area residents before it can resume construction of the U.S. $3.6 billion hydropower project.
2016-06-03
The director general of Electricite du Laos apologizes to consumers for erroneous billings in May.
2016-06-03
Meanwhile, security officers travel with larger vessels to monitor crews' use of communications equipment.
2016-06-03
A former leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement says Hong Kong's "localist" movement has much to learn from China.
2016-06-03
Wang Yi's ill-tempered outburst in Ottawa reflects a deep disconnect between Beijing's promises and its actions, they say.
