Story Archive
2019-06-11
Separately, 38 Myanmar nationals were rescued in a possible trafficking case, officials said.
2019-06-11
The April 2016 spill of toxic waste from a steel plant polluted the coastline of four Vietnamese provinces, leaving thousands out of work.
2019-06-11
Peng Yonghe is beaten and his cell phone stolen, along with a warning to withdraw as Wang Mo's defense attorney.
2019-06-11
Pro-democracy lawmakers and rights activists are calling on people to strike, boycott class, and shut down businesses to surround the legislature ahead of the debate.
2019-06-11
Chinese navy personnel stock up on baby formula while docked in Australia. Worried Chinese parents often stock up on infant formula from overseas after tainted products made in China led to sickness and even death among Chinese babies, in a major scandal.
2019-06-10
Nguyen, detained since July 2018, has not been given access to a lawyer or his family.
2019-06-10
The search warrant, issued in January, is now almost five months old, pointing to an unusual delay in gathering evidence in the case.
2019-06-10
HRW and local organizations urge attendees to discuss Cambodian press freedom at major regional media event.
2019-06-10
Row emerges as leaked ASEAN report predicts half a million Rohingya refugees will return to Myanmar in two years.
2019-06-10
They say that ethnic army soldiers are hiding among the displaced civilians sheltering there.
2019-06-10
Taiwan's president and leading political figures say Beijing's 'one country, two systems' formula must be utterly rejected by Taiwanese people.
2019-06-10
Police fired pepper spray, tear gas and used batons to quell protesters angry at the government's refusal to alter course.
2019-06-10
State-owned companies face pressure from pipeline merger plan.
2019-06-09
The Hong Kong government refuses to back down over the controversial plan, as police clash with protesters who refuse to leave.
2019-06-07
Senior Pentagon, State Department officials see security threats arising from abuses of Muslims and seek global response.
2019-06-07
Ha Van Thanh has been on the run for more than a year after Vietnamese police began rounding up Formosa Company protesters.
2019-06-07
Rakhine political leaders and NGOs meanwhile say that many in Rakhine have given up on political parties and prefer armed action.
2019-06-07
Singapore PM ruffled feathers recalling Vietnam’s 1979 invasion and decade-long occupation of Cambodia.
2019-06-07
Monks and nuns who came from other areas to join the center are being sent home, with no provision made for them to find housing or continue their studies.
2019-06-07
Price of pork remains stable as sources believe pork is being smuggled in.
2019-06-07
Banners opposing changes to the law, to allow alleged suspects to be sent to face trial in mainland China, are seen across the city.
2019-06-07
The US has been responding to calls from the democratic island's president for military support in the face of China's ambition for 'unification.'
2019-06-06
The Uyghur Human Rights Policy Act would seek accountability for China’s harsh crackdown in Xinjiang.
2019-06-06
Unmanned aircraft are being used for maritime surveillance and to track movements of southern militants, one official says.
2019-06-06
Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback warns that appeasing China on its Uyghur detention camps will embolden Beijing and other repressive regimes.
2019-06-06
Tun Myint Win had been jailed for protesting against a Chinese-backed cement factory in Mandalay, and died on June 5.
2019-06-06
Nguyen Ngoc Anh found guilty of spreading information to “combat the state.”
2019-06-06
A former professor is on the run after talking about the number of dead, while a rights activist is incommunicado after setting out for Beijing.
2019-06-06
Lawyers say the government's claims that legal safeguards will protect alleged criminal suspects requested by China are meaningless.
2019-06-05
Three still held face charges from the May 15 protest against a Chinese-backed cement works in which company vehicles were set on fire.
