Story Archive
2020-07-15
Observers welcome the move, although they acknowledge that it would largely be symbolic.
2020-07-15
A key figure in the election campaign pulls out, citing fears for his personal safety and that of those around him.
2020-07-15
Investigators found the corpse of Hasan Afriandi after receiving a tip from Destructive Fishing Watch.
2020-07-14
China's ambassador to the UK, who had issued public threats during the debate over Huawei, called London's decision "disappointing and wrong."
2020-07-14
The president also signed a bill that would sanction individuals and banks who abet China's erosion of Hong Kong’s autonomy.
2020-07-14
Attempting to flee is a crime, but doing it on Kim Il Sung’s death anniversary is more serious.
2020-07-14
Indonesia’s foreign ministry reacts obliquely to statement from the American secretary of state, calling it “normal.”
2020-07-14
Human Rights Watch says the government and micro-lenders have failed to assist those most vulnerable.
2020-07-14
Fellow liberal intellectuals say the 'prostitution' charges against Xu are a form of political retaliation for his criticism of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
2020-07-14
The US has aligned its policy with a 2016 Permanent Court of Arbitration ruling that undermined the legal basis of China’s claims to virtually all of the South China Sea.
2020-07-14
Beijing's cabinet-level office in charge of the city warns that the unofficial poll was a "flagrant provocation" under a new security law.
2020-07-13
They say the members did not speak with them about a deadly landslide in Hpakant.
2020-07-13
Citing international law, Washington wades into disputes between Beijing, Southeast Asian nations.
2020-07-13
The villager has accused three soldiers of abducting and raping her.
2020-07-13
China exerts pressure on Southeast Asian nations that want to exploit resources in the South China with international partners.
2020-07-13
Residents complain that Lao authorities are too soft on crimes committed by Chinese.
2020-07-13
Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, a popular religious teacher and promoter of Tibetan culture and social welfare, died five years ago under mysterious circumstances in a Chinese prison.
2020-07-13
Activists may try to make discreet offerings to Liu, whose ashes were scattered at sea, along China's beaches.
2020-07-13
The sanctions come days after the US announced a travel ban and asset freeze on top Xinjiang officials.
2020-07-13
A Harvard study says that India has “key under-appreciated conventional advantages that reduce its vulnerability to Chinese threats and attacks.”
2020-07-13
The move comes after a China-backed newspaper says the weekend's primary elections, in which more than 600,000 took part, broke the national security law.
2020-07-12
Hongkongers turn out in large numbers despite a police raid, official warnings and a surge in new coronavirus cases.
2020-07-10
Activists say police broke laws to thwart their participation.
2020-07-10
Anger over villager’s death follows days of clashes that displaced hundreds.
2020-07-10
The prize-winning author and editor cites the beating of a colleague and suppression by police.
2020-07-10
Shipment of cooking oil burns with massive black smoke columns at Sinuiju, but the cause is yet to be determined.
2020-07-10
Chinese authorities seek to quash loyalty to the exiled spiritual leader and deter protests in the monasteries against rule by Beijing.
2020-07-10
China's Communist Party imposed a new national security law on Hong Kong on June 30th that outlaws acts of "secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion with foreign or external forces that endanger national security." The dramatic reduction of the former British colony's promised autonomy began swiftly, with China's feared state security agency opening a huge office in the city, and politically sensitive books removed from public libraries.
2020-07-10
Experts say the most likely spark for China-U.S. fighting in the South China Sea is an accident.
2020-07-10
A former education official says though that schools are free to enforce their rules however they like.
