Story Archive
2020-10-14
The abductions took place in southern Rakhine, which has been relatively untouched by the 23-month-old conflict.
2020-10-14
The Union Election Commission says the politicians failed to meet citizenship requirements.
2020-10-14
Tibet advocacy groups welcome the move, calling it a display of support for the Tibetan people and a sign of a strengthened US stance toward China.
2020-10-14
Rising waters are befouled by weeks of trash left by striking sanitation workers.
2020-10-14
Vietnam hasn't commented on the intrusion yet, but China's move comes at a diplomatically sensitive time.
2020-10-14
Ablet Bawudun had been detained in 2017 in excellent physical condition.
2020-10-14
The New People's Army (NPA) will target Chinese companies involved in the 'plunder and destruction of Philippine marine resources' in the South China Sea, the outlawed Communist Party of the Philippines says.
2020-10-14
Xi's economic reforms will likely lead the Chinese economy back in the direction of central planning.
2020-10-14
Young campaigners across several Asian nations issue calls to resist Chinese influence and authoritarian rule by their own governments.
2020-10-13
Campaign posters and voting apps have featured derogatory language about the Muslim minority in western Myanmar.
2020-10-13
Amid abuses in Xinjiang and Tibet, China sees its vote tally drop by 41 countries from four years ago.
2020-10-13
Japan’s engagement in the region shows off how it has comparatively less fraught relations with Southeast Asian states than China does, a US analyst says.
2020-10-13
Tran Huynh Duy Thuc is serving a 16-year prison term for online writings criticizing Vietnam's one-party communist government.
2020-10-13
General Gilbert Gapay blames both China and the US for rising tensions in the strategic waterway, which China claims almost entirely as its own.
2020-10-13
They are forced out of their village in spite of a national law protecting Christians’ rights to practice and preach their religion.
2020-10-13
Manh says Pham Doan Trang has been sent essentials in detention but hasn’t met her relatives.
2020-10-13
Dissidents and former detainees say 'spying' charges are frequently pinned on people Beijing detains for political reasons.
2020-10-13
Radio Free Myanmar carried 300 false claims about the ruling party and Rohingya in a month, says a watchdog.
2020-10-13
The Trump administration says the presence of China's 'authoritarian influence' on US higher education campuses is cause for concern.
2020-10-12
Kim Jong Un’s tearful apology, seen as a reflection of his country's hardship, drew some local mockery.
2020-10-12
Malaysia's detention of the boats was legal but puts it in a tricky position 'because it involves China,' one regional analyst says.
2020-10-12
But some in Bangladesh say public displays of support for Rakhine state's ethnic Arakan Army could delay efforts to repatriate Rohingya refugees also in Bangladesh.
2020-10-12
The minorities share a long history in Rakhine state and recent experience of mistreatment by the Myanmar army.
2020-10-12
Analysts have warned that the deal could leave Phnom Penh poorer and beholden to Beijing.
2020-10-12
Tsegon Gyal had been jailed for writing a blog criticizing China's restrictive 'ethnic unity' policies in Tibetan areas.
2020-10-12
Abdurehim Gheni says he believes authorities responded to an inquiry because of his relentless protests.
2020-10-12
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam postpones annual policy address two days ahead of schedule.
2020-10-12
Hospitals and residential buildings are locked down as the authorities order the testing of nine million people.
2020-10-09
Some 900 migrant workers rallied to be allowed to vote on the Chinese side of the border, which they can’t easily cross.
2020-10-09
Experts expect that Pyongyang will display new weapons in what will be the largest parade in country’s history.
