Story Archive
2020-03-04
Fiery Cross has been built into a logistics hub for passing Chinese vessels, and is near the site of an ongoing stand-off between Chinese coastguard ships and a Malaysian energy exploration team.
2020-03-04
As virus scare makes food more expensive, parents resent being made to fund school cleansing.
2020-03-03
Government officials prevent a cruise ship from docking near Yangon to keep COVID-19 at bay.
2020-03-03
A Chinese syndicate and another group smuggled in a combined U.S. $370 million in cash last year, officials say.
2020-03-03
Residents of four townships under United Wa State Army control have not been able to vote in past contests.
2020-03-03
March is also a month of politically sensitive anniversaries, pointing to possible Chinese security concerns.
2020-03-03
The decision follows several collapses in recent years and amid a push to power the region.
2020-03-03
Remaining flights to China and South Korea suspended indefinitely.
2020-03-03
Now living in Hue in poor health, Nguyen Van Ly still calls for resistance to Vietnam's communist government, his nephew says.
2020-03-03
Nigare Abdushukur and her mother Merhaba were jailed in late 2018, according to a relative in exile.
2020-03-03
Big data and surveillance technology are being rolled out to give or deny access to people based on their recent movements and purchase history.
2020-03-03
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan intervene after schools issue prescriptions, demand to see evidence medicine is being taken.
2020-03-03
Experts say North Korea is still downplaying the presence of the virus inside the country.
2020-03-02
Police say the suspects were a drug dealer and members of a robbery gang.
2020-03-02
Observers say the decision suggests Cambodia is acting in China’s interests, rather than its own.
2020-03-02
Three civilians were left dead near a bridge, with bruises and other signs of abuse on their bodies.
2020-03-02
Germany-based Bui Thanh Hieu's 86-year-old mother, now in hospital, has been made a particular target for harassment, he says.
2020-03-02
The move is in retaliation over Beijing's long-running 'intimidation and harassment' of journalists working in China.
2020-03-02
Leh Leh Win, 30, suspects a former friend may have attacked her, but no arrests have been made.
2020-03-02
Chau Van Kham, a retired baker from Australia, must now serve a 12-year-term for being a member of the U.S.-based Viet Tan opposition party.
2020-03-02
MT Courageous anchored illegally in Cambodian waters, but had participated in ship-to-ship transfers with North Korean vessels.
2020-03-02
Protesters gathering to mark six months after the Prince Edward MTR attack are tear gassed, while journalists are pepper sprayed.
2020-03-02
The Uyghurs were also told their relatives refused to speak with them, citing acts of ‘separatism.’
2020-03-02
The move comes as draconian new rules take effect banning any "negative" or unconfirmed content.
2020-03-01
The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) this month revised its criteria in measuring emerging economies, removing China from its list of "developing countries" eligible for preferential treatment in trade matters.
