Story Archive
2020-06-05
China's Nine-Dash Line Map showing what Beijing calls historical claims lacks international legal basis, Indonesia says.
2020-06-05
A lawmaker says he fears that their abrupt departure will weaken the rule of law in Myebon township.
2020-06-05
Chinese state media and officials have tried to score easy propaganda points from U.S. racial tensions and social unrest in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, but the tactic can backfire spectacularly, as Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying found out recently. When she tweeted "I can't breathe" — using some of Floyd's last words with a policeman's knee on his neck — readers were quick to shoot back: "I can't tweet," reminding everyone that twitter is blocked by China.
2020-06-05
UHRP says China hopes to eradicate the historical significance of the ‘cradle of Uyghur culture.’
2020-06-05
Detained dissident Xu Zhiyong is also honored on the 31st anniversary of the June 4 crackdown with an award by American PEN.
2020-06-05
The dam's operations will affect water flows on the Mekong, negatively impacting communities in both countries, the groups say.
2020-06-05
Wong Keung has fled Hong Kong after being placed under police surveillance for his role in last year's protest movement.
2020-06-05
The government omits efficiency target for 2020 after falling short of its mark in 2019.
2020-06-04
Operation Yellowbird successfully enabled 400 pro-democracy Chinese activists to escape to free countries through Hong between 1989 and 1997, when Beijing assumed sovereignty over the British colony.
2020-06-04
The graveyard is the latest of dozens in the region that have been razed in recent years.
2020-06-04
The main, military-backed opposition believes the ruling party can gain advantage from delaying the start of campaigning.
2020-06-04
Mother Nature activists had planned to petition the government to give an island protected status.
2020-06-04
Myanmar's military declines to confirm numbers, though, adding that ethnic troops sometimes dress as civilians.
2020-06-04
Crowds gradually fill up Victoria Park in spite of a strong police presence and fences aimed at keeping them out.
2020-06-04
The man illegally entered Rakhine state from a refugee camp in neighboring Bangladesh with his family.
2020-06-04
A feminist and rights activist born after the 1989 Tiananmen massacre talks about its impact on her, growing up in China.
2020-06-03
Twelve countries, both dictatorships and democracies, had stifled debate in the name of fighting fake news.
2020-06-03
Foreign secretary praises President Duterte for keeping nation safe through alliance with Washington.
2020-06-03
He says bipartisan support in Congress will ‘make these things possible.’
2020-06-03
Chen Yunfei has been incommunicado since taking part in a public commemoration of the massacre, which are banned by the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
2020-06-03
Other administrators say they are considering resigning to avoid arbitrary arrest.
2020-06-03
“In asserting such vast maritime claims in the South China Sea, China purports to restrict the rights and freedoms, including the navigational rights and freedoms, enjoyed by all States,” the note read.
2020-06-03
The victims' group says they are owed a detailed account of the decisions leading up to the massacre.
2020-06-03
About 1 million people have been stranded in Thailand since COVID-19 stalled the economy.
2020-06-02
Cases spike as the country records 2,911 new infections.
2020-06-02
Sarcastic phrase becomes common gibe among trendy North Korean people.
2020-06-02
Beijing has in recent years skirted international law with its sweeping claims and artificial island-building and used strong-arm tactics to bully the vessels of other claimants.
2020-06-02
The government military vows instead to retaliate for recent attacks on troops in Rakhine state.
2020-06-02
Police say they are protecting community health, but the Tibetans claim discrimination since other businesses can open.
2020-06-02
Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened arrests after the opposition urged a delay of debt payments amid the outbreak.
