Story Archive
2020-06-23
Local residents post video footage of drowned streets and turbulent river flooding, while state media play down the extent of the damage.
2020-06-22
But the 35-year ruler says he won’t be ready to relinquish power for at least another decade.
2020-06-22
Lawyers suspect police pressured two detained discussion page leaders into refusing legal counsel.
2020-06-22
Caught up in Pyongyang’s anger at activist exiles in South Korea, many are trapped by coronavirus rules.
2020-06-22
The president has said he hadn’t done so because he didn’t want to derail earlier trade negotiations with Beijing.
2020-06-22
Nuclear-armed Asian powers China and India have become embroiled in a tense diplomatic and military standoff over disputed points along their mostly undemarcated, 3,500km (2,200-mile) Himalayan border. The first deadly border clash in more than 40 years between the world's two most populous nations on June 15 left 20 Indian soldiers dead after fierce hand-to-hand combat.
2020-06-22
A parallel law enforcement system is being set up in the city that enables the mainland Chinese criminal system to operate in Hong Kong.
2020-06-22
Zhang Zhan is charged with a public order offense often used to target peaceful critics of Beijing.
2020-06-19
Residents cautiously welcome news that some prices may be lowered, but wonder if the government will keep its word.
2020-06-19
Coronavirus response, journalism, and humanitarian aid have been crippled by the shutdown, Human Rights Watch says.
2020-06-19
Families with relatives in South Korea are widely thought to be better off.
2020-06-19
At least 16 have been detained on what are seen as politically motivated charges since January.
2020-06-19
US President Donald Trump has wide discretion to implement the bill he signed into law this week.
2020-06-19
The charges could mean Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor face possible life imprisonment.
2020-06-19
The provinces respond to a government focus on ‘new infrastructure’ with huge spending plans.
2020-06-19
Former leaders of the 2014 Umbrella Movement throw their hats into the ring in spite of already being in Beijing's sights.
2020-06-18
Critics say the trucks will be used against civilians in a government crackdown.
2020-06-18
Indonesia reaffirms position that it has no overlapping claims with China in contested waterway.
2020-06-18
Azimet Enver was detained in 2018 along with his father who had visited him in Turkey.
2020-06-18
A Turkey-based Uyghur tells how she learned of her family’s imprisonment in Xinjiang from the Chinese Embassy.
2020-06-18
The intruders leave following heated arguments between the rival groups, with the state-affiliated branch backed by local police.
2020-06-18
Phyo Min Thein was accused of flouting coronavirus restrictions and budget irregularities.
2020-06-18
The Kathmandu government has cited promises of millions of dollars of Chinese investment in restricting Tibetan activities in the country.
2020-06-18
The democratic island will set up an office to handle visa applications and asylum claims from Hong Kong's seven million residents.
2020-06-18
Anyone deemed to have been 'colluding with foreign forces' could be a target, as Chinese officials start name-checking pro-democracy figures in public.
2020-06-18
Statues would commemorate the 70th anniversary of ties between Vientiane and Moscow.
2020-06-17
Yu is found guilty of 'incitement to subvert state power' in a secret trial and sentencing hearing at the Xuzhou Intermediate People's Court.
2020-06-17
Malaysian official denies it; foreign minister defends country’s treatment of Rohingya.
2020-06-17
Security officials extract pledges of secrecy from witnesses, but word of the balloons spreads anyway.
2020-06-17
Pratas, which is called Dongsha by both China and Taiwan, is claimed by both governments but occupied by Taiwan.
