Story Archive
2020-07-23
One of Cambodia's nature reserve forests disappeared at the shocking rate of one football pitch every hour of 2019, and the illegal logging that drives deforestation has accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Forest conservation activists say Cambodia's loss of 26 percent of its tree cover since 2000 is the result of authoritarianism and corruption in the de facto one-party state where the business tycoons and military officials who cull and sell off the country's tropical hardwood enjoy impunity thanks to their close ties to Prime Minister Hun Sen's ruling party.
2020-07-23
Chinese state media blames the move on the forthcoming US presidential election in November.
2020-07-23
Rohingya fleeing atrocities in Myanmar's Rakhine state should be allowed the protections given to refugees, rights groups say.
2020-07-22
The drills include an amphibious warfare exercise on Singkep, an island in Indonesia’s Riau chain, officials say.
2020-07-22
NGOs demand transparency and accountability of Lao government and investors.
2020-07-22
Rights groups say stiff-arming the UN over serious abuses in Rakhine hasn’t helped the country’s case.
2020-07-22
They say to avoid questions over birth control policies and focus on subsidies distributed by the party.
2020-07-22
Defense chief says protecting territorial integrity is a top priority for the government in Manila.
2020-07-22
The United States on July 13 declared that China’s sweeping claims in the South China Sea are illegal and accused Beijing of treating the disputed waters as a “maritime empire,” bullying Southeast Asian nations and denying them their rights to the energy and marine resources in their waters. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who with the declaration formally aligned the U.S. position with the legal outcome of a key 2016 international court ruling on the sea, said: “America stands with our Southeast Asian allies and partners in protecting their sovereign rights to offshore resources, consistent with their rights and obligations under international law.”
2020-07-22
The State Department says the move was made to protect American privacy and intellectual property.
2020-07-22
The herders say the local authorities are blocking access to their traditional grazing lands in the name of conservation.
2020-07-22
Lobsang Sangay, the current president of Tibet's government-in-exile, will relinquish his post when his term in office ends in May 2021.
2020-07-22
Analysts say Xiao Jianhua will likely get a lengthy jail term while the government will get his wealth.
2020-07-21
Hackers worked for Ministry of State Security and targeted COVID-19 research, U.S. says.
2020-07-21
The war-torn country is trying to meet obligations under the UN children’s rights treaty.
2020-07-21
At video lecture, senior party official says 70 percent of North Koreans watch TV from the South
2020-07-21
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper accuses Beijing of engaging in “systematic rule-breaking, coercion and other malign activities.”
2020-07-21
The firm was among scores of global retailers named as selling goods made with forced labor from Xinjiang.
2020-07-21
Analysts say reminder shows that Hun Sen still fears the CNRP and its leaders.
2020-07-21
The Kayan women lost their jobs selling crafts with the collapse of Thailand’s tourism sector.
2020-07-21
The restrictions follow an announcement of the first infection in the prefectural seat.
2020-07-21
A district councilor is taken away from a protest marking last year's Yuen Long mob attack.
2020-07-21
Lawyers in Hong Kong say the move is a vote of no confidence in the city's courts after China imposed a draconian security law.
2020-07-20
Villagers afraid to venture into forests to gather wild fruits and vegetables.
2020-07-20
An ethnic Karen rebel group says the killing violates a nationwide cease-fire pact.
2020-07-20
The CNRP leader has been meeting with local residents on a series of ‘sightseeing’ trips.
2020-07-20
The companies were identified by the US Commerce Department as complicit in human rights violations against Uyghurs.
2020-07-20
Authorities also confirm the first infection in the regional city of Kashgar.
2020-07-20
Xu Zhangrun publishes the letter just days after his release from police detention on what fellow dissidents say are trumped-up charges.
2020-07-20
Public health experts say local hospitals could be overwhelmed if stricter curbs on people's movements are not adopted soon.
