Story Archive
2020-08-21
But stakeholders have a long way to go to build a federal democratic union, analysts say.
2020-08-21
The Stimson Center’s Olli Heinonen, formerly of the IAEA, assesses potential flood damage to North Korea’s nuclear facilities.
2020-08-21
The UNHCR calls on Myanmar to create conditions conducive to the return of Rohingya refugees driven from the country by the military.
2020-08-21
China has confiscated fishing gear from Philippine boats operating in their own waters and has improperly 'challenged' Philippine planes patrolling the region, Manila says.
2020-08-21
Xaysana Keopimpha was found guilty of smuggling millions of pills of methamphetamine into Thailand.
2020-08-21
A new 'public opinion research' organization is traced back to the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
2020-08-21
Fellow lawyer Wang Yu says his incommunicado detention for three years has sparked growing fears of torture.
2020-08-21
A campaign group says the authorities are targeting Liberal Studies, which has been blamed for recent waves of mass protest.
2020-08-21
Xi calls for "connectivity" between domestic and export markets.
2020-08-21
“I cannot find any jobs in my hometown, so I regret that I came home,” said a young Lao woman.
2020-08-20
The increased border security aims at stopping illegal crossings and smuggling.
2020-08-20
Clothing makers say they may be lured away by neighboring countries’ moves toward green energy.
2020-08-20
'China holds all the cards. It has the dams upriver and it hosts the meeting,' says scholar Sophal Ear.
2020-08-20
At least 16 Indonesians have died while working under harsh and strenuous conditions aboard Chinese boats, according to reports.
2020-08-20
Large numbers of Chinese tourists and workers meanwhile enter Lhasa without restrictions, sources say.
2020-08-20
As part of China’s military build-up over the past two decades, it has rapidly improved its submarine force, and now has about 70 submarines.
2020-08-20
A work center staffer confirms that a new jobs plan will relocate mostly internees to construction jobs.
2020-08-20
Jaya Pathak discusses why the international community needs to help the Uyghurs and how to do so.
2020-08-20
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has ordered local governments to begin a nationwide crackdown on food waste.
2020-08-20
Asiatic black bear numbers in the wild have been declining because of the demand for the bears’ bile for traditional medicine and loss of their habitat due to deforestation.
2020-08-20
Online students in China and the loved ones of overseas activists are vulnerable to reprisals from police back home.
2020-08-19
The women were driven to the sex trade under the burden of heavy school fees, sources say.
2020-08-19
Ethnic groups say lack of equality and human rights fuel conflicts that go back to 1948.
2020-08-19
Myanmar's military is arresting more civilians as fighting continues in the region.
2020-08-19
They say both nations face ‘oppression of the citizens by dictators’ who are crushing dissent.
2020-08-19
The move comes after the USbans Chinese-owned TikTok, and amid growing military tension with China.
2020-08-19
The move comes as chief executive Carrie Lam says the national security law will be a 'turning point' for education in the city.
2020-08-18
Residents fear that new Central Emergency Quarantine Headquarters will exert more control over them.
2020-08-18
The arrests come two days after the Malaysian coast guard shot and killed a Vietnamese fisherman whose boat allegedly attacked the Malaysian ship.
2020-08-18
Eng Chhay Eang says the prime minister is politicizing the dispute to crackdown on dissent.
