Story Archive
2020-01-17
Ministry of Public Security says accounts were blocked due to ongoing investigation
2020-01-17
Authorities have hidden the grave of late ousted liberal premier Zhao Ziyang and installed facial recognition in the cemetery.
2020-01-17
Ren Ruiting, fled to Taiwan with five other family members after Chinese authorities raided her church shares her reaction to watching her first fully democratic election.
2020-01-17
Real estate serves as a money laundering vehicle for ill-gotten gains, but also as potential safe havens should the current regime in Cambodia collapse.
2020-01-17
Sophia Huang says it's 'not convenient' for her to meet up with friends, suggesting her freedom may still be restricted.
2020-01-17
The pace of BRI investment slows with pressure on China's economy.
2020-01-17
Every workplace employing North Koreans now has an assigned overseer.
2020-01-16
Nuanced findings reveal worry over China’s growing economic clout, and support for Beijing in many ASEAN countries.
2020-01-16
Drawn from witness accounts, the report compiled by Vietnamese journalists and activists contradicts government statements.
2020-01-16
One witness says he and fellow victims truthfully described the torture at the hands of the provincial military police officials that led to Tuy Sros’ death on Jan. 1.
2020-01-16
The CNRP called the proceedings a ‘political show,’ while NGOs demanded greater access to the court.
2020-01-16
Many see great opportunities in Myanmar’s rich neighbor, but polls show ambivalence about Beijing.
2020-01-16
Authorities will issue National Verification Cards to an additional 29 Rohingya.
2020-01-16
A rights group meanwhile calls for greater scrutiny of the Try Pheap Group's investment plans, saying the social and environmental impacts of its work have not been fully examined.
2020-01-16
Japanese health officials say they have treated a man for the novel coronavirus (nCoV), who is now recuperating at home.
2020-01-16
The decision comes as chief executive Carrie Lam tells lawmakers that there has been no police brutality, in spite of widespread local and international criticism.
2020-01-16
Structure is going up in the middle of a future sprawling planned township outside Dhaka.
2020-01-15
World Uyghur Congress President Dolkun Isa now worries about siblings still in Xinjiang.
2020-01-15
Five incidents of human trafficking to China have already occurred this year.
2020-01-15
They had interfered with local government and spread 'the evil influence' of religion, state-controlled Tibetan media say.
2020-01-15
Her visit follows a trip to Kachin state and comes amid international lawsuits and continued violence in Rakhine state.
2020-01-15
But the CNRP chief’s lawyer says the video lacks context or sufficient proof to convict.
2020-01-15
Some say the move will further undermine Tibetan national identity, already weakened by Han Chinese migration into the region.
2020-01-15
The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) calls on governments to resist Chinese influence amid a hostile global environment for basic rights and freedom.
2020-01-15
Chang Weiping is under enforced disappearance, while Zhang Baocheng has been indicted on 'terrorism' charges.
2020-01-15
Farmers in Thai villages suffer economically from drought, vanishing fish.
2020-01-15
Hwagyo are foreign citizens and have traditionally been exempt, but that is now changing.
2020-01-15
Freedom House says an expansion of Beijing’s efforts has ‘serious implications’ for democratic societies.
2020-01-14
Maj. Gen. Wang Zhongcai’s visit comes amid Beijing’s diplomatic tensions with Jakarta over maritime rights.
2020-01-14
They say the Chinese-backed company that operates the mine has not acted on recommendations by a parliamentary commission.