Story Archive
2020-02-28
Cars with Chinese plates serve Chinese customers in the streets of Vientiane.
2020-02-28
Jose Manuel Romualdez said he expects negotiators to recommend a VFA replacement to President Duterte.
2020-02-28
Expert applauds decision, but says humanitarian organizations should not need exemptions.
2020-02-28
The still unnamed woman was arrested on Feb. 24, with others who shared the post now being sought by police.
2020-02-28
Activists say the Rohingya will keep leaving unless treatment, conditions improve in Rakhine state.
2020-02-28
The woman was handed a punishment of two years in prison, but given a suspended sentence.
2020-02-28
Chinese vessels are monitoring and harassing energy exploration efforts by Malaysia, following a stand-off with Vietnam.
2020-02-28
Waste run-off from construction has polluted rivers and a creek in Vang Vieng, with authorities warning local people not to fish or use water from the streams.
2020-02-28
An elderly Uyghur with longstanding medical issues says he was mistakenly quarantined for coronavirus.
2020-02-28
The Court of Arbitration for Sport finds that Sun violated anti-doping test rules by smashing vials of his blood in September 2018.
2020-02-28
Heavy reliance on Chinese demand is expected to weaken Russia's economic growth.
2020-02-28
The woman was allowed through the quarantine barrier placed around Hubei in spite of showing flu-like symptoms.
2020-02-28
Lai is charged with 'taking part in an illegal assembly' along with two other veteran democracy activists.
2020-02-28
Truong Duy Nhat's lawyers have said the court had effectively blocked their plans for defending their client.
2020-02-27
Sports and arts festivals held yearly since the 1970s were canceled for the first time in 2020.
2020-02-27
Members of the exile community say the move shows ‘Uyghur lives don’t matter’ in China.
2020-02-27
The U.N. rights agency catalogs what it calls the ‘institutionalized persecution of the Rohingya in Rakhine state.’
2020-02-27
Already pressing for access to Xinjiang, where China is holding over a million Uyghurs in internment camps, Michelle Bachelet should also insist on access to Tibet, ICT says.
2020-02-27
Minister says Dhaka now focused on repatriating refugees to Myanmar.
2020-02-27
Spokesman says troops will keep country secure despite Manila's decision to drop the Visiting Forces Agreement.
2020-02-27
South Korean coronavirus patient was in Vietnam one week before testing positive.
2020-02-27
Only one of Truong Duy Nhat's lawyers has been told to come to court, blocking their plans for defending their client.
2020-02-27
People are being charged hefty fees by the authorities for their keep after being placed in mandatory quarantine.
2020-02-27
But union reps say factoring in the suspension of an EU trade scheme leads to even greater losses.
2020-02-27
Li Zehua's apparent detention comes amid reports of a comprehensive cover-up of early research into the COVID-19 coronavirus.
2020-02-27
Higher-ups asked police to cover it up, so they sent the case to the prosecutor’s office, which launched a three-month investigation.
2020-02-26
Unmanned aircraft are to be used for maritime surveillance including around the Natuna islands.
2020-02-26
Cambodia PM calls on China to airlift raw materials, while Myanmar and Vietnam try to help their workers in Korea.
2020-02-26
A defense lawyer says the case is a “political conflict” that requires talks to resolve.
2020-02-26
No new coronavirus infections have been reported in the regional capital in almost a month, though the number of cases in Tawu still climbs.
