Story Archive
2008-05-30
Global food prices are still sky-high, but Cambodia has announced an end to its ban on rice exports, and Vietnam may soon follow suit.
2008-05-30
Global food prices are still sky-high, but Cambodia has announced an end to its ban on rice exports, and Vietnam may soon follow suit.
2008-05-30
Weeks ahead of Cambodia's general election, Prime Minister Hun Sen's government forces the closure of an independent radio station that gave airtime to the opposition.
2008-05-30
Weeks ahead of Cambodia's general election, Prime Minister Hun Sen's government forces the closure of an independent radio station that gave airtime to the opposition.
2008-05-29
Chinese authorities in the Tibet Autonomous Region this week detained five monks in connection with a series of small blasts during massive anti-Chinese protests in late March.
2008-05-29
A young mother from North Korea dies of lung cancer just three weeks after settling as a refugee with her family in the United States, after a harrowing journey that highlights the plight of North Korean defectors.
2008-05-29
Burma's volunteer groups are helping villagers return to their land in the Irrawaddy delta in a bid to kick-start a rice harvest amid severe food shortages that linger in cyclone-hit areas. Relief still isn't reliably available to all, with at least 1 million people still falling between the cracks.
2008-05-28
Ethnic Chinese families close to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen are playing a key role in putting Chinese companies in touch with top Cambodian officials, resulting in billions of dollars' worth of deals.
2008-05-28
Authorities in the southwestern province of Sichuan have denied rumors of another massive earthquake threatening the devastated region, amid continuing allegations of corruption aimed at local officials.
2008-05-28
Ethnic Chinese families close to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen are playing a key role in putting Chinese companies in touch with top Cambodian officials, resulting in billions of dollars' worth of deals.
2008-05-27
Authorities in Sichuan have announced that China's tough family planning regulations will be relaxed to accommodate parents whose children have been severely injured or killed in the recent earthquake, along with those wishing to adopt an orphan from the disaster-hit region.
2008-05-27
More than two months after Tibet erupted in protests against China's heavy-handed rule, Tibetan sources in the region report the arrest of one of their own for allegedly making contact with Hong Kong media.
2008-05-27
Citizens in China have formed surveillance groups to supervise aid distribution to millions hit by the May 12 earthquake, as officials promise full accountability for relief supplies administered by the Chinese Red Cross.
2008-05-23
Tyler Chapman spent a week among Burmese refugees and exiles in Thailand in February. He found that few, if any, have found happiness in their flight from the oppression back home.
2008-05-23
The Sichuan earthquake will drive up demand for steel for rebuilding—which some say will cause massive damage to the environment.
2008-05-22
In An county, Sichuan province, our reporter meets anger and frustration. Left to fend for themselves, villagers curse the government.
2008-05-22
Five million people are without permanent shelter in the wake of last week's earthquake, with rescuers now beginning to call off the search for survivors. China's leaders have appealed for international aid supplies, saying a further 3 million tents are needed.
2008-05-21
Sent back to North Korea from China four times, the Cho sisters finally won resettlement as U.S. refugees. Now they're planning for the future but still worrying about those they left behind.
2008-05-21
In Tibet, Chinese authorities have cracked down again on a nunnery suspected of inculcating separatism. The move highlights the quiet but pivotal role played by Tibetan Buddhist nuns.
2008-05-21
Lin Di goes to Beichuan Qiang in Sichuan and meets an earthquake survivor rushing back to search for her father.
2008-05-21
Dozens of Burmese cyclone refugees may have died when their boats went down in the Irrawaddy river after the junta ordered them to return home.
2008-05-21
Nearly two and a half million people have been affected by a cyclone that tore through Burma on May 3rd. The military rulers have prevented international aid from reaching those in need, raising concerns that there will be a second wave of deaths from dehydration, starvation and disease. Supplies are now starting to trickle into the Irrawady Delta but for some, it's already too late. Video: AFP
2008-05-21
Reporter Lin Di drove 160 kms north of Chengdu to the mountainous region of Jiangyou and Pingwu on the Fujiang river. He saw schools flattened, with blood-stained drawings on the few walls still standing.
2008-05-21
China is sending counselors to areas hit hardest by the devastating Sichuan earthquake in a bid to help hundreds of thousands of people, especially children, recover. Experts say the help can't come soon enough.
2008-05-21
As the U.N. Secretary-General heads to Burma and southeast Asia tries to persuade the country's secretive military rulers to accept disaster relief aid from its neighbors, Laos sends a medical team and other personnel to help set up a refugee camp for survivors.
2008-05-20
Chinese authorities have released on bail a leading Tibetan media personality. But Jamyang Kyi still expects to stand trial on unspecified charges related to massive anti-Chinese protests in March.
2008-05-20
At least two schools have collapsed with hundreds of children inside as the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan struggles in the wake of last week's earthquake. Aftershocks of magnitude 6.0 have already caused hundreds of deaths in remote hillside towns.
2008-05-19
China now forecasts that the death toll from a devastating May 12 earthquake could reach 50,000, with damage up to U.S. $20 billion. Residents in some of the worst-hit areas photographed the damage and relief efforts in recent days and sent these images to RFA’s Cantonese service.
2008-05-16
A veteran journalist finds Maymo, formerly a sleepy Burmese hill station, is now a key element in the junta's efforts to shore up the military and develop nuclear power. It's also the nerve center of their bid to take decisive control of the Internet.
2008-05-16
Burma's military government has sharply revised upward the estimated death toll from Cyclone Nargis, as aid agencies report cholera and continued delays in getting help to survivors.
