Story Archive
2012-12-31
China's maritime row with its neighbors, a possible nuclear test by North Korea, and self-immolation protests in Tibet may dominate developments in East Asia.
2012-12-31
The Chinese authorities refuse to issue a visa to a New York Times reporter.
2012-12-31
Tibetan writer Woeser has a message for the state security police who confronted her at the Lhasa Railway Station.
2012-12-31
World's top coal producer is biggest importer.
2012-12-29
The Burmese government is asked to end the Kachin conflict through peaceful means instead of military force.
2012-12-28
The Burmese government allows privately-owned newspapers to be published in a new reform move.
2012-12-28
Chinese police drag a South Korean pastor away as he gives his sermon.
2012-12-28
China 'reiterates' a widely ignored ban on abuses in its jails and prisons.
2012-12-28
Lao authorities jail a village woman who sought help for herself and others over compensation for their land.
2012-12-28
China grapples with growing calls for transparency.
2012-12-27
Rights groups slam the verdicts on two court cases, saying 2012 is the worst year in a decade for rule of law in Cambodia.
2012-12-27
Rights groups slam the verdicts on two court cases, saying 2012 is the worst year in a decade for rule of law in Cambodia.
2012-12-27
Fighting intensifies after a military ultimatum to rebels in Burma's Kachin state is ignored.
2012-12-27
Police seize a dissident lawyer and blogger who wrote on 'forbidden' topics.
2012-12-27
Chinese workers demand compensation for work performed during a period of 'restructuring.'
2012-12-27
Seventy-one intellectuals in China ask the country's new leaders to embrace moderate political reforms.
2012-12-26
A Cambodian land activist is released after a three-month pre-trial detention criticized by rights groups
2012-12-26
A Cambodian land activist is released after a three-month pre-trial detention criticized by rights groups
2012-12-26
Chinese dissident had posted photos of the death scene of an activist declared a 'suicide' by authorities.
2012-12-26
Burma's president seeks greater transparency in government as a spur to reforms.
2012-12-26
Chinese authorities round up petitioners and 'unofficial' worshippers during Christmas.
2012-12-26
China moves to further tighten restrictions on Internet usage in 2012.
2012-12-25
A Chinese campaigner for victims of the devastating 2008 Sichuan earthquake is ordered jailed for 'disrupting public order.'
2012-12-24
The Chinese activist gets a severe punishment after complaining about beatings he received at a labor camp.
2012-12-24
The Burmese military want Kachin rebels to stop blocking a key route to be used by government troops.
2012-12-24
Chinese netizens are encouraged to send Christmas cards to incarcerated dissident Gao Zhisheng.
2012-12-24
Financing may reduce reliance on Russian gas.
2012-12-21
Bloggers, writers and activists from Vietnam, Burma, and China dominate Hellman/Hammett Awards.
2012-12-21
Rice farmers say they were denied water rights as members of Cambodia’s political opposition.
2012-12-21
Rice farmers say they were denied water rights as members of Cambodia’s political opposition.
