Story Archive
2010-12-04
Pressure from China may keep some freedom-loving Asian nations from the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony.
2010-12-03
Cambodians say that a new anti-corruption law needs better enforcement, and more arrests to follow.
2010-12-03
Cambodians say that a new anti-corruption law needs better enforcement, and more arrests to follow.
2010-12-03
Chinese authorities crack down on political activists in the lead-up to the Nobel award ceremony.
2010-12-03
Chinese authorities launch a fresh drive against 'separatism' in the northwestern region.
2010-12-03
Burma was ranked next to worst among 178 countries in corruption in a 2010 report released in October by Transparency International, a Berlin-based monitoring group. China was ranked 78th and Vietnam 116th while Cambodia and Laos emerged low at 154.
2010-12-03
The number of AIDS deaths in Asia may have stabilized but there are no indications of a decline in the prevalence of the deadly disease.
2010-12-02
The Tibetan poet Woeser, under close surveillance in Lhasa, expresses her fears for Tibetan students protesting Chinese education reforms that aim to slowly eradicate Tibetan language a a medium of instruction in their schools.
2010-12-02
An ardent Cambodian writer strives to relay an independent view and calls on youth to do the same.
2010-12-02
Beijing says joint U.S. naval exercises are adding to regional anxiety.
2010-12-02
China is banning activists and intellectuals from leaving the country ahead of the Nobel Award ceremony.
2010-12-01
A Uyghur woman plans to sue a Han storeowner for ethnic prejudice according to Chinese law.
2010-12-01
Beijing could prevent further provocations by Pyongyang, a senior U.S. military figure says.
2010-12-01
Chinese authorities turn down an application to hold protests backing political reforms.
2010-12-01
Activists seek disciplinary action against Chinese leaders over a blood-selling fiasco.