Story Archive
2016-01-29
Many are upset that the wealthy can afford to purchase clean spring water, while they must rely on blocks of ice from polluted rivers.
2016-01-29
The outgoing speaker of parliament says the November elections that brought to power a new government led by the opposition party were the ‘people’s victory.’
2016-01-29
Timbers are allegedly burned in Mondulkiri province as the government threatens a crackdown on forest crimes.
2016-01-29
Timbers are allegedly burned in Mondulkiri province as the government threatens a crackdown on forest crimes.
2016-01-29
Controversial dancers are often women who suffered through repeated Mao-era calamities in their youth.
2016-01-29
Pastor Gu Yuese and his wife Zhou Lianmei are under 'residential surveillance at a designated location,' a U.S.-based rights group says.
2016-01-29
Tang Jingling, Wang Qingying, and Yuan Xinting were targeted for political reasons over their civil rights campaigns, activists say.
2016-01-28
They say their county's education department has withheld funds sent by central government authorities for their school.
2016-01-28
He urges the country's political parties to work together with the incoming government led by the opposition National League for Democracy party.
2016-01-28
Third blast in a month raises the stakes as Laos begin to wonder who is to blame for the rising violence that the government often blames on 'bandits.'
2016-01-28
Some see a worsening crackdown as Beijing fears that slowing economic growth will bring more social unrest in its wake.
2016-01-28
The protests come amid concerns that academic freedom may be under threat in the former British colony.
2016-01-27
University affiliation of the instructors may have allowed the course to proceed without interference by authorities.
2016-01-27
Human Rights Watch and Freedom House issue their annual reviews of how governments in the region stepped up repression in 2015.
2016-01-27
Human Rights Watch and Freedom House issue their annual reviews of how governments in the region stepped up repression in 2015.