Tibetan environmentalist released after serving nearly 15 years in prison
Read original story in Tibetan A prominent Tibetan art collector and environmental activist who was sentenced to prison in 2010 has been released after serving...
Month : November 2024
Remote Chinese county offers cash for babies to boost population
Authorities in the western Chinese province of Gansu have started offering cash payouts of up to 100,000 yuan (US$13,800) to families who have another baby...
Briton, 2 Australians in intensive care after suspected alcohol poisoning in Laos
BANGKOK – One British and two Australian tourists are seriously ill after drinking alcohol suspected of being tainted with poisonous methanol in a tourist town...
South Korea cracks down on Cambodia-based scam group
South Korean police have arrested members of a scam group that operated in Cambodia saying it had relocated from the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone...
Five years on, PolyU protesters say they were defending freedoms
Five years after riot police besieged Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University and trapped protesters fought back with catapults and Molotov cocktails, four people who were there...
Jailing of 45 Hong Kong democrats sparks international outcry
Read coverage of this story in Chinese Rights activists, relatives and Hong Kong’s former colonial governor on Tuesday slammed the sentencing of 45 democracy activists...
Myanmar military steps up airstrikes in Shan state, Mandalay; dozens of casualties
Myanmar military airstrikes in northern Shan state and Mandalay region have killed about 30 civilians over the past week, an insurgent spokeswoman and residents said,...
Hong Kong jails 45 democracy activists for up to 10 years
A Hong Kong court jailed 45 democracy supporters for up to 10 years on Tuesday at the end of the city’s biggest national security trial...
Leader of rebel army detained in China’s Yunnan province
The leader of an ethnic rebel army was being held under house arrest in China’s Yunnan province in the latest move by Beijing to pressure...
EXPLAINED: How much hidden debt do local governments in China carry?
China’s Ministry of Finance has announced 10 trillion yuan (US$1.38 trillion) of new measures to alleviate debt burdens on local governments at the end of...
