By Shelley Seale for Northwest Asian Weekly “They Call It Myanmar” is the story of Burma, told with stunning footage shot clandestinely over a two-year period by filmmaker Robert H. […]
China honors Putin with Confucius Prize
By Alexa Olesen The Associated Press Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin BEIJING (AP) — The sponsors of a would-be Chinese alternative to the Nobel Peace Prize held their second award […]
Jailed China Nobel winner’s wife still silenced
By Gillian Wong The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — In a quiet, leafy neighborhood of Beijing, a woman has been living in enforced isolation in her book-lined, fifth-floor apartment. Her […]
The Dalai Lama’s greatest challenge: trying to retire when the worshippers refuse to accept it
DHARMSALA, India (AP) — In a lifetime spent advocating the plight of his Tibetan community, promoting inter-religious harmony
Myanmar deports Michelle Yeoh over Suu Kyi movie
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — The military-backed government of Myanmar has deported Hollywood actress Michelle Yeoh, who stars as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in an upcoming movie, officials said […]
Seattle University to award honorary degree to global landmine activist
Internationally renowned landmine activist Tun Channareth will travel from Cambodia to the United States to accept an honorary
5 stories you’ve heard way too much about … and 5 that, unfortunately, went under the radar
North Korea was no stranger to headlines this year as the country continued to assert its presence with their political maneuvering.
China anti-Nobel campaign is winning it no friends
BEIJING (AP) — China’s campaign to vilify this year’s recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and sabotage the award ceremony showed signs of backfiring
Mongolian activist’s son: China police took mother
BEIJING, China (AP) — Chinese police detained the wife of the co-founder of a Mongolian separatist movement and raided the family bookstore just days before the
Hiroshima is not shy of its atomic bomb legacy
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Unlike most of Japan, Hiroshima doesn’t shy from its wartime past.