Jun 08 North Korea Sentences 2 U.S. Journalists to 12 Years Hard Labor By PBS News Hour A North Korean court on Monday sentenced two U.S. journalists to 12 years in a labor camp, a move widely seen as a sign the Communist country is looking to escalate its confrontation with the United States. Continue reading
Jun 04 Watch Legacy of Tiananmen Crackdown Lingers Over China’s Politics Analysts reflect on the life of key Chinese leader Zhao Ziyang, who died in 2005 after being under house arrest for almost two decades and kept a secret journal chronicling the events around the Tiananmen Square protests. Continue watching
Jun 04 Watch Police Crowd Tiananmen to Block Possible Anniversary Protests Independent Television News correspondent John Ray reports from Beijing on the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests, where police maintained a heavy presence to tamp down on demonstrations. Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch Cuban Government Celebrates 50th Anniversary On the 50th anniversary of the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power in Cuba, analysts mull U.S.-Cuban relations and efforts to reform the economy and politics of the Latin American country. Continue watching
Jan 01 As Revolution Reaches 50, Cuba Under Raul Castro Gradually Undertakes Reforms By PBS News Hour When Raul Castro stepped into his older brother Fidel's shoes as Cuba's president, he promised to usher in new economic reforms. And while Cubans can now get cell phones and plant crops in unused farmland other reforms are coming at… Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch Candidates Fight for Votes in Battleground States Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain exchanged jabs over their tax plans and the economy as they campaigned Wednesday in Florida and North Carolina. Judy Woodruff reports from the campaign trail. Continue watching
Oct 23 What does the current crisis say about communism and capitalism? Question/Comment: The difference between Communism and Capitalism is one could admit that it was wrong. It seems greed is the ultimate downfall of Capitalism and ironically one of its founding precepts. With all the nationalizing going on, maybe it’s time… Continue reading
Mar 31 Watch Famed Cambodian-born Journalist Dith Pran Dies Dith Pran, the Cambodian journalist for the New York Times who documented and barely escaped the Khmer Rouge's "killing fields" in the 1970s, died Sunday. He was 65. Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch Deep-rooted Tensions Surface in Tibet Unrest The United States joined several European nations Tuesday in urging the Chinese government to engage in talks with the Tibetan government-in-exile, after two weeks of anti-government protests in the region. Experts examine the roots of the dispute. Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch N.Y. Philharmonic Strikes Accord in N. Korea with Concert The New York Philharmonic performed in North Korea Tuesday, the first major U.S. cultural organization -- and the largest contingent of Americans -- to visit the isolationist country in more than 50 years. Experts evaluate the event and its historical… Continue watching