2017/05/25 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan; Jakarta Suicide Bombing Kills 5; Duterte Mulls Nationwide Martial Law
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/24 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Chinese Student Apologizes after US Speech; Martial Law in Southern Philippines; Taiwan Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/23 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: 141 Arrested for ‘Gay Sex Party’ in Indonesia; Thailand Bomb Blast; China Locks Up Japanese ‘Spies’
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/22 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: China’s CIA Takedown; Duterte Says Xi Threatened War; 150th Tibetan Self-Immolation
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/19 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: China's Dog Eating Festival Goes Dog Free; Duterte's Smoking Ban; North Korean Scientists on the Rise
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/18 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Lashes for ‘Gay Sex’ in Indonesia; Mass DNA Collection in Xinjiang; Freedom of Speech Under Attack in Myanmar
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/17 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: China’s New Rules for News on Taiwan, SCS; Violence Warning in Cambodia; Cleaner Air for Hong Kong
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/16 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Facebook Faces Thailand Shutdown; China Detains Activists During B&R Summit; Cambodia Election Media Crackdown; Vietnam Bride Trafficking
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/15 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Asia Reels from Cyber Attack; North Korea Missile Launch; China’s OBOR Propaganda Drive
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/12 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Beijing Preps for Space Life; Riot Police in Hebei; Fukushima Wildfire; Uber Learning in Burma
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/11 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Jakarta Shows Support for Ahok; Guangdong Protesters Hail Victory; Rice Planting in Fukushima; Xinjiang Quake
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/10 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: New South Korea President; Guangdong Protests; Thailand Bombing; Japan's 'Baby Hatch'
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/08 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Russia Blocks WeChat; Self-Immolation in Tibet; Fourth American Detained in North Korea; Xinjiang Tourism Crackdown
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/04/24 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: North Korea Detains US Citizen; Chinese Cadre Dismissed for Islamic Wedding; China Eyes Aircraft Carrier Boost; Tsai Approval Dips in Taiwan; Philippines Beheading
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/04/19 |
Cambodia is Losing its Buddhist Monks to Modernization
Where once young Cambodian men would often join the monkhood as teenagers as a rite of passage, studying both Buddhism and Khmer culture before moving into adult life, today fewer young Cambodians are doing so.
2017/04/12 |
Trump Links China Deal to NK; China Turns NK Ships Away; Taipei-Shanghai Talks Green Lit; Tibetan Monk Freed 5 Yrs after Self-Immolation Attempt
Asia Update: A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/03/27 |
Why Everyone is Worried about Cambodia, Again
‘There is a widespread discontent with the government…It may be just a matter of time until the pressure cooker bursts.’
2017/03/27 |
Cambodia: Towards Single Party Dictatorship?
'Cambodia’s ruling party is seeking to shore up its chances of electoral success with recent changes to the rules governing political parties,' Sorpong Peou writes.
