2017/07/17 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Taiwan Marks 30 Yrs Since Martial Law; Tibetan Self-Immolates in India; Sales of 'Nuclear Shelters' Climb in Japan on North Korea Threat
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/06/29 |
Meet the Youthful Face of Resistance to Thailand's Junta
Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal has emerged as the 20-year-old face of Thailand’s nascent anti-junta movement.
2017/06/29 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Activists Detained as Xi Arrives in Hong Kong; US Navy Could Visit Taiwan Under Big Potential Change; Japan's Bomb Shelter Demand
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/06/29 |
FEATURE: Inside Beijing's Project Teaching Thai Students Chinese
Thousands of Chinese college graduates, sponsored by the Chinese government, teach Chinese in Thai public schools. But does it help China’s soft power?
2017/06/26 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: 100 Feared Dead in China Landslide; Thai Sex Scandal; North Korea Denials over Otto Warmbier
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/06/25 |
FILM REVIEW: 'By The Time It Gets Dark'
Dao Khanong/ดาวคะนอง (By the Time It Gets Dark). Electric Eel Films, 2016. Directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong. In Thai. 105 minutes.
2017/06/19 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Greece Vetoes Tough EU Stance on China Human Rights; New Alzheimer's Treatment in Taiwan; China Uses Facial Recognition Software on Jaywalking
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/06/13 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: South Korea’s 'Gay Witch Hunt'; Dennis Rodman to Visit North Korea; Panama Cuts Ties with Taiwan after Chinese Pressure
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/06/11 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Islamists Kill 13 in Philippines, US to Help Duterte; Thai Man Jailed 35 Years for Facebook Posts; China's One Dog Policy
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region
2017/06/05 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: China Seizes on US Climate Inaction; Tiananmen Remembered; Duterte Won't Negotiate with ISIS; Crackdown in Tibet
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/06/02 |
OPINION: Turkish Man Deported from Thailand and Burma Now at Serious Risk
Ill-treatment, unfair trials await those sought by Turkey over alleged Gulenist links.
2017/06/01 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: 20 Tiananmen Activists Still Behind Bars; Philippines Priest Seized by ISIS-Linked Militants; Fears Rise Before Cambodia Election; Nordic Banks Funding Palm Oil
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/31 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Lesbian App Shut in China; Crackdown on Tibet Internet after Self-Immolations; Emirates Sparks Controversy over Taiwan Flag
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/26 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Philippines Troops Storm City; Forbidden City Broadcast; Hong Kong Seeks Non-Chinese Students; AlphaGo Wins Again
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/24 |
OPINION: Thailand Army Please Release the 14-Year-Old You Secretly Detained
A boy and three other youths accused of burning a portrait of the late King Bhumibol.
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.