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.
2017/05/09 |
ASIA NEWS BITES: Facebook Mulls Thai Censorship; Dramatic US Escape for Chinese Family; Korea Goes to the Polls
A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/05/08 |
Trump’s Telephone Diplomacy Accelerates Southeast Asia’s Slide into Illiberalism
U.S. plays an important role in pressuring Southeast Asian governments not to abuse human rights, but under Trump, the pressure is off.
2017/05/04 |
INFOGRAPHIC: Southeast Asia’s Electricity Paradox
Lights Out: Several countries in the region are exporting electricity before supplying it to their own people.
2017/05/03 |
OPINION: Thailand, Where is Prawet Prapanukul?
There are fears a prominent human rights lawyer has been disappeared in Thailand.
2017/04/29 |
OPINION: Thailand's Draft Media Law Threatens News Reporting
Two years in prison for reporting without license.
2017/04/19 |
Welcome to Thailand, Kingdom of Fear (and Favor)
How has Vajiralongkorn forged new alliances and eliminated enemies and critics in order to consolidate his reign?
2017/04/18 |
Apes in Asian Circus-Style Shows on Rise — So is Trafficking
Chinese and Thai animal attractions increasingly force young chimpanzees and orangutans — many illegally wild-caught — to perform for visitors.
2017/03/20 |
Thai PM Assassination Plot; First Tibetan Self-Immolation of 2017; Indonesia Ride-Sharing Crackdown; K-Pop Looks Past China
Asia Morning Update: A quick roundup of the most important news from around the region.
2017/03/17 |
Risk, Gossip and Retribution in Thailand
What a skydiving stunt and the public’s reaction says about insubordination and rule under Thailand’s new king.
2017/02/19 |
A Thai Oil Firm, Indonesian Seaweed Farmers And Australian Regulators: What Happened after the Montara Oil Spill?
Eight years after the blowout, legal action against the Thai company responsible is ramping up, even as the true extent of the damage caused remains a mystery.
2017/02/19 |
Thai Media Groups: Proposed Law Could Bring Total Government Control of the Press
'It is also a major step backward of more than 20 years of the media reform process that the Thai journalist community fought for to democratize media space from state monopoly, and toward diversity and access to information.'
2017/02/13 |
The Thai Occult Taking Hong Kong by Storm
The Thai amulet trade is growing in Hong Kong, making waves in China, and has factions in Singapore and Malaysia.
2017/02/07 |
Blasting the Mekong for Commercial Shipping
Thai government moves ahead with plans to demolish rocks and islets to allow cargo ships from China, sparking outrage among environmentalists.
