The founder and curator of Asia Undercovered, Nithin Coca is a Asia-focused freelance journalist who covers politics, society, and environment, across the region.
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This week: Singapore calls elections, the legacy Tiananmen for Uyghurs and the Chinese PLA, and a surprising solution to Pakistan’s locust crisis. Subscribe now Singapore Elections Elections have been called in Singapore, and will take place on July 10th. If you think America’s election season is too long
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On June 20, the world commemorated the strength, courage and resilience of millions of refugees who have been forced to flee their home country to escape conflict and persecution. While most attention globally focused on refugees crisis in Europe or Central America, it’s a growing concern in Asia too.
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This week: Sham trials in Xinjiang uncovered, kidnappings of activists across the Mekong, and the geopolitics of the Indian Ocean. Subscribe now Undercovered this week This big story in Deutche Welle uncovers China’s sham trials, in which Uyghurs are forced to choose their crimes. They’re then convicted. Thousands
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June 8 is World Oceans Day, designated in 2009 by the United Nations to celebrate the role of the oceans in our everyday life and inspire action to protect oceans and promote the sustainable use of marine resources. With numerous densely populated island and coastal nations, oceans plays a key
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This week: An increasingly silent Tiananmen Anniversary, Chinese influence across the region, and the indigenous communities building an alternative model for conservation in Myanmar. Subscribe now Undercovered this week There’s little attention being given to the fact that this weeks marks the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre,
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Subscribe now Undercovered this week Cyclone Amphan made landfall right along the Bangladesh-India border last week. It caused widespread damage but, thus far, relatively minimal loss of life. Now the rebuilding begins, but as Joydeep Gupta reports for The Third Pole, some locals are wondering if its worth it, considering
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Super Cyclone nears Bengal Coast A potential natural disaster in South Asia this week, as Super Cyclone Amphan nears the coast of West Bengal, India, and Bangladesh, resulting in mass evacuations. Both countries have systems in place to prepare for natural disasters, but the likely economic cost will be huge.
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Subscribe now Undercovered this week There’s a locust crisis hitting parts of Asia, especially Pakistan. There, farmers fear crop losses, which could devastate already-struggling rural regions, writed Jan Khaskheli in The News. Another journalist has been killed in the Philippines. This time, it was community radio reporter Cornelio Pepino
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Thank you Substack! After the outpouring of generosity after I made a call for donations, I received an unexpected but welcome surprise. Substack decided to give a grant to Asia Undercovered. It was both a recognition of the effort I’ve put in to make this newsletter high quality, but
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The genocide continues It’s gotten even less attention, but the worst human rights crisis of the millennium is continuing, unabated, just hidden by a greater lack of access to Xinjiang by journalists, and increased censorship within China itself. What we do know is worrying. This week saw an expose
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This is an Asia Undercovered Special Issue, when we go in-depth on an undercovered topic from the continent. This one is focused on public health. The reason: we’re all focused on COVID-19, but across Asia, many are suffering or losing their lives due to other public health issues, many
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In this week’s roundup of non-Covid-19 stories from Asia: a green new deal for South Korea, Malaysia’s new (old) government, and a story about appreciating bats. Sign up now Undercovered this week Sharing culture - and awareness of cultural genocide. China’s overseas coal investments get a lot