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Nithin Coca
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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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 5 May 2023
This week: Forced field trips to China, the battle for influence in Central Asia, and how a state police forced is implicated in extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh. Subscribe now Undercovered last week Now, students in Hong Kong are forced to go on mandatory field trips to China, part of a
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 18 April 2023
This week: A China human rights update, Malaysia's new unity government, and investigating deforestation and its links to Uyghur forced labor. Subscribe now Undercovered last week China human rights update: Another Muslim community in China, the Hui, has gotten far less attention Tibet and the Uyghurs, but their
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Media Analysis: Covering Asia, without Asians
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 29 March 2023
This week: Climate change in India and Bangladesh, Myanmar's upcoming so-called "election," and hope for Asia's wildlife. Subscribe now Undercovered last week All across Asia, the impacts of climate change are being felt by the poorest and more vulnerable now. In Bangladesh, climate migrants
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 8 March 2023
Undercovered last week In Hong Kong, the trial for 47 pro-democracy figures – including several former legislators, lawyers, and activists, has begun. They face life sentences for doing no more than their advocacy, including organizing an unofficial primary in 2020 (Arthur Kaukman, China Digital Times). It’s also now been three
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 16 Feb 2023
This week: Trouble for Japan's ruling LDP, mourning the loss of Cambodia best (last?) independent news outlet, and how the Myanmar junta is using sexual images against women opposing it. Subscribe now Undercovered last week We may never know the true toll of Covid-19 in China, whether we
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 31 Jan 2023
This week: Visualizing the impact of Chinese dams in the upper Mekong, the forgotten Uyghur miners, and how a blind-led radio station is raising awareness of the disabled community in Indonesia. Subscribe now Undercovered last week According to Shohret Hoshur with RFA, the fate of 18 mostly Uyghur miners remains
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Asia Undercovered: What to Watch in 2023
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 28 Dec 2022
This week: Environmental challenges in Cambodia and Japan, more oppression in Tibet, and solutions videos (!) from Bhutan and Myanmar. Subscribe now Undercovered last week It’s been a year, now, since a railway opened linking Laos and China. But for locals, the strict Chinese controls and limited space for Lao
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 20 Dec 2022
This week: Protesting sand mining in Borneo, a scary new criminal code in Indonesia, and undercovered protests in Mongolia. Subscribe now Undercovered last week Though they seem to have mostly died down, the sudden protests across China earlier this month got widespread attention. But many articles ignored the victims that
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 8 Dec 2022
This week: India's richest corporation tries to silence journalists, protests in Thailand against APEC, and a powerful story about electric vehicles, minerals and deforestation in Indonesia. Subscribe now Undercovered last week Adani Group, India’s most powerful corporation led by Asia’s richest man, is known for it’