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: Journalist Nithin Coca's weekly roundup of the news, events, trends and people changing Asia, but not getting enough attention in the US media. Undercovered this week Mongabay and three other outlets published this extensive expose on how a secret deal could destroy Indonesia’s last remaining
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This week: Taiwan’s surprise election results, coal in China, a worrying Malaysia rally, and the soon to be world’s largest airport. What is Asia (to me)? As you’ve probably realized, Asia Undercovered does not cover all of Asia. It tends to focus on the places I cover
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This week: The ongoing crisis in Xinjiang, a horrific assasination in the Phillipines, and the dedication of Indonesia’s cancer-striken disaster spokesperson. My favorite newsletters To start this issue, I thought I’d share some of my favorite newsletters for keeping track of what’s happening in Asia. For China,
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I’m writing to you this week from Jakarta, Indonesia, where I am working on several stories. If you’re curious about my own journalism, follow me on Twitter, where I post all my articles. If someone forwarded this newsletter to you, please sign up here – it’s free! More
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Asia Undercovered: Journalist Nithin Coca's weekly roundup of the news, events, trends and people changing Asia, but not getting enough attention in the US media. If someone forwarded this to you, please sign up here – it’s free! Family Dynasties in Asia Cambodia could be turning into Asia’
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This week: Asia’s ongoing red scale, a unexpected anti-LGBT backlash against GoJek in Indonesia, and more undercovered news from Thailand, China, and the Philippines. If someone forwarded this to you, please sign up here – it’s free! Not getting enough attention: The “Red” Scare in Asia We’ve seen
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An expected sickness and travels have made this issue a few days late. Asia Undercovered be back on it’s normal weekly schedule next week. I also want to welcome all the new members, with a special thanks to Jon Russell and Splice Newsroom for highlighting my newsletter to their
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Welcome to Asia Undercovered, journalist Nithin Coca’s take on the most important, stories from across Asia which don’t get enough attention in US media. If someone forwarded this to you, please sign up here – it’s free! Not getting enough attention: LGBTQ+ rights in Asia Who will be
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Welcome to Asia Undercovered, journalist Nithin Coca’s take on the most important, stories from across Asia which don’t get enough attention in US media. If someone forwarded this to you, please sign up here – it’s free! Not getting enough attention: South Korean politics that don’t have
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Welcome to the first edition of Asia (under)covered. This newsletter highlights important stories from across Asia which don’t get enough attention in US media. If someone forwarded this to you, please sign up here – it’s free! Not getting enough attention: Bangladesh Protests Bangladesh is rarely in the
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On November 8th, 2016, Donald Trump won* the US Presidential Election. For me, and many journalists around the world, everything completely changed. For many it meant dealing with an administration hostile to the media, and uncovering it’s every move. For me, though, it was different. I don’t cover