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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: 3 Nov 2021
This week: Japan election results, an investigation into illegal land conversion in Indonesia, and Indigenous resilience in the Philippines. Subscribe now Undercovered last week Worth Reading: The latest investigation from The Gecko Project uncovers how, in Indonesia, political interests close to the Ministry of Defense conspired to cut down tropical
Asia Undercovered Special: COP26, Asia Mining and Climate Tech
Featuring a guest post from Ian Morse of Green Rocks
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Asia Undercovered Q&A: Pei-Hua Yu, Taiwan
Welcome to our sixth Asia Undercovered Journalist Q&A. This month’s Q&A is with Pei-Hua Yu, based in Taiwan. Subscribe now Pei-Hua is a freelance journalist, who studied journalism in Hong Kong and was working in China covering Chinese overseas investment before becoming a full-time freelancer.
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 14 Oct 2021
This week: A tragic assassination, the race to succeed Duterte in the Philippines heats up, and highlighting Asia's indigenous peoples. Subscribe now Undercovered last week In Kashmir, the loss of autonomy more than two years ago has also resulted in the clamping down of local media, with regular
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 28 Sept 2021
This week: Climate remains uncovered in Asia, why Japan's opposition is weak, and connecting Chinese investment in Myanmar and Indonesia. Subscribe now Undercovered last week Climate Change is impacting Asia in the same ways it is effecting the US and Europe, but stories from the region, including climate-connected
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 28 Sept 2021
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 21 Sept 2021
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 21 Sept 2021
This week: A Chinese envoy visits Myanmar, another party joins the President coalition in Indonesia, and a cross-border collaboration on digital sex crimes. Subscribe now Undercovered last week When the Taliban marched into Kabul earlier this year, many made comparisons with another time the US fled after a long conflict
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Media Analysis: Mongolia as Seen Through The Eyes of Foreign Correspondents
Mongolia has been commonly exoticized in international media
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Asia Undercovered Q&A #6 Portia Ladrido, Philippines
Welcome to our sixth Asia Undercovered Journalist Q&A. This month’s Q&A is with Portia Ladrido, a Manila-based journalist. Subscribe now She’s the co-founder and editor of The INKLINE, a solutions-focused international media platform that features constructive news and features, and has previously worked for
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Asia Undercovered Round-up: 7 Sept 2021
Undercovered last week The groundwork of for what’s taking place Xinjiang was laid when China’s settler Han colonialists began displacing ethnic Uyghurs and Kazakhs from their land in the name of eco-tourism. In this piece by ethnic Kazakh Guldana Salimjan for Lausan shares her experience visiting the manufactured