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: Fear stalks Hong Kong, protests in Thailand and Malaysia, and a political dynasty cements power in Sri Lanka. Subscribe now Undercovered last week As Uyghur culture is being destroyed, it’s being replaced by something completely unconnected to their rich history. If it sounds familiar, it is, well,
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The Taliban are back, retaking Kabul 20 years after they were forced out after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As someone who entered College that year, studied through the war on terror, Afghanistan has been constantly in the background of my career. Here’s the problem: the vast majority of
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The Taliban are back, retaking Kabul 20 years after they were forced out after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. As someone who entered College that year, studied through the war on terror, Afghanistan has been constantly in the background of my career. Here’s the problem: the vast majority of
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This week: Revisiting a 2018 dam disaster, China investing in junta-controlled Myanmar, and the power of video and photos in Cambodia. Subscribe now Undercovered last week In response to the military seizing power in Myanmar many foreign government and investors halted projects. One country that doesn’t seem to care?
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This week: Xinjiang camps can hold a million Uyghurs, Taiwan's upcoming referendums, and covering disaster recovery the right way. Subscribe now Still undercovered: The Uyghur Crisis It’s these kinds of stories, of unimaginable tragedy, that really show the human cost of the ongoing genocide in Xinjiang/East
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This week: Asia loses two heroes, a peek inside the Great Firewall, and why little has changed 5 years after a historic ruling on the South China Sea. Subscribe now Undercovered last week Asia lost some heroes in the past week. First, Stan Swamy, an 84 year old Jesuit priest,
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This issue: More arrests of Tibetans and Uyghurs, the long impact of the Sino-Vietnamese war, and saving Jakarta from flooding is possible. Subscribe now Undercovered last week The more we know, the worse it becomes: In 2017, a principle and six teachers from a Uyghur-language high school in China were
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This month’s Asia Undercovered Journalist Q&A is with Boonyanin Pakvisal, who also goes by Wanpen Pajai, a Thai reporter at Southeast Asia Globe. Wanpen’s reporting caught our eye as she covers broad topics on her home country, ranging from the social impacts of development, how communities
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A reminder: Why this newsletter exists As a freelance journalist, I’ve often has issues with gatekeepers at major media outlets in the United States and Britain, many of whom have little understanding of regions like Southeast Asia. So I wasn’t surprised to, last week, see this tweet, not
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This week: The impacts of Cyclone Amphan, a year later, how China is winning a divided SE Asia, and a 4000 year old sport goes global. Subscribe now Uyghur genocide update More evidence has emerged about China’s plans for Xinjiang, the homeland of the Uyghurs – long-term birth decline, more