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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If we ignore natural disasters abroad, then we miss a change to engage audiences about the global, interconnected, and worrying impacts of climate change.
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This week: Information manipulation in Thailand and China, Tibet’s exile election, and protecting the environmental in Malaysia. Undercovered this week Information manipulation may have been perfected by China, but its being utilized as a tool of repression across Asia. Case in point: Thailand, where, Pavin Chachavalpongpun reports for Global
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This week: Flash floods in SE Asia, South Korea's mayoral election surprise, and how old media is empowering communities in Laos and Indonesia. Undercovered this week Flash floods and landslides have killed dozens in Indonesia and East Timor, and many expect the death toll to rise. The lack
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Undercovered this week Flash floods and landslides have killed dozens in Indonesia and East Timor, and many expect the death toll to rise. The lack of coverage is, sadly, a common pattern – natural disasters in Asia get far less attention compared to ones that hit the US or Europe (DW)
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When it happened, in early February, the military coup that overthrew the quasi-democratic regime of Aung Sang Suu Kyi in Myanmar made global headlines. It was one of the first crisis for the new administration in Washington DC, and a test of whether the trend towards authoritarianism could be resisted
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This is how I felt this week. A ship that harmed no one dominated global coverage, while the stories of Asian facing repression and death were undercovered. Here’s what the media missed while focusing on that ship: government repression, censorship, and more. The use of Uyghur online is under
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Undercovered this week Arguably, the Philippines is one of the worst countries for journalists in Asia. In this interview. Inday Espina-Varona shares how she battles fear and harassment everyday, yet perseveres (Global Voices). In China, an app driver protests against unfair working conditions. He ‘disappears.’ In a surprising move, others
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Undercovered this week Feb 28th was a terrible day in Asia, with a mass arrests in Hong Kong and the most violent day yet in the Myanmar coup crackdown. And its a day with a dark history too. In India, conspiracy theories can result in legislation now, apparently. The BJP