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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
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Undercovered this week When history looks back on the Uyghur Genocide, they’ll note that there were numerous warning signs. None were so dramatic, and should have garnered a global response as the arrest and life sentencing of scholar Ilham Tohti in 2014. To understand those moments, before the camps,
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Undercovered this week First, read this investigation published by a team of journalists for The Himalayan which uncovers how in Nepal, investors are making millions from opaque stock transactions, with connections to companies in Malaysia and Sweden. This is in a country where millions remain in poverty. Turkmenistan gets little