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Subscribe now Undercovered this week Cyclone Amphan made landfall right along the Bangladesh-India border last week. It caused widespread damage but, thus far, relatively minimal loss of life. Now the rebuilding begins, but as Joydeep Gupta reports for The Third Pole, some locals are wondering if its worth it, considering
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Super Cyclone nears Bengal Coast A potential natural disaster in South Asia this week, as Super Cyclone Amphan nears the coast of West Bengal, India, and Bangladesh, resulting in mass evacuations. Both countries have systems in place to prepare for natural disasters, but the likely economic cost will be huge.
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Subscribe now Undercovered this week There’s a locust crisis hitting parts of Asia, especially Pakistan. There, farmers fear crop losses, which could devastate already-struggling rural regions, writed Jan Khaskheli in The News. Another journalist has been killed in the Philippines. This time, it was community radio reporter Cornelio Pepino
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Thank you Substack! After the outpouring of generosity after I made a call for donations, I received an unexpected but welcome surprise. Substack decided to give a grant to Asia Undercovered. It was both a recognition of the effort I’ve put in to make this newsletter high quality, but
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The genocide continues It’s gotten even less attention, but the worst human rights crisis of the millennium is continuing, unabated, just hidden by a greater lack of access to Xinjiang by journalists, and increased censorship within China itself. What we do know is worrying. This week saw an expose
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This is an Asia Undercovered Special Issue, when we go in-depth on an undercovered topic from the continent. This one is focused on public health. The reason: we’re all focused on COVID-19, but across Asia, many are suffering or losing their lives due to other public health issues, many
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In this week’s roundup of non-Covid-19 stories from Asia: a green new deal for South Korea, Malaysia’s new (old) government, and a story about appreciating bats. Sign up now Undercovered this week Sharing culture - and awareness of cultural genocide. China’s overseas coal investments get a lot
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In this week’s #Covid19 free issue - elections in South Korea and Hong Kong, Uyghur forced labor, and some hopeful stories from the Pacific. Undercovered this week Firstly, There are worrying reports that Uyghurs are being transferred from Xinjiang across the country to work in factories and restart the
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The pandemic is shifting media attention - already lacking - away from the ongoing human rights and environmental crisis taking place across Asia. So this week, I focus on Asia’s Undercovered Crisis. First: Uyghurs and Muslims in China Millions of Uyghurs remains trapped in concentration camps, or in forced
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Welcome to the first Covid-19 free edition of Asia Undercovered. But first, a warning - be vary of glowing China coverage. It’s partly how we got into this mess. Undercovered this week Haze has become a pervasive problem in Thailand. This report from Bangkok Tribune finds that the countries
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Dear Subscribers, With everything that has taken place over the last few weeks, you probably haven’t noticed that I haven’t sent out Asia Undercovered this month. The reason is what you would expect - I’ve been overwhelmed due to COVID-19, which has gone from an Asian epidemic
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This week: Chaos in Malaysia, a new PM in East Timor, and the challenges migrants workers face across Asia. Bangladesh’s turn towards autocracy For some reason, Bangladesh gets little attention in Asia. This is despite it being the 5th most populous country on the continent. Unfortunately, the news has