This week in Asia Undercovered: Death row inmate Pannir Selvam Pranthaman's case in Sinapore, hypocrisy of military involvement in forest management, Tamil media blocked by the Indian government for publishing satire cartoon, access denied to Bangladesh's state violence sites, reportage from the Sanakham Dam in Thai-Lao
This week in Asia Undercovered: human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka and Nepal, worst air quality across Asia, rising concerns on militarization in Indonesia, 2025 climate budget of India and Indonesia, and torture trial in Kazakhstan. Subscribe to Asia Undercovered Sri Lanka’s human-elephant conflict and Nepali villages’ solution Supun Lahiru
Hello, welcome to Asia Undercovered 2025 issue no.02! Subscribe to Asia Undercovered Last two weeks have been a sleepless one for me as a Korean person. Most Koreans had to stay up late to check whether president Yoon had been arrested or not, whether the arrest warrant was issued
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This week: Why Laos is relying on China, pollution in Kashmir, illegal plantations in Indonesia, and a shoutout to the best investigation I've read all year.
This week: Why Laos is relying on China, pollution in Kashmir, illegal plantations in Indonesia, and a shoutout to the best investigation I've read all year.
This week: Refugees face more hurdles in Japan, new Prime Ministers but little real change in Thailand and Cambodia, and growing herbs to save forests in Bangladesh.
This week: Refugees face more hurdles in Japan, new Prime Ministers but little real change in Thailand and Cambodia, and growing herbs to save forests in Bangladesh.
Undercovered last week Pakistan, the fourth most populous country in Asia, gets very little attention in the global media. We should be paying more attention, writes David Brewster in this piece for Lowy Intepreter, due to concurrent economic and political crisis that could have regional impacts. Worth Reading: This in-depth
Last week, Cambodia held an election with an expected result. Despite this, it was a rare, brief moment when the small country got some global attention. But there's a lot more to Cambodia than just politics, which is why instead of a regular election-related recap, this week we&
Undercovered last week The crisis in Xinjiang had faded away from the headlines, likely due, in part, to the increasing difficulty that journalists face in accessing the region. But RFA was, despite these barriers, able to uncover how teenage Uyghurs are being forced to work in garment factories through secret
Undercovered last week You've likely seen numerous headlines about the floods in the US, or the heat in Spain. But did you hear anything about flooding that killed at least 50 in Pakistan last week? Likely not (Dawn). Horrible news from Bangladesh, where a labor organizer, Shahidul Islam,
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The state of press and digital freedom in Asia, including the challenging facing journalists, activist, and dissidents, the links to democratic backsliding, and what some are doing to stem this tide.
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This week: Thailand stunning election results, the opposition wins in East Timor, and how a massive solar project will impact communities in South India. Subscribe now Thailand Elections Update So, in what was a stunning result, the progressive, young-oriented Move Forward Party won the most seats in the elections, including
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This week: Forced field trips to China, the battle for influence in Central Asia, and how a state police forced is implicated in extrajudicial killings in Bangladesh. Subscribe now Undercovered last week Now, students in Hong Kong are forced to go on mandatory field trips to China, part of a
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This week: A China human rights update, Malaysia's new unity government, and investigating deforestation and its links to Uyghur forced labor. Subscribe now Undercovered last week China human rights update: Another Muslim community in China, the Hui, has gotten far less attention Tibet and the Uyghurs, but their
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This week: Climate change in India and Bangladesh, Myanmar's upcoming so-called "election," and hope for Asia's wildlife. Subscribe now Undercovered last week All across Asia, the impacts of climate change are being felt by the poorest and more vulnerable now. In Bangladesh, climate migrants
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Undercovered last week In Hong Kong, the trial for 47 pro-democracy figures – including several former legislators, lawyers, and activists, has begun. They face life sentences for doing no more than their advocacy, including organizing an unofficial primary in 2020 (Arthur Kaukman, China Digital Times). It’s also now been three