Letters to the Editor
Pants are beyond the point
An AsiaMedia reader responds to Nushin Arbabzadah's critical comment about Western feminists
BANGLADESH: Journalists want end to emergency
Journalists form committee to overcome obstacles imposed by emergency rules in effect since January 2007
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MYANMAR: Government denies foreign journalists' entry
Military junta limits foreign aid and news coverage of post-Cyclone Nargis devastation
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AUSTRALIA: Google fuzzes out faces in privacy push
Australian Street View images will likely be published in low resolution also in order to obscure details such as vehicle license plates
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East Asia
- TAIWAN: Chiou complains about treatment by the press
- TAIWAN: Multimedia's Wang freed on record NT$350 mil. bail
- KOREA: Cell phone most desired present among children
- KOREA: One Million Netizens Favor Impeachment
- TAIWAN: FarEasTone offers new incentives, sports info
Southeast Asia
- MYANMAR: Government denies foreign journalists' entry
- SINGAPORE: SingTel announces deal to launch iPhone here by year-end
- SINGAPORE: Lianhe Zaobao duo snag prize with fast, solid legwork
- INDONESIA: Press calls for defamation law reform
- INDONESIA: Temporary media ban recommended
South Asia
- INDIA: TOI wins top global award
- BANGLADESH: Journalists want end to emergency
- PAKISTAN: SC warns media against defaming judiciary
- BANGLADESH: BBC Bangladesh sanglap today
- BANGLADESH: Training for newsmen begins in Mymensingh
Pacific Islands
- AUSTRALIA: Convicted killer rallies support on Facebook
- AUSTRALIA: Google fuzzes out faces in privacy push
- AUSTRALIA: Free city broadband quietly shelved
The World
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Features
Hiding from the junta
CNN's Dan Rivers gives a first-hand account of the Myanmar authorities' determined search for him
Silencing journalists
A roundup of news about Asia on World Press Freedom Day 2008
Differences in perception
In a Q&A with AsiaMedia, Lianhe Zaobao's Beijing correspondent, Han Yong Hong, describes her experience on one of China's media tours of Tibet
Justice for a fallen journalist
Six months after APF video journalist Kenji Nagai was killed in Myanmar, APF News President Toru Yamaji talks with AsiaMedia about continuing his legacy
Asia Outlook
No news is good news?
'Dawn' writer Hajrah Mumtaz discusses how Western media coverage of Third World countries reinforces "the underlying ideological thrust of Western societies"
Freedom of expression, access, and empowerment
Ripan Kumar Biswas reflects on the state of journalism in 2007
Sri Lankan minister's shocking comments
'The Daily Star' condemns the Sri Lanka defense secretary's comments judging journalists' patriotism and calling for media censorship
Raise journalistic ethics
'The Japan Times' reminds journalists to protect news sources, not exploit them
Reviews
Sixty-two years ago today
Steven Okazaki brings the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki into the present in his new documentary about survivors
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