Features

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Cell phones revolutionize Koreans' lifestyle

For better or worse, 80 percent of Korea's population uses mobile phones -- and all the gadgets that come with them

Fight brewing as Thai ban on alcohol ads looms

Protesters say the proposed ban violates World Trade Organization rules

Timid he's not, CNN's Quest calls them out as he sees them

Richard Quest explores how to survive on 22,000 yen a day in Osaka

Sondhi's 'new time journalism'

In an on-camera interview with AsiaMedia, media mogul and anti-Thaksin activist Sondhi Limthongkul said corruption in Thailand has forced his news reporting into a journalism-activism hybrid

Fee-based mobile broadcasts nudge past free services

Korean consumers favor satellite digital mutlimedia broadcasting systems over free terrestial ones

Mayoral candidates seek votes in the blogosphere

Taiwan's mayoral hopefuls use personal information in blogs as campaign tactics

Singapore's blog-happy teenagers

Media Development Authority of Singapore's new Internet study finds half of teens have online blogs or podcast

Annual press freedom index indicates Asia not improving

2006 not promising year for journalism in Asia; majority of countries fell in Reporters Without Borders rankings

Korea leads world in Internet evolution to Web 2.0

There is no agreement on what Web 2.0 actually means, but Koreans have the edge, experts say

Kantathi Suphamongkhon's Take

Excerpts from Thailand's foreign minister's comments to AsiaMedia and a small group of UCLA professors and students

Thailand's former foreign minister looks to the future

Kantathi Suphamongkohn says he saw the coup coming, but does not yet know what his next move will be

Attacks on Abdullah starting to hurt Dr Mahathir

Dr Mahathir Mohamad gives Time magazine's Asia edition a long list of grievances against the Prime Minister of Malaysia -- but will his constant criticism lead to isolation?

Shaping the future: Samsung's formula for success

Industry experts says the Korean electronic giant's global dominance comes from creativity and innovation

Virtual relationships become real

Online communication means strong virtual community bonds for bloggers in Korea

On the 'right' track

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe knows the importance of using the media to his advantage, but some worry he will try to control it

TV media firms in Singapore make global strides

Singaporean television and movie producers aim to break into the international market and, so far, cable networks have been the key

Why not emulate Google?

Korea's larget Internet firm, NHN, looks to expand to global markets

Country could not have survived without coup, says Gen Sonthi

General Sonthi Boonyarataglin answers questions regarding Thailand's current political state and deposed Prime Minister Thaksin

'The day the Internet blew up in my face'

MIT professor Shigeru Miyagawa got more than he bargained for when he posted an image of Japanese war propaganda on an educational website

Can the next Net marvel come from Singapore?

Singapore looks for the next dot.com success story as it moves towards greater digital literacy

A quiet but dogged journalist with real nose for the news

Singapore's most experienced newspaper editor, Cheong Yip Seng, is retiring; he is known for his dedication to journalism and sense of humor

Acclaimed novelist's self-censorship fails to appease censors

Chinese author Yan Lianke worries that his attempt to avoid having his latest novel banned has 'drained his passion'

Meet the CEO: NHN finds intrinsic values in search tools

With Google moving in, Korea's most popular Internet portal aims to make its search service more user-friendly

Push for media-monitoring software has critics seeing Orwell

New software is intended to help the United States monitor overseas media for negative opinions and 'potential threats to the nation'

And the Earth Shook Again: Portraits from the Yogyakarta Earthquake

Jacqueline Koch's photos from the aftermath of the May 27 earthquake in Indonesia

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