Features

Archive of all feature articles published

Breaking News: Thailand's coup in the headlines

A roundup of coverage from around the world in the days following the coup

End of the Lion

Japan's foreign correspondents weigh in on the Koizumi era

Q&A: Li Datong

This veteran and embattled journalist says that, from his vantage point, the outlook for China's media is not all bad

Impact of new media technology on society

Serajul I. Bhuiyan reviews trends in new media technology and discusses the consequences of technological advances on modern society

Is Jakarta ready for a virtual campaign?

Candidates in Indonesia gear up for next year's election by posting poems online and adding people on Friendster.com

ST journalist respected for his keen China insight

Friends, colleagues fondly recall Ching Cheong's promise as a journalist when he began his journalism career at a left-wing newspaper

Young Balinese, media keep their language alive

Ancient Balinese language returns in form of modern magazine to preserve cultural identity

Researchers expose Vietnamese Internet filtering system

An OpenNet Initiative report says that the government is not just blocking pornography

Portals to take more responsibility for news

Lawmakers set groundrules for Korea's influential, but unregulated news portals

The dangerous life of a newspaper deliveryman

To get newspapers to fellow Jakartans on time, deliverymen have to force themselves to wake up early, put up with low pay and brave the city's impossible traffic

U.S. veteran turns up old Okinawa photographs

A former U.S. Navy seaman, now 80, finds photos he took of Japanese prisoners in 1945

Truth and rumor in the photo doctoring debate

After a blogger revealed that a Reuters image was doctored, new media is confronting the old over who and what to trust

The media and the law

A closely followed rape case stirs debate in China about media frenzies to cover and comment on legal trials

Chat room addicts find refuge in Korea's wired world

Expats and citizens find fleeting bits of joyful escapism on the Internet

Nepal radio stations help bring about social change

Community radio stations use airwaves to shed light on constitutional issues

Public sentiment law alerts multinationals

eBay's presence in Korea, a unique website called Auction, keeps its own design in a cautious step anticipating the country's high nationalism

TV viewers caught up in the celebrity gossip grapevine

Indonesian TV stations will continue to profit from gossip shows as long as viewers believe 'watching TV is still better than sleeping all day'

Batam TV boom 'not meeting viewers needs'

Critics say Indonesia's local TV stations have a long way to go before achieving competence equal to that of national stations

NHK's finest hour: Japan's official record of Chinese forced labor

William Underwood outlines NHK's gradual shift from investigative journalism to the nation's paper most likely to report favorably on the government

Now showing on Indian TV

Corrupt surgeons and sex abuse lead India's TV news as channels try to outdo one another with exposes

Establish an e-mail policy before the lawsuits start flying

Litigator of Tilleke & Gibbons International advises corporations on preventive e-mail protocol for employees

How much integrity and credibility does RI media have?

A report from a trainer in the Indonesia Australia Specialized Training Project, an effort to hone the skills of Indonesian journalists

TV gossip shows dish the dirt for ratings

Ignatius Haryanto from the Institute of Press and Development Studies reminds gossip news reporters to maintain higher standards of celebrity coverage

A Passion for the Post

Exactly 60 years ago, Chira Thongplengsri bought the first issue of Bangkok Post, and has been reading it ever since -- 'come rain or shine' or failing eyesight

Is Google becoming victim of its own success?

Korean experts say its strong search capability is used for identity theft, porn site harvesting

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