Features

Archive of all feature articles published

East Timor's search for justice

President Xanana Gusmao argues that the national interest of East Timor is not well served by remaining fixated on suffering of Timorese

Media reports on China, South Korea hit

Experts says Japanese media have a lack of historical understanding and are partially to blame for Japan's ill relations with rest of Asia

Suddenly, Suu Kyi is the key

The ASEAN team has a change of heart, seeks a meeting with the imprisoned pro-democracy leader of Myanmar

Timor Leste's past: Let it be or bare it all?

President Gusmao, the guerilla fighter, wants to bury the past and make up with his former enemy while CAVR's chairman, the 38-year-old lawyer, is intent on keeping faith with history

Juggling pragmatic politics with bloody past

Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation reports a bloody history but is ambiguous about the role of the US and Australia during Indonesia's 24-year rule of East Timor

Sondhi speaks out against Thaksin

Sondhi clears rumors and misconceptions of his feud with Thaksin in interview by Nattaya Chetchotiros

From reporting the news to making it

Ampa Santimetanedol finds PM Thaksin's lawsuit against journalist Sarocha Porn-udomsak has only made her more determined to fight for free speech

Raid is latest in long line of royal crackdowns on media

King Gyanendra's continues his assault on media, specifically radio, to revert government to absolute monarchy

Despite summit rhetoric, U.S. and China remain strategic competitors

Willy Lam reviews Bush's trip to Asia and the policies behind his tete-a-tete with Hu

In blogs we trust

Chinese bloggers host their first conference in Shanghai, CNBlog.org cofounder Isaac Mao Xianghui discusses the mediumīs cultural influences

Photo Essay: Nepalese protest for democracy and press freedoms

Dinesh Wagle's photo essay of protests against the Feb. 1 royal government coup

Sri Lanka's Presidential Election

In this three-part series, Arthur Rhodes reports on the politics that obscure the stories of Tamil people and the reasons so few voted in the Nov. 17 election

Sri Lanka's Presidential Election: Hardliner Rajapakse wins

Numbers show narrow victory could have been result of record-low Tamil voter turnout

Sri Lanka's Presidential Election: Tamils explain why they will not vote

Arthur Rhodes finds that for Tamils in the north of Sri Lanka, the ceasefire does not mean peace and the election does not mean change

Sri Lanka's Presidential Election: The irony of the LTTE boycott

Arthur Rhodes explores the politics that obscure the stories of Tamil people in Sri Lanka

Photos from the majority world

From Bangladesh to Sri Lanka to the United Kingdom, photographer Shahidul Alam draws attention to the power relationships that define people and places

Assessing Hu's visit to North Korea

Hu Jintao and Kim Jong-il discussed restoring diplomatic ties, aid packages and the Six Party Talks

Journalists and experts weigh in on media coverage of North Korea

News about North Korea needs better sources, more analysis, say panelists at Korean American Journalists Association event

We heard it on the radio

Survey in the Kathmandu Valley indicates that many of Nepal's citizens support efforts to lift the ban on FM news programs

Freedom of speech is still a trial in China

Phoenix TV, a joint venture between News Corp and Liu Changle, is testing the limits of the Communist Party's patience

New ordinance rouses the Nepalese media

The new media law increases fines for publishing banned material and renews the ban on FM radio news programs, putting an already strained industry in peril

Migrant workers speak out on-air

Activist groups in Korea hope to bring the lives of migrant workers into the public eye

Politics takes precedence in Pakistan earthquake coverage

The media, both in Pakistan and internationally, focus on the political in the aftermath of the Oct. 8 earthquake

The paper war

Leaflet publications were used as a stratetic tool to spread propaganda during the Korean War, says Andrei Lankov

Dangers of working with foreigners

Peter Goff warns foreign journalists of the unexpected dangers that follow their sources and researchers in China

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