Author: Ryan Urban

MALAYSIA: FROM PLAYBOY MODEL TO MUSLIM ROLE MODEL

Posted by Ryan Urban | Apr 4, 2017 | FELIXIA REAP, MALAYSIA, Playboy model, SEXISM |

RYAN URBAN WRITES: People say they are fed up with President Trump for remarks targeting the most...

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SINGAPORE: CAN A FALSE REALITY BE A FORCE FOR GOOD?

Posted by Ryan Urban | Feb 27, 2017 | Singapore |

RYAN URBAN WRITES – Shock and utter disgust flooded social media platforms this week, when...

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SINGAPORE: HALF OF THE STONE ROLLS INTO KUOK’S COURT

Posted by Ryan Urban | Oct 11, 2016 | Singapore |

RYAN URBAN WRITES – On October 1, a Singapore tech startup bought half of Rolling Stone, becoming...

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SINGAPORE: CLEANLINESS LAWS MISSED A SPOT WITH ZIKA

Posted by Ryan Urban | Oct 2, 2016 | Singapore, Slider |

RYAN URBAN WRITES – With such a neat-freak attitude, one would think Singaporeans would...

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SINGAPORE: UNDER CAREFUL WATCH

Posted by Ryan Urban | Aug 27, 2016 | Singapore, Slider |

RYAN URBAN WRITES – The recent detention of two Singapore men under a decades-old law that allows...

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Asia Media International Staff

ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL is a student-driven publication of Loyola Marymount University’s Asia Media Center – a vital part of LMU’s Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts and the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies, in an alliance with the university's award-winning Dept. of Political Science and with the Pacific Century Institute in Los Angeles.

MANAGING EDITORS
Aashna Malpani, Yi Ning Wong

STAFF WRITERS:
Aljuma Abdulmohsen
Lama Al Taher
Muhamad Al-Othman
Nawaf Al-Sabah
Nicole Alaverdian
Mohammad AlShahri
Sarah Almuawad
Abdulmohsan Almutairi
Khaled AlRashoud
Fahad Alsudais
Olivia Amezcua
Faisal Bin Eisa
Robert Born
Talal Bukhamseen
Tungga Basuki
Michelle Dor
Conor Fairtlough
Ashley Flores
Diego Garcia
Cameron Henderson
Reema Hiddawi
Antonia Horlick
Mingyi Li
Paula Markow
Noah Perlo
Patrick Poleshuck
Alexandra Radilaleh
Margaret Ray
Chelsea Marie Salac
Audrey Wu
Yuxin Zhou

WRITING AND EDITING CONSULTANT:
Andrea Plate
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT:
Clementine Todorov

CURRICULUM COORDINATORS:
Evan Yawen Sun

VIDEO TEAM SUPERVISOR:
Mariel Sosa

EMERITUS EDITORS:
Savannah Nunez
Jay Seo
Sabrina Verduzco
Mary Grace Costa
Lexi Tucker
Kelcey Lorenzo

Founder & President:
Prof Tom Plate

SPECIAL ADVISOR:
Gareth C.C. Chang

Assistant to the President:
Lamiya Shabbir

Emeritus Executive Senior Editor
Ben Sullivan