Category: human rights

LOOKING BACK AT JOURNALIST JAMAL KHASHOGGI’S BRUTAL END

by Asia Media Staff | Dec 16, 2018 | human rights, Saudi Arabia, West Asia | 0 |

AN ASIA MEDIA INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL REPORT: BY LMU STUDENTS– Salem AlSabah, Mohammed...

CHINA: Who Are the ‘Feminist Five?’

by Anas Alzahrani | Nov 6, 2018 | China, East Asia, feminism, human rights, SEXISM, Women's Rights, Xi Jinping | 0 |

ANAS ALZAHRANI WRITES — While countries around the world are buying into the “this is what a...

North Korea: The Deadly Silence Behind #Metoo

by Aashna Malpani | Nov 2, 2018 | feminism, human rights, North Korea, SEXISM, Women's Rights | 0 |

AASHNA MALPANI WRITES – In the streets of Hyesan city, North Korea, a woman in her forties...

FACEBOOK: A TOOL FOR VIOLENCE AND OPPRESSION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

by Jaber AlSabah | Oct 30, 2018 | human rights, myanmar, Philippines, Science and Tech, Southeast Asia | 0 |

JABER AL SABAH WRITES — Facebook was intended to connect the world and bring people closer...

But Modi Ji, What About India’s LGBT Population?

by Aashna Malpani | Sep 12, 2018 | BBC, gay rights, human rights, India, INDIA, South Asia, Southeast Asia | 0 |

AASHNA MALPANI WRITES — On September 6, India’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled in favor of...

SOUTH KOREA & THE QUESTION OF JUSTICE: AHN HEE JUNG NOT GUILTY OF RAPE

by Elizabeth Soelistio | Sep 1, 2018 | human rights, SEXISM, South Korea, Women's Rights | 0 |

ELIZABETH SOELISTIO WRITES — Ahn Hee Jung, a 53-year-old politician and former rising star of...

ONE HARVARD STUDENT’S VIEW: FELLOW STUDENTS, STOP ROMANTICIZING COMMUNISM, IT IS EVIL

by Asia Media Staff | Dec 31, 2017 | HARVARD, human rights | 0 |

WRITES GUEST CONTRIBUTOR LAURA M. NICOLAE OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY — In 1988, my...

ASIAN PROFILES: MERLE WOO, THE HERO WITHOUT THE CAPE

by Asia Media Staff | Oct 7, 2017 | East Asia, gay rights, human rights | 0 |

MATTHIEU LANGE WRITES – “Not all heroes wear capes.” This saying, originating from the 1900s...

MEDIA EXCELLENCE: THE GLOBAL COMMENTARY OF WORLD POST’S NATHAN GARDELS

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 5, 2017 | human rights, nathan gardels, Not About Asia | 0 |

EDITOR’S NOTE: Probably the most inclusive and sophisticated weekly take on global political...

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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.

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Lama Al Taher
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Paula Markow
Noah Perlo
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Alexandra Radilaleh
Margaret Ray
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Audrey Wu
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Andrea Plate
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Clementine Todorov

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Jay Seo
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Mary Grace Costa
Lexi Tucker
Kelcey Lorenzo

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