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MYANMAR: THE MEDIA MYSTERY OF AUNG SAN SUU KYI

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 16, 2017 | myanmar, Slider | 0 |

From the independent news and opinion site The Irrawaddy, ALEX LAZAR WRITES: Aung San Suu Kyi is...

UNITED NATIONS: VETERAN WOMAN JOURNALIST GIVEN TOP GLOBAL INFORMATION POSTING

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 14, 2017 | Slider, UNITED NATIONS | 0 |

COURTESY OF THE NEW YORK TIMES…WRITES SOMINI SENGUPTAAUG: The United Nations HAS named...

LOS ANGELES: ANIME EXPO CELEBRATES ITS 26TH YEAR OF BRINGING JAPANESE CULTURE TO THE US

by Savannah Nunez | Aug 7, 2017 | Los Angeles, Slider | 0 |

SAVANNAH NUNEZ WRITES — Anime geeks, video game fanatics, cosplay creators and the like flocked to...

ONE COLUMNIST’S VIEW: THE POWER AND THE DANGER OF DONALD’S TWEETS

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 2, 2017 | Slider, Tom Plate | 0 |

COLUMNIST TOM PLATE WRITES — Recall Shakespeare’s Falstaff – that boastful cowardly...

DAVID STOCKMAN ON DONALD’S TWEET TECHNIQUE: GOOD FOR NOTHING … OH REALLY?

by Asia Media Staff | Aug 2, 2017 | middle east, Slider, Uncategorized | 0 |

FORMER WHITE HOUSE OFFICIAL DAVID STOCKMAN WRITES – Most of the Donald’s tweets amount to...

LMU/LA: SKILLFULLY SKYPING SEOUL

by Asia Media Staff | Oct 31, 2016 | Los Angeles, Slider, South Korea, Tom Plate | 0 |

Pictured above – in triplicate no less!- is well-known Prof. Hans Schattle of the Political...

QATAR: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Money

by Alexis Cruz | Oct 26, 2016 | Qatar, Slider, West Asia | 0 |

ALEXIS CRUZ WRITES – October in a U.S. election year often unveils some scandal. This year...

VIETNAM – Facebook Censors the “Napalm Girl”

by Katie Trinh | Oct 26, 2016 | Slider, Vietnam | 0 |

KATIE TRINH WRITES – Norwegian newspaper, Aftenposten, posts Nick Ut’s photo of “Napalm...

PHILIPPINES: DEAR AMERICA, IT’S OVER, SINCERELY DUTERTE

by Mary Grace Costa | Oct 24, 2016 | Philippines, Slider | 0 |

MARY GRACE COSTA WRITES – The Philippines and the United States have enjoyed a decades-long...

SOUTH KOREA: FOR ONCE, NORTH KOREA ISN’T TO BLAME FOR AN EXPLOSION

by Sabrina Verduzco | Oct 17, 2016 | East Asia, Slider, South Korea | 0 |

SABRINA VERDUZCO WRITES – In the smartphone showdown between Samsung and Apple, iPhones have...

CHINA: AMERICAN FOOTBALL SCORES BIG-TIME IN BIG DEBUT

by Dylan Joseph | Oct 17, 2016 | China, East Asia, Slider | 0 |

DYLAN JOSEPH WRITES – American-style football has come to China. On October 1, more than 11,000...

CHINA: CHOKING ON THE DUST OF ECO-FRIENDLY INDUSTRY

by Jessica Legaspi | Oct 17, 2016 | China, East Asia, Slider | 0 |

JESSICA LEGASPI WRITES–On October 3rd, The Washington Post released an exposé entitled “In...

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