Brandeis University is currently showing, in its Rose Art Museum, an exhibit by a high-profile Middle Eastern artist who presents the Palestinian point of view in his work. This comes at a time of heightened tensions, of course, in the Middle East. We think this academically excellent Massachusetts university of…
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LMU, LOS ANGELES: Take a Look at Our ‘Momentum’!
We proudly direct your attention to another site in the LMU universe. Titled ‘Momentum’, it keeps track of the more outstanding developments at Bellarmine College here. The current edition offers a nice article on this ASIA MEDIA site, featuring an interview with one of our more articulate staffers. She is…
The Islam the West Needs to Appeciate (See the Artwork Above)
It surely is safe to say that the true cultural genius and tradition of Islam has been insufficiently appreciated in this time of global tension. Too many other issues have stood in the way. But to mitigate the so-called ‘clash of civilizations’ — or at least to put it into…
LOS ANGELES: Asia Society Event
This vital regional citizens’ organization has been in the service of improving understanding of Asia in America for decades. Its events, with venues mainly in downtown Los Angeles, bring major international figures, academic experts and even spectacular artists into the spotlight of the community. ‘The New Asia Media’ is an…
HONOLULU: Major Journalists from Asia Visiting for U.S. Election
Eight accomplished journalists from various parts of Asia have begun the East-West Center’s special U.S. Presidential Election Reporting Seminar. On the 12-day tour immediately before, during and after the election, the journalists will visit Florida, Ohio and Washington, DC to gain perspectives on the American electoral system and the issues…
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK: UN Secretary General Issues Statement on ‘Conversations with Ban Ki-moon’ Book
November 7, 2012: From UN headquarters in New York, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon commented for the first time on the new book ‘Conversations with Ban Ki-moon: The View from the Top’: “I don’t agree with all of ‘Conversations with Ban Kim-moon’, but that is to be expected. But on the…
BANGLADESH: Mortal Danger for Journalists Continues
It took a serious Spanish media outlet to shine light on the latest anti-media atrocity in this country Recently Eurasia Review: News and Analysis, an independent news outlet based in Spain, has reported that yet another Bangladeshi journalist has been killed. Talhad Ahmed Kabid was a reporter with the Bangladeshi…
LOS ANGELES: NEW MANAGING EDITORS
Lani Luo and Selina Swatek, LMU seniors, have been promoted to the positions of managing editors of this site. The decision was made by acclamation — and to loud applause — at the regular ASIA MEDIA staff meeting recently in University Hall 3319, located on the university’s main campus. Commented…
TOM PLATE: Japan Bashing by China Will Not Help
Syndicated Asia columnist Tom Plate writes from Los Angeles – America still has much to decide. Among major issues, the U.S. presidential campaign did not (and without comprehensive national review could not) clear up the daunting question of China. The policy differences between the two parties and their candidates, exaggerated…
MYANMAR-BURMA: The Color of Change
Ask, and you shall receive. The people of Burma are undergoing a progressive change in their state-run media that is slow to start- but has nonetheless begun. The military coup of 1962 has reduced the reading of state-run newspapers for the mundane purpose of the obituary page. The new leader…
BANGLADESH: Accurate or Bologna? Survey Reveals a Corrupt Parliamentary
So how much corruption can people handle before they call for a change? Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) is an independent, non-partisan, and non-profit organization whose mission is to create social movements that will lead to the reduction and eradication of corruption in Bangladesh. Recently, TIB conducted a survey among Bangladesh’s…
HONG KONG: Homophobic Chao Offers Inspiration
Cecil Chao, Hong Kong’s notoriously homophobic billionaire playboy, has recently become the inspiration for the outrageous Sacha Baron Cohen’s next movie. Famous for being absurdly offensive yet comical, Cohen’s last mockumentary, “The Dictator”, parodied the late Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi. Similarly, Cohen and his production company has made plans with…
THE DEMISE OF NEWSWEEK: When a Magazine Stands for Nothing
The Following Syndicated Column Is Reprinted from The Jakarta Post of Indonesia: One way or the other, a magazine needs to stand for something special — otherwise, who cares? As a once-young journalist I took in this maxim of magazining from the late Clay Felker, who in the seventies pushed…
Asia Insight: Our First Video
(A note from ASIA MEDIA: This is a new feature that offers a spotlight to staffers or editors about their special project. The staff of ASIA MEDIA works as a team to produce this periodic site. Its founder, Tom Plate, a member of the LMU faculty, has recently completed a…
FROM TOM PLATE: America’s New Emotional Isolationism
American columnist Tom Plate writes: Foreign policy has suddenly surfaced, like a leviathan sea monster, crawling onto the beach of the U.S. presidential campaign. If I were an incumbent American president seeking re-election, I might be worried. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet…
MALAYSIA: Romeo & Juliet Gone Very Wrong
Talk about a messy relationship – and she’s got the scars to prove it. “Ling,” a 16 year old, performed sadomasochism in hopes that she might save her boyfriend’s life. Ling heard from her boyfriend’s uncle, Alex Leung, a supposed royal or “datuk” and a sultan, that by depriving herself…