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East Asia · May, 2025

Stories about East Asia from May, 2025

Mistrusting the Myanmar junta, grassroots communities deliver earthquake aid directly to victims

The junta is accused of restricting the flow of aid to disaster-hit communities

Written by Prachatai

7 hours ago

Kendo 101: A beginner’s guide to Japanese sword fighting

The Japanese modern martial art emphasizes physical ability, mental strength, courtesy, and self-discipline

Written by Jo Carter

15 hours ago

Hong Kong activist Anna Kwok’s father is being prosecuted as a form of ‘collective punishment,’ according to rights groups

Kwok Yin-sang is the first relative of a wanted activist charged under Hong Kong's domestic security law

Written by Oiwan Lam

1 day ago

AI, impunity, and ‘authoritarian media control’ in Southeast Asia

An overview on the state of media freedom in Cambodia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Indonesia

Written by Mong Palatino

3 days ago

Amid waning room for advocacy, Hong Kong LGBTQ+ groups cherish rare chance to raise awareness

The organizer said: “We’re not able to make as much noise anymore.”

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

4 days ago

Chinese social media users are outraged by the mysterious death of an internet celebrity cat

Why cover up the feline's cause of death?

Written by Oiwan Lam

6 days ago

Global digital rights report reveals unexpected boost in transparency from Chinese tech giants

Despite the current improvements, there’s still a long way to go

Written by Marisa Petricca

7 days ago

A decade of digital rights: Where has Big Tech's progress gone?

The 2025 RDR Index demonstrates stagnation at a critical time

Written by Giovana Fleck

2 weeks ago

Danish anthropologist denied entry to Kazakhstan for criticizing China's repression of Uyghurs

This isn't the first time a Uyghur researcher or advocate has been denied entry to Kazakhstan

Written by Global Voices Eurasia

2 weeks ago

Bridges or bargains? Examining India and China’s infrastructure expansion in South Asia

India races to match China’s growing influence in South Asia

Written by Bharadaz Uday Hazarika

2 weeks ago

The CIA is trying to recruit Chinese spies for the US government. Chinese citizens don't seem interested

The videos tap into anxieties around China's decade-long corruption crackdowns

Written by Oiwan Lam

2 weeks ago

Exiled Vietnamese blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’ calls for transnational solidarity

Interview with Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh about her life and struggles in exile

Written by Mong Palatino

2 weeks ago

Taiwan's Yilan Creole: Revitalizing the only Japanese-based creole language in the world

Yilan Creole is a mix of Indigenous Taiwanese Atayal language, Seediq language, and Japanese

Written by Abdulrosheed Fadipe

2 weeks ago

Hong Kong falls to 140th in global press freedom index with historic low score

Hong Kong has faced unprecedented deterioration in its press freedom record

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

3 weeks ago

‘Every silenced voice matters’: Defending press freedom in Myanmar

“Independent media is one of the few weapons we have left.”

Written by Exile Hub

3 weeks ago

Mizzima News: Surviving the junta and reporting Myanmar's ‘Spring Revolution’

After the 2021 coup, the news outlet set up operations in remote provinces and outside the country

Written by Mong Palatino

3 weeks ago

Podcast: Olek Shyn, Korean–Ukrainian, on the complex history of his ethnic and national identities

“Where Are You Really From?”: A podcast that explores identities

Written by Akwe Amosu

3 weeks ago

About our East Asia coverage

Oiwan Lam is the North East Asia editor. Email her story ideas or volunteer to write.

Mong Palatino is the South East Asia editor. Email him story ideas or volunteer to write.

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