Stories from 20 October 2005
Cambodia: Secret Treaty
The Cambodia-Vietnam border negotiations continue to be a hot topic in the local blogosphere. Dissident blog KI Media (“dedicated to publishing sensitive information about Cambodia”) offers a copy of a secret treaty addendum it says Phnom Penh signed with Hanoi, while Lux Mean at Cambodia Blog is wondering whether the...
China: Too Much IP Law
Mutant Frog Travelogue has a paradigm shift: It's not that there's no intellectual property law in China; the problem is that there's too much of it.
East Asia: Bird Flu Fowl
Effect Measure is a blog run by public health experts and epidemiologists. They are very worried about what they call the bird flu iceberg.
Hong Kong: Newspaper Survival
Diana Wong at Chatter Garden asks whether newspapers can still survive in Hong Kong.
Indonesia: Fuel Dominos
“What a year it's been,” says Macam-macam of Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's first year in power. Corruption and rising fuel prices bedevil the country, Sarapan Ekonomi notes. Meanwhile, Myanmar appears to be the next fuel domino in Southeast Asia to fall: Burma Watch.com observes that fuel prices there have...
Philippines: Blogconference
If you're in Manila, get out your diaries: the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism is having a conference on “Journalists as Bloggers” this Saturday, Oct. 22.
South Korea: Security Law Controversy
Several blogs have been discussing the top-line item in local news: the South Korean government's handling of the prosecution under the National Security Law of a local professor who had published his controversial, “pro-North Korea” views on the Internet.
Vietnam: Twenty Reasons to Smile
Our Man in Hanoi lists twenty things that make him smile in Vietnam.
Bahrain: Bahraini Citizenship
Zainab Alkhawaja says that getting a citizenship should be about being Bahraini, not about the kings interests.
Ife Univeristy
“Sunday Lunch Ife Style” by Jangbalajugbu-Homeland Stories
Bhutan: More of that Happiness
Bhutan: More of that Happiness
Sri Lanka: Dress Code in Jaffna
Sri Lanka: Dress Code in Jaffna
Images from India: Pilgrim
“Pilgrim” by Mor
Bangladesh: Homosexuality and Islam
Bangladesh: Homosexuality and Islam
Racism, tribalism, Sexism -
Girl in the Meadow has an excellent rant on “tribalism, racism, sexism and the general deterioration of socio-political life in Kenya.
5 reasons to visit Nigeria
Australian blogger Nick in Nigeria gives 5 good reasons “why should you come to Nigeria” and Nigerian blogger, Fakafiki thanks him for “identifying with the Naija Spiritt!
Nepal: Constitution and Media
Nepal: Constitution and Media
Nepal: Tea anyone?
Nepal: Tea anyone?
