Stories from 17 December 2009
Philippines: Names of murdered journalists
Alleba Politics lists the names of 30 journalists who were among those murdered last month in Maguindanao Province, located in the southern part of the Philippines.
Indonesia: Mall Suicides
Metro Mad is intrigued with some Indonesians choosing shopping malls to commit suicide.
Indonesia: Climbing Mountains
The Gunung Bagging site provides a comprehensive list and classification of prominent mountains in Indonesia
Myanmar supertitions
speaking out loud shares a few examples of Burmese superstitions.
Singapore: What to do if you’re raped
Barnyard Chorus advises women on steps to take if they are raped in Singapore
Egypt: The Capital of Hell on Earth
Many Egyptian bloggers and activists have been detained by State Security on various occasions and for various reasons - real or fake - Wa7da Masreya interviewed several bloggers and posted a detailed post on torture techniques and psychological tricks those bloggers have been subjected to in State Security headquarters in the district of Nasr City.
China: No more individual domain name registration
Masaru IKEDA from Asiajin blogs about the recent ban on individual domain name registration in China.
China: Development's Toll on Laborers
A second wave of pneumoconiosis cases has been reported among drilling and blasting workers in the southern city of Shenzhen. An article in Beijing Youth Daily reports 119 suspected pneumoconiosis cases among migrant workers from Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province who had engaged in drilling and blasting work in Shenzhen, Guangdong. This...
Japan: A short documentary on Japanese Social Media
At the Medifes event, Global Voices interviewed some participants to provide an overview of the local scene through the eyes and voices of those who try to make a difference in the media landscape of Japan.
Fiji: History syllabus that should be history
Wendy, from the blog Babasiga, hopes that the history syllabus taught in Fiji's schools is not really from 1960. “Sobosobo, that was colonial! Before Independence, before coup culture!,” she writes.
Yaoi in the Philippines
The View from the Fence blogs about the popularity of Yaoi, “female-oriented fictional media that focus on homoerotic or homoromantic male relationships,” among the Filipino youth.
Philippines: Learning Hiligaynon
Tuon ‘Ta Hiligaynon is a tutorial blog on simplified Hiligaynon, one of the main languages in the Philippines.