Latest posts by Jose Manuel Tesoro from October, 2005
China: Am I A Journalist
EastSouthWestNorth asks: “Am I a journalist?” His answer: “If I wanted to become a traditional journalist, I would have become one. Instead, I became an independent blogger by my own...
Myanmar: West is Wrong
“What we need is a more serious, thoughtful, creative and most importantly realistic method of assisting the blossoming of democracy” — Burma Watch.com agrees that the West's approach to Burma...
Philippines: Monster Ball
An aswang is an evil, flesh-eating creature in Filipino folklore. They are said to infest particular provinces in the Philippines, one of which is now hosting an aswang festival. Sassy...
South Korea: By-Election Report
Flying Yangban‘s Andy, guestblogging at The Marmot's Hole, looks at the result of the recent by-election.
Philippines: Technology Salaries
Pinoy.Tech.Blog and its readers react to data about information workers’ salaries in the U.S. with the observation that even technicians make 15-20 times more than a technician would be paid...
North Korea: Crop Failures
OneFreeKorea at North Korea zone has information from a Christian aid worker who is reporting widespread crop failures in the hermit state.
Singapore: Prepping Witnesses
Mr. Wang recalls his days prepping witnesses as a deputy public prosecutor in Singapore:
Vietnam: Construction
Virtual-Doug watches a house being built in Vietnam.
Images from Myanmar (Burma): Concentration?
‘concentration’ by awfulsara “A young monk by candlelight, brow furrowed in not quite peaceful contemplation.”
China: Shanghai in Pajamas
A new blog has an unhealthy obsession: taking pictures of people wandering Shanghai in their pajamas.
Japan: Antique Show
Japundit has an article on Nandemo Kantedan, a 10-year-old TV show that, like the popular U.S. series Antiques Roadshow, values people's old junk and makes their wildest dreams come true.
Singapore: Blogger Pleads Guilty
Huichieh Loy of From a Singapore Angle reacts to the conviction of the third local blogger charged for making racist comments. Mr. Wang has information about the other players and...
South Korea: Office Space
Working in Korea lists seven things he finds different about Korean workplaces.
Vietnam: In the Soup
On noodlepie‘s suggestion, soup-obsessed No Star Where tries Vietnam's famous noodle soup pho at a pho chain he derided as McPho and is pleasantly surprised.
China: Sprucing Up Blogs
Chinese blog service Bokee.com has launched a tour of campuses to teach students how to make more interesting blogs.
Hong Kong: BitTorrent Conviction
Chan Nai-Ming has the dubious distinction of being the first person convicted in Hong Kong for seeding films for BitTorrent P2P file-sharing. Chatter Garden has thoughts here and here.
Philippines: Political Ads
Manila streetwalker Carlos Celdran is stopped short by a set of billboards on a corner — all depicting heirs of famous political families using sex to hawk consumer goods.
South Korea: Historical Amnesia
At The Marmot's Hole, a lively discussion centering around U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton's comment that South Korea's move further away from U.S. interests reflects a “historical amnesia.”
Taiwan: Ally Lost
Coming Anarchy comments on Taiwan's latest diplomatic loss: Senegal now recognizes Beijing.
Australia, Singapore: Execution
Several Singapore blogs are campaigning to stop the execution by hanging of Australian Nguyen Tuong Van in the city-state for heroin smuggling.
China, Taiwan: Map Mess
When Google Maps labeled Taiwan a province of China, the company received protests from Taiwanese — and anger from China at its efforts to change the label. Then Google removed...
