Region: Asia

See also China, East Timor

CounterSpin: John Feffer on North Korea, Han Shan on Shell & Ken Saro-Wiwa (5/29/09)

Economy CounterSpin: Manan Ahmed on Pakistan, Dean Starkman on 'Power Problem' (5/15/09)

CounterSpin: Shahid Buttar on Pakistan, Jonathan Tasini on the writers strike (11/9/07)

Economy Elections/2008 CounterSpin: Cynthia Boaz on Burma, Dean Baker on Social Security (10/5/07)

CounterSpin: David Enders on Iraq, Harut Sassounian on LAT and Armenian genocide (5/4/07)

CounterSpin: John Feffer on North Korea, Neil DeMause on welfare and poverty (7/7/06)

CounterSpin: Amitabh Pal on India, Eric Deggans on Hurricane Katrina (3/10/06)

CounterSpin: Jonathan Tasini on AFL-CIO and Greg Mitchell on Hiroshima (8/5/05)

Extra!: World’s Worst Disasters Overlooked: Survey identifies biggest “forgotten” crises (May/June 2005) By Carole J.L. Collins

Article: The Myth of the Media's Role in Vietnam (5/6/01) By Jeff Cohen

Action Alert: New York Times Swallows Pentagon "Whitewash": Korea massacre probe needs independent investigation (1/23/01)

Extra!: Steven Emerson's Crusade: Why is a journalist pushing questionable stories from behind the scenes? (January/February 1999) By John F. Sugg

Extra!: Good and Bad Genocide: Double standards in coverage of Suharto and Pol Pot (September/October 1998) By Edward S. Herman

Extra!: The Washington Times: Who pays the bills for the right's daily paper? (March/April 1995)

Extra!: Innocent Americans, Predatory Asians: Reporting on Japan Will Live in Infamy (April/May 1992) By Margaret Quigley

Extra!: Off-Base in the Philippines (March 1992)

Extra!: The Year of Dangerous Reporting: Indonesia Bloodbath, New York Times Whitewash (July/August 1990) By Renita Steeley

Extra!: History That's Fit to Print (January/February 1990)

Extra!: KAL 007 and Iran Air 655: Comparing the Coverage (July/August 1988) By Norman Solomon



Links:

world-newspapers.com, Asian newspapers online and news sites in English.

AsiaMedia, media news daily.

Asia Times Online

Frontline, a national magazine from India.

Asian Human Rights Commission, based in Hong Kong.

Survival International, extensive news and background on the indigenous struggles of Asia.