• AJA Newsbites

    AJA Newsbites – July 20, 2026

    AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaDirector Na Hong-jin’s latest film Hope has surpassed two million admissions just five days after its release, setting this year’s fastest box-office…

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    AJA Newsbites – July 19, 2026

    AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaSouth Korean runner Park Na-yeon has rewritten history by breaking the national women’s 1,500-metre record for the first time in 34 years.…

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    AJA Newsbites – July 18, 2026

    AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaA newly published Korean edition of Scam by Ivan Franceschini, Ling Li, and Mark Bo, translated by Lee Jung-woo, is drawing attention…

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    AJA Newsbites – July 17, 2026

    AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaSouth Korea’s Ambassador to the United States Kang Kyung-wha made a rare temporary return to Seoul to attend a National Security Council…

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    AJA Newsbites – July 16, 2026

    AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaWriter and public intellectual Yoo Si-min has drawn attention after publicly criticising President Lee Jae-myung’s leadership and the relationship between the ruling…

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  • Environment

    Burning Earth, Sinking Land: The Unequal Geography of Extreme Weather

    By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY: Global climate change is no longer an abstract future threat, but a physical reality in the here and now. Due to the steady warming of the atmosphere, the global climate system is energetically overloaded. The consequence is a dramatic increase in extreme weather events:…

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    Pakistan’s Water Protest Sparks Satire

    AI-generated image in circulation- A Sindhi local firmly holds back Prime Minister Modi as he attempts to personally reroute the waters of the Indus River By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) organized a series of province-wide rallies across Sindh on July 12, 2026, protesting what…

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    AJA Newsbites – July 15, 2026

    AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaA police cover-up investigation in the Gwangju high school murder case has sparked renewed scrutiny of long-standing local ties within Korea’s police…

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    AJA Newsbites – July 14, 2026

    AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaWomen’s rights groups in South Korea are opposing a proposed revision to the Criminal Procedure Act that would abolish prosecutors’ authority to…

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    AJA Newsbites – July 13, 2026

    AJA Newsbites is a curated roundup of major news and developments from across Asia, brought to you by members of Asia Journalist Association (AJA) Lee Sang-ki, THE AsiaN, KoreaWomen’s rights groups in South Korea are opposing a proposed revision to the Criminal Procedure Act that would abolish prosecutors’ authority to…

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