• AJA Newsbites

    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

    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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  • Society

    Invisible Threat: How Climate Change Unleashes New Diseases

    By Dr. Hassan Humeida KIEL, GERMANY: The warming of our planet is not only changing the weather, but also shifting the biological rules of life. While extreme heatwaves dominate the headlines, a far more sinister transformation is taking place in the shadow of rising temperatures: climate change is acting as…

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  • Main Slide

    Pakistan: Paying Billions for Electricity Citizens Never Use

    By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The citizens of Pakistan are gripped by a paralyzing energy crisis, created by the successive governments of some political parties. For the ordinary citizen, small business owner, or laborer, this crisis doesn’t live in policy documents. It arrives every month in electricity bills which…

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