• AJA Newsbites

    AJA Newsbites – August 16, 2025

    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, KoreaYoon Moo-bu, professor emeritus of biology at Kyung Hee University and widely known as Korea’s “bird doctor,” passed away on August 15…

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  • South Asia

    Pakistan: 194 people killed in floods, landslides

    By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: At least 194 people have died and dozens more have been injured in Pakistan’s northern areas after cloudbursts and heavy rains triggered flash floods and landslides, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said on Friday. The dead include 180 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, five in…

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  • AJA Newsbites

    AJA Newsbites – August 15, 2025

    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 has signed a landmark contract to supply 20 K9 self-propelled howitzers to Vietnam in a deal worth approximately 350 billion…

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  • Main Slide

    Whispers of Corruption in Pakistan’s Bureaucracy

    By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s civil service has long been a focal point of debate, criticism, and reform attempts. However, in recent days, Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has reignited a contentious public conversation by alleging widespread corruption within the bureaucracy, extravagant perks, and calling for legislative reforms to rein…

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  • AJA Statement

    AJA Statement on the death of journalists in Gaza

    Asia Journalist Association (AJA) strongly condemns the Israeli airstrike that killed five Al Jazeera journalists while they were reporting in Gaza, and calls for a full and independent investigation into the incident. On August 11, 2025, five members of the Al Jazeera team—correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operator…

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  • West Asia

    Regulating the Media Sector in Jordan: A Successful Start

    By Makram Ahmad Al Tarawneh,Editor-in-Chief, Al Ghad Newspapser AMMAN, JORDAN: In a short period of time, two important steps were taken in Jordan to organize the media sector and grant professional status to those who deal with it. The first was by the Journalists Syndicate, which referred a group of…

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  • AJA Newsbites

    AJA Newsbites – August 13, 2025

    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, KoreaOn August 11, President Lee Jae-myung granted special Liberation Day pardons to several prominent political figures, including Cho Kuk, leader of the…

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  • South East Asia

    Indonesia: Flare Gas Monetization

    By Eddy Suprapto JAKARTA: Indonesia, with the third largest population in the world, is not a particularly rich country in terms of oil and gas resources. Its reserves are only 3.3 gibberish barrels of oil, equivalent to 0.2 percent of the world’s total. Compare this to Venezuela, which has 300.9…

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  • EditorsPick

    AJA Newsbites – August 12, 2025

    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, KoreaOn August 11, DL Construction CEO Kang Yoon-ho, Chief Safety Officer Ha Jung-min, and around 80 other executives, site managers, and team…

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  • West Asia

    A Reality That Was Not Understood

    By Ali Salehabadi,Managing Director of Setare Sobh daily- Iran TEHRAN: We live in unusual times, unlike any other period before. The question is: why are we stuck in this situation? The answer is one word: governance. This problem is not just about the current government, but all past governments have…

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