• EditorsPick

    Indonesia Press Council appoints AJA columnist Abdul Manan as ‘Chairman of Law and Legislation’

    Indonesian Press Council executives pose for a photo during the inauguration ceremony of the new members: From left: Chairman of the Commission for Information and Communication, Maha Eka Swasta; chairman of the Commission for Digital and Sustainability, Dahlan Dahi; chairman of the Commission for Inter-Institutional Partnership Relations, Rosarita Niken Widiastuti;…

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  • South Asia

    India-Pakistan War: Satire, Sarcasm, and Social Media

    AI-generated image of US President Trump wearing a traditional turban showing him as tribal chief.  By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative Islamabad: In a tense and unprecedented episode, India and Pakistan engaged in a four-day period of military duress that many called an undeclared war. While the world watched anxiously,…

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  • South East Asia

    The impact of media decline

    Photo via The Wellesley News By Eddy Suprapto JAKARTA: The economic crisis has caused a landslide impact on the industry in Indonesia. Until May 2025, the layoffs reached 24,867 people. In the media industry, the layoffs of journalists from online, print, and television media in the last five years of…

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    Pakistan shoots down 25 Israeli-made Harop drones used by India

    Parts of Indian drone being collected in Karachi city in Sindh By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: Amidst reports of contact between the National Security Advisors of two rival countries, India continues drone attacks targeting various locations in Pakistan, including Karachi, the southern port city, capital of Sindh province, and…

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    Pakistan, India National Security Advisors contact after missile attacks

    Ishaq Dar – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Pakistan By Nasir AijazThe AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: The National Security Advisers (NSAs) of Pakistan and India have spoken following New Delhi’s unprovoked missile strikes on Pakistan. “There has been contact between the two,” Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq…

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  • East Asia

    Singapore PM’s safe haven call leaves young voters unswayed

    By Ivan LimSINGAPORE: In a throwback to the 2020 Covid-19 crisis, the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) has cast the 2025 GE as a Trumpian tariffs crisis of sorts to sway voters rally behind it. Give us a strong hand to steer the ship of state safely through the coming…

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  • People

    Pakistan plunges into water-war-like situation!

    Protest in Sindh: A little boy sitting at a blocked road By Nasir Aijaz,The AsiaN Representative KARACHI / ISALAMABAD: While the Pakistan government is faced with internal strife over its own controversial projects of constructing six new canals from Indus River and grabbing the land for military backed companies, that…

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  • South Asia

    Call to end crimes against media professionals

    The programme in progress (Photo by By Bhanu Ranjan Chakraborty) By Bhanu Ranjan ChakrabortyDHAKA: Speakers at a programme in Dhaka called for action to tackle the increasing threats faced by journalists and to end the culture of impunity for crimes against media professionals. UNESCO-IPDC and News Network jointly launched this…

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  • Society

    Bangladesh celebrates Bangla New Year with colour, culture and joy

    People participate in the Ananda Shobhajatra procession to celebrate the first day of the Bangla New Year in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, April 14, 2025. (Photo : AP/Yonhap News) By Bhanu Ranjan Chakraborty DHAKA: Bangladesh welcomed the Bangla New Year 1432 with a jubilant spirit and celebrates Pahela Boishakh, the first…

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    Pakistan court sentences five to death on blasphemy charges

    By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative ISLAMABAD: A local court in Rawalpindi, twin city of the country’s capital Islamabad, convicted five men for committing blasphemy on social media and handed them death sentences on March 25, 2025. The court ordered that the convicts “be hanged” by neck until death. Additional…

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