Tag: ASEAN

By Sofia Tomacruz in Manila Nobel laureates José Ramos-Horta and Maria Ressa have urged Southeast Asians to keep working toward a better region where democratic...

RNZ News Independence leader and Nobel laureate José Ramos-Horta has declared victory in Timor-Leste's presidential election, saying he had secured "overwhelming" support and would now...

By Lice Movono, RNZ Pacific correspondent in Suva The United States insists it is a Pacific nation and has unveiled a raft of new strategies...

By Ryan Aditya in Jakarta Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti has condemned the invitation to Myanmar coup leader...

Asia Pacific Report newsdesk Police have forced protesters demonstrating at the weekend against the attendance of Myanmar military commander General Min Aung Hlaing at the...

ANALYSIS: By Jonathan Liljeblad, Australian National University Since the coup in Myanmar on February 1, the international community has struggled to agree on coherent action...

Asia Pacific Report Human rights lawyer Veronica Koman has challenged the contrasting positions taken by the Indonesian government in response to calls to resolve the...

ANALYSIS: By Kalinga Seneviratne Both coverage in the Asian press and statements by neighbouring Asian governments reported in the media on the grabbing of exclusive...

Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Climate crisis and the global coronavirius pandemic are key themes along with new research methodology strategies in the latest Pacific Journalism...

By Scott Waide Papua New Guinea’s freedoms of speech, expression and access to information were challenged yesterday when Chinese officials barred both local and non-Chinese media from attending meetings...

By Deandra Madeena Moerdaning in Vienna A year ago on July 7, 2017, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution that pushes forward a...

Indonesia's foreign policy under President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has become more visible regionally and globally, contrary to popular assumptions from the early days of...

ANALYSIS: By Josef Benedict Today, we are watching history repeat itself in Southeast Asia in the worst possible way. Once again, the Myanmar military has launched...

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports from Jakarta on the sentencing of Ahok to two years in prison for insulting the Quran. Pacific Media Centre newsdesk Parliamentarians...

Experts from Southeast Asian nations have identified key challenges facing media in their region. They propose three fundamental areas of action for civil society, governments...

By Tama Salim in Dili Just 14 years into independence, Timor-Leste has secured membership of a number of international forums, declaring its intent to catch...

By TJ Aumua in Auckland New Zealanders need to catch up with reality about the country's trade partners in the South-East Asia region, says an...

Report from Pacific Media Centre "Mindful journalism" practice in the West tries to be secular and is practised without having any religious values. Moral wisdom...