media
ABS-CBN shutdown: Oppressing the press
The Philippine government’s closing down of the country’s biggest broadcast network is the latest attack in its decades-long war against and persecution...
TMI next Malaysian news portal shutting down
Malaysia's news web portal The Malaysian Insight (TMI) will close down "temporarily" next week because of financial difficulties, its editor-in-chief said. The decision came...
Vietnam’s start-up scene thrives, funding almost doubles
Vietnamese start-ups received $291 million in funding last year, an increase of 42 per cent over 2016, according to a recent report by Topica...
Philippine government revokes license of critical news site Rappler
The Philippine government has revoked the operating license of one of the leading news portals in the country, Rappler.com, in a move that is...
Cambodia PM sides with Donald Trump in attacking media
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, who came to power with the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s and has ruled the country with...
Malaysia considers jail for life and cane strokes for whistleblowers, journalists
Malaysia's new Attorney General Mohamed Apandi Ali, who was hand-picked for the role by Prime Minister Najib Razak in July last year and just...
Power play in the media and ethics
Is media a lapdog, watchdog, running dog or simply wagging its tail in a society?
A look at the power play in the media -...
Nickelodeon launches first major event in Singapore
Nickelodeon launched its first-ever Nickelodeon Slime Cup in Southeast Asia in Singapore on July 20 to 21. The event is catered to families and...
Newscorp invest more in Rotana Media
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp has decided to purchase an additional 5.42% stake in Rotana Media, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf Coast region’s largest media...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...