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In a sweltering Kuala Lumpur cell, media freedom became personal
Journalist Kean Wong reflects on media freedom in the context of his arrest over a book he had edited on Malaysia’s politics.
The contemporary shifting landscape of LGBTQ+ Muslim expression in Indonesia
Amid the influence of conservative Indonesian Islam, a queer-inclusive Muslim counter-public is drafting an alternative approach.
Media weaponisation in Myanmar and the world’s relative indifference to its crisis
Myanmar’s resistance movement sorely needs an independent in-country media presence to garner sustained international attention.
Cambodia’s media is more affected by funding and fear than Artificial intelligence
Old-fashioned government restrictions and funding issues are having a chilling effect on the next generation.
The Taiwan Centre for Mandarin Learning in Australia: Policy Recommendations
TCMLs could help Chinese language learning in Australia, but there are significant political sensititivies.