Hello from Seoul, Asia's wars, mega-projects, and extraction run through the past two weeks' stories. So do the people who profit, the people who pay, and the people still fighting to put it all on the record. Iranian jet fuel reaches Myanmar's junta on
This week’s stories share a pattern. From Kalimantan’s peatlands to Delhi’s barricades to Sri Lanka’s north, those with power are protected, and the people living with the consequences are left to fend for themselves. Indonesia’s Haze, and Who Owns the Fires Between January and September,
This week, the generals who seized power in Myanmar in 2021 found doors opening in Washington and across ASEAN, South Korea and Ukraine's diplomatic fallout, while minerals dug from their war zones keep poisoning rivers downstream. We also look at what it costs to report on disasters in
It's been six months since our last round-up in March. Thank you for sticking with us through the hiatus. We're back, and there's a lot to catch up on. We' re also changing our rhythm: Asia Undercovered used to land in your
For the last two weeks, Asia has been plunged into a severe geopolitical crisis following the U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran. From the horrific civilian massacres—including the bombing of a girls' elementary school in Minab—to the tragic silencing of Iranian citizens' domestic anti-
Regional Flashpoints and Shifting Power Dynamics into March This week, Asia has been marked by a shifting political landscape following key elections, democratic backsliding, and a sobering series of escalating armed conflicts. From the perilous "open war" on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border to the sweeping electoral changes in
A Turbulent February (Feb 8 – 18) This week, Asia was marked by a shifting political landscape following key elections and a sobering series of ongoing armed conflicts. While new power dynamics emerged in Thailand and Bangladesh, tragic news of loss of life continued to stream out of Myanmar and Pakistan.
This week in Asia Undercovered: Death row inmate Pannir Selvam Pranthaman's case in Sinapore, hypocrisy of military involvement in forest management, Tamil media blocked by the Indian government for publishing satire cartoon, access denied to Bangladesh's state violence sites, reportage from the Sanakham Dam in Thai-
This week in Asia Undercovered: human-elephant conflict in Sri Lanka and Nepal, worst air quality across Asia, rising concerns on militarization in Indonesia, 2025 climate budget of India and Indonesia, and torture trial in Kazakhstan. Subscribe to Asia Undercovered Sri Lanka’s human-elephant conflict and Nepali villages’ solution
Hello, welcome to Asia Undercovered 2025 issue no.02! Subscribe to Asia Undercovered Last two weeks have been a sleepless one for me as a Korean person. Most Koreans had to stay up late to check whether president Yoon had been arrested or not, whether the arrest warrant was issued
Hello and Happy New Year to all of us! In Korea, we greet each other for the New Year – '새해 복 많이 받으세요 (Sae-Hae, Bok Mani Bat-U-Se-Yo),' which literally means 'Much good fortune for your New Year.' You can use this phrase
Seulki Lee, Asia Undercovered, Nithin's Message
Hello, welcome back to Asia Undercovered. The newsletter was in a long hiatus while then it changed the editorship from the founder Nithin Coca to South Korean independent journalist Seulki Lee, me. I'm taking over what Nithin had been doing to shed light on Asia on the ground