Asian Media

“For those who sent me nasty emails asking if I’m a Kuwaiti or threatening me or questioning my right to criticize Kuwait, I say shut up.” Muna Al-Fuazi, from Kuwait Times, said those lines out loud in her column on the paper yesterday. There she explained why she’s been criticizing Kuwait — not only from journalism [...]

On August 24th 2006, a London-based weekly news magazine The Economics wrote a provocative-titled article “Who Killed The Newspaper?”. By the rise of Internet, many people by then believed that the end of “traditional” media is approaching. But is it, really? In India, according to a report by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) recently, the [...]

An Indonesian singer recently said that she trusted Malaysian journalists more than Indonesian. “Malaysian journalists are the best I’ve ever met. They can be friends. But Indonesian journalists, they can ruin your career.” said the singer, 29-years-old Rossa, to Utusan Malaysia. “That’s why about my marriage life, I only made one statement to them (Indonesian journalists). [...]

On May 31st, The Journalist Association of Korea (the largest reporters’ club) submitted a letter of protest to Cheong Wa Dae (the presidential office). They lodged an official protest against new regulations restricting media access to certain key government offices. Last week, the government announced that it would integrate the individual briefing facilities in most of [...]

Leading broadcasters in Asia-Pacific are meeting at the Asia Media Summit 2007, held on 29-31 May 2007 in Kuala Lumpur. They are to examine business models and strategies in addressing the industry’s many challenges - the explosion of new channels, new technologies, audience fragmentation, media globalization and changing consumer patterns. It is said that the Summit [...]

UNESCO and Thomson Foundation and Commonwealth Broadcasting Association produced a handbook for journalists of developing countries on the use of Internet for journalistic purposes, written by Martin Huckerby.

Badrya Darwish from Kuwait Times on May, 10, 2007, wrote about a set of new rules and regulations issued by the Ministry of Information. Although he agreed with some of the articles, he said no to article number four, which forbids the “publication of personal interview with citizens who support or oppose a certain policy [...]