Episode 6: Moving Cities – Indonesia moves its capital
Jakarta is sinking. The capital of Southeast Asia’s most populous country can no longer support its own weight, and is sinking into the sea at […]
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Episode 5 – A “Green and Clean” Belt and Road? (with Amanda Herath)
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has given rise to two broad concerns within the international community. It has been criticized for funding environmentally unsustainable […]
Episode 4 – Looking Back at Brexit (with Andy Edge)
Brexit has been the defining event of European politics since the British people voted to leave the European Union in June 2016. Since then, British […]
Episode 3 – Race Awareness in South Korea (with Mariam Maréchal)
South Korea is a highly homogenous country, where foreigners account for only 4% of the entire population. As Korean working population has begun to decrease, […]
NOVAsia Editors’ Take: K-pop scandal reveals troubling truth about sexism in Korea
A word from the editor-in-chief I say Korea and you say K-pop. Considering the size of the country, the South Korean brand of catchy, upbeat […]
Episode 2 – Hanoi Summit (with Nate Kerkhoff)
NOVAsia Podcast is now on iTunes! In this episode of the NOVAsia Podcast, senior editor Josh Doyle and editor-in-chief Joel Petersson Ivre are joined […]
Episode 1 – Gender Equality and Sustainable Development
NOVAsia Podcast is now on iTunes! In this inaugural episode of the NOVAsia Podcast, editor-in-chief Joel Petersson Ivre discusses gender equality and sustainable development with […]
Marijuana Laws Around the World
On October 17, Canada became the second country after Uruguay to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. It does not give free rein for anyone […]
The 2018 Inter-Korean Summit: Staff’s Thoughts
Joel Ivre, editor, Sweden. The day before the summit I brought up the topic to a Korean friend. “This is amazing, isn’t it?” But he […]
Watchdogs on a Leash: Myanmar’s free press struggling in a new era
By Elisa Chavez Despite groundbreaking democratic developments since the approval of the 2008 Constitution, the press in Myanmar today is more threatened than ever with […]