New America Media: International Affairs

Chinese Culture and the Politics of "Kung Fu Panda"

New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, Posted: Jun 15, 2011

In the age of globalization, there’s a caveat that often rings true: You know your culture is a big hit when somebody else is trying to sell it back to you.

For Intrepid Journalists, the Most Dangerous Stories Hit Close to Home

New America Media, Commentary, Sandip Roy , Posted: Jun 14, 2011

The murders of journalists Jyotirmoy Kumar Dey, Saleem Shahzad and Chauncey Bailey highlight the dangers of reporting stories on home turf.

The True Cost of Oil: Revisiting the Conflict in the Niger Delta

New America Media, News Report, Khalil Abdullah, Posted: Jun 13, 2011

As uprisings in the Middle East send the price of petroleum soaring, a symposium addressed the much higher price paid by the Ogoni people in Nigeria's long relationship with Shell Oil.

World Bank: Hillary Rumors and History of Disastrous Policies

New America Media, Commentary, Earl Ofari Hutchinson, Posted: Jun 12, 2011

No matter who runs the World Bank it won’t change the troubling fact that its policies have done more harm than good for poor nations and their people.

Til Death Do Us Part: Foreign Vietnamese Brides Killed in South Korea

Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Jun 11, 2011

News reports of abuse, murders, and suicides of Vietnamese brides in South Korea have risen in recent years.

Vietnam Announces Live-Fire Naval Exercises Following Maritime Disputes with China

Talk.Onevietnam.org, News Report, Posted: Jun 10, 2011

Competing claims with China over ownership of the Spratly and Paracel Islands (Truong Sa and Hoang Sa) have been both a domestic and foreign relations issue for Vietnam. Heated sentiments over a perceived timidness to Vietnam’s northern neighbor inspired pockets of protests in Ha Noi earlier this week, and diplomatic spars with China have followed.

NAM Radio: Al Jazeera's Arab Spring Coverage, Redistricting Guide, Vietnamese American Lit, World Diets

New America Media, Audio, Shirin Sadeghi, Posted: Jun 10, 2011

New Show: Al Jazeera's Arab Spring coverage, a guide to redistricting and prison gerrymandering, Vietnamese American literature, and world diets.

Peru Election 2011: Peru’s Poor Make Their Voices Heard

New America Media, News Analysis, Andrés T. Tapia, Posted: Jun 07, 2011

In Peru, the poor have spoken, and leftist Ollanta Humala is their man for president.

Manila Shops for U.S. Arms, as Tensions with China Rise

Philippine News, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2011

Amid renewed tensions with China over claims to the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, the Philippines is shopping for excess defense equipment from the United States.

Korean American Tapped As Next U.S. Ambassador to South Korea

Koream Magazine, News Report, Posted: Jun 06, 2011

Kim graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and Loyola Law School and also holds a master’s degree from the London School of Economics, according to his State Department bio.