[Asian-Currents] New on Asian Currents

[Allan Sharp]

The following articles have been posted on Asian Currents:

Myanmar’s democratic anniversary: what is there to celebrate?
<http://asaa.asn.au/myanmars-democratic-anniversary-what-is-there-to-celebrate/>

TREVOR WILSON finds Myanmar’s new National League of Democracy government
led by Aung San Suu Kyi struggling to overcome its lack of political and
administrative experience.

‘Poisoned gift’ imperils families of North Korea’s Zainichi returnees
<http://asaa.asn.au/poisoned-gift-imperils-families-of-north-koreas-zainichi-returnees/>

MARKUS BELL writes about the gift of freedom given by Japanese civic groups
to new arrivals from North Korea, and the heavy debt it carries.

Backflip: Western media suddenly sympathise with Hong Kong separatists
<http://asaa.asn.au/backflip-western-medias-sympathies-turn-to-hong-kong-separatists/>

BENJAMIN GARVEY observes how the Western media have suddenly gone from
obscuring to exalting Hong Kong separatism.

Prizewinning thesis lays bare military involvement in 1965–66 Indonesian
genocide <http://asaa.asn.au/latest-news/>

The 2016 ASAA Presidents’ Prize
<http://asaa.asn.au/our-grants/#PresidentsPrize> has been awarded to Dr
JESS MELVIN of the University of Melbourne for her thesis that breaks new
ground in exploring the Indonesian military’s role in the 1965–66 genocide.

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