Fairfax Guts 1,900 Jobs

Published on Jun 18, 2012 by Luke Hunt

Fairfax Media has announced a major restructure which will see it charge for digital content, close its two major printing presses and move to a new tabloid-size paper.According to an announcement made to the sharemarket and staff this morning, the company plans to begin charging for access to certain online content by the end of 2012.It will also introduce a new tabloid-sized format, which it called a ‘compact’ for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, similar  to the one currently used for the Australian Financial Review since March 4, 2013. Read more in The Australian or further reading in The Age..

Hun Sen Blasts Crazy Media

Published on Apr 5, 2012 by Luke Hunt

Leaders of the 10-nation ASEAN bloc have laid the final groundwork for the establishment of an integrated economic community by 2015, but rifts have emerged over how to handle Chinese hegemony following the 20th annual summit of the group.As the summit was wrapped up, key documents were approved that covered workers’ rights, drug initiatives and the overarching declaration of “One Community One Destiny” designed to pave a way for a cherished economic community encompassing about 500 million people. Read more in The Diplomat..

Feedback & Other Hate Mail

Published on Dec 9, 2011 by Luke Hunt

As part of an occasional series AsiaWATCH is publishing links to the more controversial articles of late and the sometimes terse response they elicited.AsiaWATCH won kudos for this piece on the Eurozone debt crisis as it spirals from one embattled bond market to the next.It said; It is becoming clear we are likely heading into a double dip global recession. Whilst economic fundamentals of the United States may in fact be improving, investor pessimism is quickly spreading across the globe.Headlined: Khmer Rouge: Vietnam Did It! The Diplomat’s Luke Hunt scored another lawyer of scorn from those opposed to the Khmer Rouge Tribnal currently underway in Phnom Penh.He wrote: Old hatreds die hard, and nowhere has this been more evident than....

Karl Wilson

Published on Jan 1, 2008 by Luke Hunt

Karl Wilson has been a journalist for more than 35 years.  He began his career on the The Australian in 1972. In 1976 was posted to London where he covered assignments in Northern Ireland, Europe and Africa. For the last 20 years he was based in Asia where he was foreign editor of the South China Morning Post, editor of the Sunday Standard, foreign editor of the Eastern Expressand editor of The Standard in Hong Kong.From 2004 till August 2009 he was bureau chief in Manila for Agence France-Presse. From September 2009 to December 2010 he was the Philippine correspondent for The National in Abu Dhabi. He returned to Australia in 2011 and was appointed Australia/South East Asian correspondent for....

Correspondents

Published on Jan 1, 2008 by Luke Hunt

CURRENT CONTRIBUTERSDavid Brown | Dan Boylan | James Fountain | Luke Hunt | Morgan Reinwald | Sreynat Sarum | Craig Skehan | Ny Chhan | Vi Cheka PAST CONTRIBUTORS Shane Worrell | Linna Yourn | Faine Greenwood | Terry Friel | Helen Clark | Denise Hruby | Max Kolbe | Tim LaRocca | Ayu Mandala | Ah Ny | Molyny Pann | Cain Nunns | Karl Wilson | Dominic Whiting | Sheikh Ya’erbuti.