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seasianista via nusantara, editor of (banned) http://bit.ly/2XpANUG & https://bit.ly/m/keanwong

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keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Oct 30

great CMT podcast ep re: SEAsia media surviving/thriving amid dis/misinformation, tech dystopias & biz implosion trauma w. insights from @abscbnnews.bsky.social's Arlene, @idntimes.bsky.social's Uni, AstroAwani's Ash & Jubi's VictorM via ace CMT'er Alexia & co podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cen...

Editors across the regional talk news trends by Double Take

In this episode of Double Take, South Asia media expert Kean Wong asks senior news editors what they're doing to stave off financial ruin in a media world hard hit by Covid-19, how they would like to ...

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keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · 14h

good points @mikeyslezak.bsky.social re: press freedom &false equivalences, breaking silence over #Gaza in #auspol newsrooms, targeted killings of journos & newsrooms jobs, power(points) barely scrutinised ... & industry implosion reveals fragmented startups? @withmeaa.bsky.social @MediaDiverseAU

MEAA union prez Michael Slezak at Media Diversity Aust symposium in Parramatta

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keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · 6d

etc www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

1MDB: Malaysia drops charges against Wolf of Wall Street producer

Riza Aziz, producer of the Wolf of Wall Street, was caught up in the 1MDB state fund scandal.

www.bbc.com

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keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · 6d

and a movie made off loot$ from Malaysia's klepto heist known as 1MDB scandal, which consumed so many of us then til now... gijn.org/stories/how-...

How the Sarawak Report Broke Malaysia’s 1MDB Scandal

When Clare Rewcastle Brown founded the Sarawak Report in 2010, it was designed to highlight issues affecting indigenous communities in Malaysia, but it soon became instrumental in breaking what the US...

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keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · 6d

'peacemaker-in-chief': "The White House is conditioning Trump’s attendance at the Oct. 26-28 ASEAN meeting on the Malaysian government agreeing to allow Trump to preside over a ceremonial signing of a peace deal between Cambodia and Thailand on the summit sidelines" www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

Trump seeks peace ceremony spotlight at ASEAN summit

Trump wants to preside over a Thailand-Cambodia peace deal ceremony — and Chinese officials aren’t welcome.

www.politico.com

keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · 6d

yes that was a ...damp squib, not quite a shocker. tbf those shops haven't recovered from demise of classic oz-chinese diner at the other corner

keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · 11d

out at last: #OmarMusa Borneo novel, so fine & authentic, his imposter-syndrome musing may be book's patriarch too, always a step ahead of stifling post-colonial legacies. In uncertain nations, everyone's cosplaying, imposters abound because the feels triumph, the vibe swamps inconvenient facts...

At Art Gallery NSW: reading from Fierceland, Omar Musa performs a passage at packed hall

there's always post-launch repast, tapi nasi enak dari padang bukan borneo

keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · 11d

birthdaydrinks: unraveling authenticity in desperately ambitious era of influencers, sophistry, genocide & that climate emergency, in handy stroll w. #markmordue

keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · 16d

showmanship... or just learning from seAsia 🙃 “Trump is knocking off one by one all the late-night TV show hosts, but at the same time the actual ownership of the networks is changing as well ... There’s a sort of conservativisation taking place of big US media.” www.smh.com.au/business/com...

How Trump’s billionaire mate is reshaping America

Larry Ellison has long been overshadowed by tech luminaries such as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. Not any more.

www.smh.com.au

keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · 25d

like an ersatz outake from a Godfather movie, or nusantara nous... "We can do this the easy way or the hard way.. These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.” www.smh.com.au/world/north-...

Jimmy Kimmel show pulled by ABC in the US over Charlie Kirk assassination remarks

President Donald Trump celebrated after the Disney-owned network said it would stop airing the veteran late-night comic’s show.

www.smh.com.au

keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Sep 3

"..protest& opposition to Suharto had spread on campuses,the middle class, among urban poor, laying the groundwork for 1998. Today, the dynamics are similar, 2025 didn't come out of nowhere. Instead, they're at least 5th wave of youth-led mass protest since 2019."
www.newmandala.org/mass-protest...

Mass protest and the two worlds of Indonesian politics - New Mandala

A subculture of street protest survives beyond Jokowi

www.newmandala.org

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Rozanna Latiff @rozanna.bsky.social · Aug 27

Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire on Monday while operating a live video feed at Gaza's Nasser Hospital, reported on the war's civilian suffering while living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family.

Reuters @reuters.com · Aug 26

OBITUARY Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire in Gaza reut.rs/4n5R3TV

OBITUARY Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire in Gaza

Hussam al-Masri, the Reuters journalist killed by Israeli fire on Monday while operating a live video feed at Gaza's Nasser Hospital, reported on the war's civilian suffering while himself living in a tent and struggling to find food for his family.

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keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Aug 27

"In this era of information deluge and weaponisation, where much is not what it seems and facts are optional, banning books and febrile campaigns against legacy media may be sideshows of a looming bigger opera." go.unimelb.edu.au/3q9p ..in part of @mariaressa.bsky.social event @rappler.bsky.social

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keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Aug 17

and also this, from another angle again youtu.be/lRVk9tMFEJI

How the Dutch manipulated the narrative of colonising Indonesia | Featured Documentary

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

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keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Aug 16

finding such weariness, hope and optimism for the #paxamericana to come, in these historic front pages of a newspaper i'd worked for decades later, as the ends close in on themselves and the centre doesn't hold

Sydney Morning Herald front page, 16 Aug 1945

keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Aug 12

our alumni chats blowup more... “I believe Chancellor Bishop is hostile and arrogant to staff. The previous VC Brian Schmidt kept the chancellor’s behaviour in check. Council's dysfunctional and toxic under the current regime, elected council members are afraid.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Aug 7

the 21st-century Leni will do better heroic framing? www.latimes.com/politics/sto...

keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Aug 1

and maybe unsurprisingly, the only regular oz uni conf on #malaysia has m'sian ambo open it as uni chiefs absent/"too busy" with fraught cuts meetings, as once-feted 'Asian Studies' does 'mergers'
/vanishing trix & anxious students around me wonder if they can graduate in time...

keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Jul 29

great list ... and i probably saw all but #10 live at that same place, with the Clowns' Louise so memorable against grumpy Ed in grim winter 🙃

keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Jul 29

and now for that Nobel Peace Prize, apparently .... www.therakyatpost.com/news/2025/07...

Malaysia Helps Broker Thailand-Cambodia Ceasefire, Trump Claims Credit As "President Of Peace" | TRP

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize for making the ceasefire happen.

www.therakyatpost.com

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Saksith Saiyasombut | ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติ @saksith.news · Jul 28

#BREAKING: IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE BETWEEN THAILAND CAMBODIA AT MIDNIGHT

Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim announces breakthrough after talks between acting Thai PM Phumtham Wechayachai and Cambodia PM Hun Manet in Putrajaya.

Full speech below

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keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Jul 28

While big #turunAnwar rally obscured PN opposition's fractious politix, “The solution isn't more one-off aid or last-minute announcements. What we need is structural reform & consistent, empathetic leadership that engages w. rakyat beyond election cycles & crises.” #madani hipz.my/turun-anwar-...

‘Turun Anwar’ Rally a Wake-Up Call, Not a Threat, Says Klang MP

KUALA LUMPUR, July 28 — The recent Turun Anwar rally, though modest in turnout, sends a strong signal of growing public dissatisfaction, particularly over unaddressed socio-economic grievances, said K...

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keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Jul 28

banishing Thaksin's chaos 'for good' in military's checkmate of dangerous civilians, via @joshkurlantzick.bsky.social: "The conflict has allowed the military to stoke nationalism, and the leaked phone call, amidst this spike of nationalism, got rid of Paetongtarn..." www.cfr.org/blog/real-re...

The Real Reasons for the Thai-Cambodia Conflict

While long-standing border disputes explain some of the current violence between Thailand and Cambodia, the conflict’s escalation is primarily driven by Thai elites’ drive to consolidate military and…

www.cfr.org

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keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Jul 26

"For all its claims to superior virtue, liberal America manifests very little courage & dignity it's expected from artists & thinkers in less fortunate societies, as hooded masked officials disappear students for the crime of writing school op-eds & liking soc-med posts"
harpers.org/archive/2025...

Speaking Reassurance to Power, by Pankaj Mishra

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keanwong @keanwong.bsky.social · Jul 17

dawn over the harbour, clouds still to clear, #nusantara dim and distant in #auspol imagination?

sydney harbour with bridge, opera hoise and city at dawn