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Aardvark
Asian Resources for Librarians
Sections include: Asian Databases ; Conferences & Exhibitions ; Literature ; Recommended ; Ask our Librarian ; News.

AsiaSource
A Resource of the Asia Society
This well organized portal includes: Arts & Culture ; Business & Economics ; Policy & Government ; Society & History.

  • AIDS in Asia
    Special Report from AsiaSource
    Includes: Reports ; News Articles ; Women & AIDS ; Gay Movement and AIDS ; Human Rights and AIDS ; AIDS and Economics Links.
  • America's Crisis: Asian Perspective
    Reports and background information on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.

  • Language Resources
    "This list of Asian language resources includes: general resources; lessons; pronunciation guides; online dictionaries; related software and fonts.

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    Languages from Bengali to Vietnamese

Resources for the Study of East Asian Language and Thought - (dead link)
Includes electronically published texts and reference works by Charles Muller and others: HTML articles; translated Chinese classics; E-texts of Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist classics; guide to graduate studies in Asian Philosophy and religion; other reference materials, including links to scholarly web resources in Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism.
Maintained by Charles Muller, Professor of East Asian Philosophy and Religion, Toyo Gakuen University

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[AIDS] U.N. Development Programme

  • YOUANDAIDS
    The HIV/AIDS Portal for Asia Pacific
    Sections include: Headlines ; Ask the Expert ; In Focus ; Features ; Artscape ; Books ; Publications.

Alpamysh: Central Asian Identity Under Russian Rule - (dead link)
Association for the Advancement of Central Asian Research Monograph Series, 1989.
"Donated" to Carrie: A Full-Text Electronic Library, University of Kansas.
By H.B. Paksoy

Ancient East Asia - (dead link)
"...a new independent website devoted to the archaeology and prehistory of China, Japan and Korea, inviting contributions from archaeologists, scholars and interested members of the public."
Editor: Donald B Wagner

Another Vietnam : Pictures of the War from the Other Side
"An exhibition of photographs of the Vietnam War, as seen through the lens of North Vietnamese photographers ... contains over 120 black-and-white photographs by Vietnamese soldier-photographers. Most of these images are as little known in Vietnam as they are in the United States."
International Center of Photography

APEC Emerging Infections Network (APEC EINet)
"...dedicated to providing timely information on issues of emerging infectious diseases, enabling better collaboration by policymakers, health officials and researchers throughout the Pacific Rim."
This project is a joint effort of the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine and the United States Centers for Disease Control.

Asia Business Today
A Resource of the Asia Society and Citigroup Foundation.
"...an online resource developed by the Asia Society for information on U.S./Asia economic and business relations, Asia's role in the international economy, and the costs and benefits of economic 'globalization.'"

Asia Maps
University of Texas Perry-Castañeda Map Collection

Asia News Network (ANN)
"...is a network of national daily newspapers published in Asian cities, organized to provide avenues for cooperation and to optimize coverage of major news events in the region."

Asiaco - (dead link)
Asia Search Engine and Portal

Asian Classics Input Project - (dead link)
"A database containing texts from the Kangyur and Tengyur (classical collections of Sanskrit literature in Tibetan translation), and the Sungbum (Tibetan language commentaries on these) transliterated into roman (ASCII) characters. These texts span the time period from the Fifth Century, BCE to the twentieth Century, CE. The database has been produced primarily for scholars of classical Asian literature and other interested persons. Text entry is accomplished by Tibetan monk scholars at Sera Mey Monastic University and other nearby centers in southern India. In addition to these texts the database contains aids to scholarship such as reference materials (including the entire listings of Sanskrit and Tibetan literature cataloged to date by the U.S. Library of Congress), DOS-based programs to view and search texts, and images scanned from the original manuscripts."

Asian Rhino and Elephant Action Strategy (AREAS)
- World Wildlife Fund - Endangered Species

Asia Society

Asia/Pacific Microcredit Summit Meeting of Councils
Dhaka, Bangladesh, February 16-19, 2004.

Asia-Inc
"Asia Inc Magazine provides its readers with a competitive edge by giving them unique access to the insights of the key decision makers and thinkers about business in Asia."

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center (APIC)

Asia-Pacific.com!
"...which provides strategic business and economic information on the Asia-Pacific region including news, analysis, data, books, journals, experts and other resources."

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
"is a multilateral development finance institution dedicated to reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific."
Sections include: News & Events ; Opportunities ; Regions & Countries ; Projects ; Economics & Statistics ; Financial Resources ; Publications.

Asian Food Information Centre (AFIC Online)
"...to be a resource, to help media, educators, health professionals and scientists effectively communicate science-based information on health, nutrition and food safety for the public good."

Asian Historical Architecture
"thousands of online photos of historical architecture in Asia from
China, Japan, North & South Korea, Cambodia, Thailand, Nepal, India, Pakistan, & Afghanistan"
Maintained by Tim Ciccone, Yunsheng Huang (UVA)

Asian Student Medical Journal (ASMJ)
"The Asian Student Medical Journal is published exclusively by Medical students. The Journal is published continuously on the internetThe journal publishes a wide variety of articles ranging from papers to creative works. The first Medical student Journal in the continent."

Asian Studies WWW Monitor
"Published by the Internet Publications Bureau, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies at the Australian National UniversityThe Journal regularly monitors new developments in the Asian Studies' cyberspace and compiles timely, accurate, consistent and impartial summaries and evaluations of the latest web sites and other online information systems relevant to social sciences research of the Asia and the Pacific region. Acting as a current awareness bulletin for a broad range of readers including academics, students, librarians." Edited by Dr. T. Matthew Ciolek, Head of the Internet Publications Bureau, Australian National University

Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
A good place to find both regional and country links as well as information on academic E-lists and E-journals
Edited by Dr. T. Matthew Ciolek, Head of the Internet Publications Bureau, Australian National University

AsianInfo.org
Sections include: News ; Regions ; Asian Calendar ; Country Maps ; Country Profiles ; History Timeline ; World Statistics.

Association of Asian Studies

Australian Dissertations on Asia, 1999-2000 - (dead link)
"This list comprises dissertations on Asia or on Australiaís relations with Asia, either completed in 1999 or 2000 or in progress in 2000 in Australian universities. The list was compiled from information supplied to the Asian Studies Association of Australia, Inc., by Deputy Vice-Chancellors (Research) or their nominees."
Edited by R.E. Elson

B.C. Asian Review - (dead link)
"...is a refereed journal produced by graduate students in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. This journal exists as a forum for the presentation of original academic work by up-and-coming and established scholars. The B.C. Asian Review features graduate research on Asia related topics, including textual studies and other forms of critical analysis, as well as translations and reviews. We welcome contributions from present and former graduate students engaged in the research of China, India, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia."

 

Bali Bombing

BBC News - In Depth - Bali Terror Attack
Includes: Latest News ; Talking Point ; Pictures ; Analysis ; Eyewitness ; UK Impact ; ;Background.

CNN.com In-Depth - Bali Bombings: Horror in Paradise
Sections include: Latest Reports ; Features ; Interactive [Gallery & Maps] ; Video
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[Bangladesh] BangladeshOnline
General portal with business, government, cultural, and tourist information.

[Bangladesh] Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF)
"...as the leading autonomous microcredit fund in Bangladesh has lent about US$ 300 million to 210 microfinance institutions (MFIs) covering more than 3.8 million borrowers. More than 90% of the borrowers are women.

BBC News In Depth - Asia Quake Disaster

Brookings Institution

  • Update on the Six-Party Talks
    Talk by Ambassador Christopher R. Hill Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, February 22, 2007.

[Cambodia] Cambodia in Modern History
"This site is designed to provide information on the recent history of Cambodia, particulary the Khmer Rouge period. This includes not only materials pertaining to Cambodia, but information relating to Cambodian refugees and immigrants abroad, as well."
Maintained by Bruce Sharp

[Cambodia] Lens Culture
Photography and Shared Territories
"...is an international online magazine celebrating contemporary photography, art, media, and world cultures."

[Central Asia] Central Asia Commerce
Business Resource and Directory covering the Newly Independent States
Includes: Kazakhstan ; Kyrgyzstan ; Tajikistan ; Turkmenistan ; Uzbekistan.

[Central Asia] University of Montana School of Law - Central Asia Law Initiative
Codes and Constitutions of Central Asia and the Caucasus

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace - (dead link)

  • Carnegie International Non-Proliferation 2002 Conference (November 2002)
    "...approximately 650 experts, journalists, scholars and officials from more than 20 different countries gathered in Washington DC for the 2002 Carnegie International Non-Proliferation Conference. Audio, video, transcripts and presentations are now available."
    Concurrent panels include: New Nuclear Powers in Asia ; Reshaping US-Russian Threat Reduction ; US Nuclear Policy ; An Uncertain Future for the Nuclear Testing Moratorium ; North Korea's Nuclear Challenge ; The Challenge of Iran ; Weapons in Space ; Nuclear Terror Threats ; Preventing the Misuse of Biotechnology ; Consequences of War with Iraq.
  • North Korea's Nuclear Breach
    By Jon Wolfsthal, October 17, 2002
  • After the Crisis: The Social Contract and the Middle Class in East Asia - (dead link)
    By Nancy Birdsall and Stephan Haggard, July 2000
  • Revisiting the 12 Myths of Central Asia
    By Martha Brill Olcott
  • Country Profiles
    • Korean Peninsula
      Sections include: Current News ; Government Resources ; Treaties ; Useful Organizations ; Other Resources.

Center for Development Research (ZEF Bonn)
University of Bonn

  • Economic Liberalisation and Employment in South Asia - (dead link) [.pdf]

Central Asia Caucasus Analyst
Johns Hopkins University - School of Advanced International Studies

CJKV-English Dictionary - (dead link)
"A Database of CJK Characters and Compounds Related to East Asian Cultural, Political, and Intellectual History.
Chief Editor: Charles Muller, Toyo Gakuen University

CNN.com In-Depth - Bali Bombings: Horror in Paradise
Sections include: Latest Reports ; Features ; Interactive [Gallery & Maps] ; Video.

CNN.com In-Depth - Terror in the Philippines
"Abu Sayyaf, al Qaeda-linked Muslim extremists fighting for an independent Islamic state in the southern Philippines..."
Sections include: Features: Timeline, Al Qaeda Pulls Strings ; Video ; Latest Reports ; Links.

CNN.com In-Depth - South Asia Power Play
Sections include: Features ; Multimedia ; Latest Reports ; Profiles ; Newsbank ; Photo Gallery ; Resources ; Related Links.

CNN.com In-Depth - Two Koreas
Sections include: S. Korea's New President ; N. Korea's Missile Program ; Japanese Abductees ; North-South Relations ; N. Korean Economy ; Features ; Resources ; Latest Reports.

CNN.com Special Report: Nuclear Crisis - North Korea
Sections include: Latest Reports ; Videos ; Resources ; Features ; Related Sites.

CNN.com Special Report - War Against Terror: Southeast Asia Front
Sections include: Jihad in Asia ; Features ; Video ; Latest Reports ; Resources ; CNN Specials.

Columbia University - Starr East Asian Library
Sections include: China ; Japan ; Korea ; Tibet ; East Asia
Each section includes information, links, and details about the collection.

Comparative Connections
An E-Journal on East Asian Bilateral Relations

Cornell University - Southeast Asia Program

  • Peddlers, Pirates and Prostitutes:
    Subaltern Histories of Southeast Asia 1800-1900
    "This exhibit grew out of Dr. Eric Tagliacozzo's history course on subaltern histories of Southeast Asia. Subaltern history studies the 'voiceless,' or people who are traditionally outside the structures of power in society."

Council on East Asian Libraries Homepage (CEAL) - (dead link)
The Official homepage of CEAL, the organization for East Asian librarians in North America

  • East Asian Library Websites in North America - (dead link)

DAWN - (dead link)
The Internet Edition
"Pakistan's most widely circulated English language newspaper."

Digital Asia Library
"The catalog includes freely available Internet resources on a broad range of disciplines in the social sciences such as business and economics, education, political science, and sociology and topics such as banking and finance, demography and population, environment, gender, health, industry and trade, and politics, government, and international relations. Resources are from various sources including academic, government, commercial, trade and industry, and non-governmental organizations. They include bibliographies and databases, data sets, newspapers and journals, research reports, homepages of government bodies and organizations, and more. Resources in English as well as Asian languages, including those in non-Roman script, are included in the catalog."
Cooperative venture of The Ohio State University Libraries, the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Libraries, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries.

Digital Dictionaries of South Asia
 "The Digital Dictionaries of South Asia Project is a collaborative effort
to widen access to South Asian Language Dictionaries. Established
dictionaries for each of the twenty-six modern literary languages of South
Asia will be mounted on the web for free and open access."

Digital South Asia Library (DSAL)
"The Digital South Asia Library is a global collaborative effort to make important and rare resources available to the international community. DSAL includes resources from many disciplines as well as a variety of data types. The component parts of the project include maps, statistics, bibliographies, union lists, indexes, photographs, books and journals, as well as a reference collection that is strong in pedagogical tools for South Asian language learning."
Project of the Center for Research Libraries

  • Hensley Photograph Archive
    "The Hensley Collection is comprised of photographs taken during World War II by an American serviceman, Glenn S. Hensley. The photographs, numbering almost 600, were given to the University of Chicago Library by the photographer. The text accompanying the images comes from notes written by Mr. Hensley...The images include a rich array of photographs taken in urban Calcutta in 1943-44 by Mr. Glenn Hensley, a professional photographer working on surveillance of the Japanese in Burma for the U.S. Army. During his off-duty time he used his ethnographer's eye to capture daily life in a number of locations around India. The majority of the images are from Calcutta and surrounding environs. Other locations including in this collection include Madras, Kharagpur, Agra, and Burma..."
  • American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) - Photo Archive
    "The AIIS collection from the Center for Art and Archaeology in Gurgaon, Haryana, India, has over 125,000 photographs in the collection. The images fall into the broad categories of architecture, sculpture, terracotta, painting and numismatics."
    Part of the Digital South Asia Library

Discover the Historical Architecture of Asia:
China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, & Cambodia
"...an online archive of Asian architectural photos. Here you can explore over a hundred-forty sites in six countries, with extensive background information and innovative 'virtual tours'."
By Tim Ciccone, Abe Ahn, and Robert D. Fiala

The Dutch East India Company and Early Modern Maritime History in Archives and Libraries - (dead link) (English or Nederlandse)
Includes original sources from the VOC - Dutch East India Company website and datasets from additional collections, especially the Netherlands Historical Data Archive - (dead link).

E-Journal on Hong Kong Cultural and Social Studies (eHKCSS)
"...the first on-line journal that is dedicated to publishing the works of graduate students working on Hong Kong, is designed as a forum for learning, sharing and dialogue...The Journal is inter-disciplinary, and works on sociology, history, literature, film studies, geography, political science, economics, cultural studies and other areas of the humanities and social sciences are welcome."

East & Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
"This directory is intended to be a window on the rich Internet resources on East Asia, Southeast Asia, and Asian Americans. A variety of political and cultural perspectives has been accommodated here, and every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and currency of the links."
By Robert E. Eng, Dept. of History, University of Redlands

East Timor Revisited
Ford, Kissinger and the Indonesian Invasion, 1975-76
Ford and Kissinger Gave Green Light to Indonesia's Invasion of East Timor, 1975: New Documents Detail Conversations with Suharto
Edited by William Burr and Michael L. Evans., December 6, 2001.
National Security Archive, George Washington University

[Environment] NPR [U.S. National Public Radio] - Radio Expeditions - Southeast Asia's Illegal Wildlife Trade (November 2003) [audio]
"Profits, Demand Fuel Commerce in Endangered Species"

Essays on Central Asia - (dead link)
A collection of over 20 academic essays "donated" to Carrie: A Full-Text Electronic Library, University of Kansas.
"...most of the papers appearing in this volume were previously published. They are collected and reissued, with the belief that they complement each other."
By H.B. Paksoy

EurasiaNet
"...provides information and analysis about political, economic, environmental and social developments in the countries of Central Asia and the Caucasus, as well as in Russia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia. The web site also offers additional features, including newsmaker interviews, book reviews and a discussion forum."

Far Eastern Economic Review

  • Asian Economic Forecast Overview - (dead link) (February 2001)

Formosa: Nineteenth Century Images - (dead link)
"This digital library gathers together a disparate body of (primarily) European and American images of the island of Taiwan -- called "Formosa" by foreign visitors in the 19th Century -- and its various peoples. These woodcuts, maps and textual representations were originally published in European and North American books and journals during the 19th Century but are not easily accessible to those interested in the history of Taiwan."

Freer Gallery Sackler Gallery - National Museum of Asian Art - Smithsonian

  • Year of the Horse: Chinese Horse Paintings - (dead link)
  • Devi: The Great Goddess
    "...this web site looks at the six aspects of the Indian goddess Devi. The site offers additional information on the contemporary and historical worship of Devi, activities for children and families, and a list of resources on South Asian arts and cultures."

George Washington University - National Security Archives

Graduate Programs in Asian Philosophy and Religion - (dead link)
By Charles Muller, Toyo Gakuen University

Harvard-Yenching Library
"The collections of the Harvard-Yenching Library are remarkably rich, spanning nearly a thousand years of East Asian history and a range of Asian languages. Today, the library's collections stand at over a million volumes, making it the largest private East Asian library in the United States."

  • The Hedda Morrison Photographs of China, 1933-1946
    "The Harvard-Yenching Library holds some 5,000 photographs and 10,000 negatives taken by Hedda Hammer Morrison (1908-1991) while resident in Beijing from 1933 to 1946...All of the photographs contained in the 28 albums assembled by Hedda Morrison have been cataloged and digitized and can be viewed in VIA (Visual Information Access), the union catalog of visual resources at Harvard. This site provides information about the collection and strategies for effectively searching for Hedda Morrison photographs in VIA."

Human Rights Watch Press Background Briefs

Human Rights Watch Reports

The Huntington Archive of Buddhist and Related Art
 A Photographic Research and Teaching Archive
"...contains nearly 300,000 original color slides and black and white and color photographs of art and architecture throughout Asia. Countries covered in the collection include India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Myanmar (Burma)...In addition to being the most comprehensive collection of its kind, The Huntington Archive includes the largest photographic archive of Nepali art and architecture in the world and represents the only formal collection that photographically records this country's artistic heritage."
Maintained by Janice M. Glowski, Ohio State University
Current Electronic Projects:

I To Eye: Portraits of Female Empowerment in Bangladesh
By Fariba Alam
"Mainstream media images of women in Bangladesh generally fall into two categories: the oppressed and the starving. The photographs in this online exhibition challenge these stereotypes by documenting the lives of active, independent, economically self-sufficient Bangladeshi women."
From Asia Source


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Imaging Everest
"To mark the anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest on May 29, 1953, the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) in conjunction with the British Council in Nepal has created an exhibition called Imaging Everest from its collection of approximately 20,000 photographs taken on the nine Mount Everest Expeditions between 1921 and 1953. These expeditions were jointly organized by the Royal Geographical Society and the Alpine Club. The exhibition shows the importance of the landscape and people of the Himalayan region and tells the story of those involved in the first attempts to climb Everest ...This website provides an online version of the Imaging Everest exhibition and enables people all over the world to share this remarkable collection of photographs.
Sections include: The History of Everest ; Everest Expeditions in the 1920s and 1930s ; Tibetan People ; Religion in Tibet and Nepal ; Nepal in the 1950s ; Sherpas ; Tenzing and Hillary ; Mount Everest Expedition 1953 ; Biographies ; Everest Slideshow.
- The Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

[Indonesia] International Crisis Group

[Indonesia] PBS - America at a Crossroads
Companion website to the April 2007 series.
"...is a major public television event premiering on PBS in April 2007 that explores the challenges confronting the post-9/11 world ó including the war on terrorism; the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; the experience of American troops serving abroad; the struggle for balance within the Muslim world; and global perspectives on Americaís role overseas."
Films include: JIHAD: The Men and Ideas behind Al Qaeda ; Warriors ; Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience ; Gangs of Iraq ; The Case for War: In Defense of Freedom ; Europe's 9/11 ; The Muslim Americans ; Faith Without Fear ; Struggle for the Soul of Islam: Inside Indonesia ; Security versus Liberty: The Other War ; The Brotherhood.

Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore)

International Financial Corporation (IFC)

  • "Building Local Bond Markets: An Asian Perspective" - (dead link) [.pdf]

INTERSECTIONS
Gender, History & Culture in the Asian Context
"...is a refereed electronic journal conceived as an interactive forum for new research and teaching in the area of Gender Studies in the Asian region. It stems from Murdoch University's School of Asian Studies..."

A Joint Study of the Sino-Japanese War, 1931-1945
"This multi-year project seeks to expand research into Sino-Japanese conflict between 1931 and 1945 by promoting cooperation among scholars and institutions in China, Japan, the United States, and other nations."
Includes materials in Chinese, English, Japanese, and other languages.

Koenraad Elst's Homepage - (dead link)
"An indological site with frequently updated articles mainly about Indian history, religion and politics. Other articles have topics of Chinese studies and symbolism. In Dutch as well as English."

Korea (North) - See our separate North Korea Studies page.

Kritika Kultura
An Electronic Journal of Literary and Language Studies
Published by the English Department, Ateneo de Manila University

[Law] Asian Legal Information Institute - AsianLII
"...is a non-profit and free access website for legal information from all 27 countries and territories in Asia located from Japan in the east to Pakistan in the west, and from Mongolia in the north to Timor Leste in the south...AsianLII provides for searching and browsing databases of legislation, case-law, law reform reports, law journals and other legal information, where available, from each country in the region."

The Little Magazine
"The magazine was conceived as a dialogue - a platform which would carry important work in the world languages along with the best of contemporary writing in the South Asian languages. It is not India-specific and addresses a community which is more easily defined in terms of mindspace rather than in purely geographical terms. Our readers have only one common denominator: they are sensitive and are looking for something more than what mainstream publishing can provide them."
Themes of past issues include: Hunger ; Terror ; The Wall ; Belonging ; Looking Back ; Sex & Violence ; Vox ; The Rite Stuff ; Middle Class ; Conflict.

London School of Economics - Development Studies Institute (DESTIN)

National [U.S.] Gallery of Art (NGA)

  • Cambodia: Virtual Tour
    "Take a virtual tour of Sculpture of Angkor and Ancient Cambodia. This exhibition was on view at the Gallery 29 June - 28 September 1997."

NiASlink
A Nordic Resource Centre for Research and Information on Asia

  • Asia Insights
    "...an extensive collection of links to web pages about Asia."
    Sections include: Country Specific Information Resources ; Subject Related Information Resources from Primarily Nordic Sources.
  • Asia Insights: Conflicts and Terrorism
  • Asia Insights : Tsunami Disaster
    "The articles and responses listed in this special NIAS Asia Insight: Tsunami Disaster site provide background information, access to analyses and research, news about recent events and their implications, and links to reliable sources of further information. Most of the articles will be coming from Nordic research institutions, universities, ministries and aid organisations, but the site will also publish relevant material from regional research institutions, international organisations and NGOs."

North Korea - See our separate North Korea Studies page.

Online Burma/Myanmar Library
Classified and Annotated Links to Thousands of Full Text Documents on Burma
Includes: "Burma Community homepages, directories, general information on Burma, portals, breaking, current and archived news, multilingual resources, profiles, maps, discussion groups, electronic newspapers...Complete Text Archive (i.e. minus graphics) of Hugh MacDougall's abstracts of "The Working People's Daily" and "The New Light of Myanmar" April 1987 to December 1996. Many full texts of speeches, laws etc. An important resource for Burma researchers.

PBS - American Experience - Daughter from Danang (April 2003)
Web companion to the TV broadcast.
American Award Nominee - Best Documentary.
"A Vietnamese mother and her Amerasian daughter are reunited after years apart...cuts between mother and daughter as the two recall the pain of their separation, and retraces Hiep's journey from Vietnam to Pulaski, Tennessee, where she is adopted by a single woman and renamed Heidi."
Sections include: Transcript ; Primary Sources ; Further Readings.

PBS - Vietnam Passage : Journeys from War to Peace
"This one-hour documentary from producer Sandy Northrop brings the last 25 years in Vietnam alive through the perspective of seven individuals whose lives, once defined by war, now personalize the struggle of a country entering the new millenium [sic] at peace."
Sections include: The City ; The Stories ; The Perspectives ; Resources ; The Program ; Teacher's Guide.

Plant Cultures: Exploring Plants & People
"The central aim of Plant Cultures is to convey the richness and complexity of links between Britain and South Asia, through the story of plants and people. It is aimed at anyone interested in understanding the world around them."
Sections include: Plants ; Themes ; Stories ; Pictures ; Activities ; Schools.

RAND Monographs (free online versions)

Register of Asian & Pacific Studies Electronic Journals - (dead link)
An alphabetical listing of leading on-line serials of value to researchers in Asian and Pacific Studies
Edited by Tobias Grote- Beverborg

Review of Vietnamese Studies Journal
"...is an online publication dedicated to studies of Vietnamese history, culture, literature, and adaptation along with personal narratives and short stories written by persons of Vietnamese origin."

SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet
"The World Wide Web Virtual Library for South Asia, designed to serve the teaching and research needs of the interdisciplinary field of South Asian Studies."
By Dr. David Magier, Director of Area Studies and South Asia Librarian, Columbia University Libraries

SARS - See our SARS Resources page.

SEACOM Southeast Asia Communication Centre (Berlin, Germany)
"The objectives and aims of SEACOM are to enhance intercultural communication and academic co-operation between Europe and Asia, to cooperate with Asian and Southeast Asian institutions in the fields of SEA Studies and culture, and to accomplish own and collaborative research projects. SEACOM is a non-profit organisation. All resources are exclusively used for the aims mentioned above."

seaek
"I spent the latter half of 2000 travelling through Southeast Asia. This site is a distillation of my photos, journal entries, and email travelogues."
Sections include: Bali ; Java ; Singapore & Malaysia ; Thailand ; Cambodia ; Vietnam ; Loa PDR ; Myanmar.

Sejarah Indonesia: Indonesian Time-Line
 By Charles A. Gimon

The Silk Road Seattle Project
"Silk Road Seattle is a collaborative public education project using the "Silk Road" theme to explore cultural interaction across Eurasia from the beginning of the Common Era (A. D.) to the Sixteenth Century. Sponsored primarily by the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington, and directed by Professors Daniel C. Waugh, Joel Walker and Cynthea Bogel, the project will include: public lectures and seminars, a virtual art exhibit, photographic and textile exhibits, a general education course as well as professional development seminars and workshops for educators, and a web site containing additional materials."
Sections include: Texts ; Cities and Architecture ; Traditional Culture ; Teaching/Learning Guides ; Virtual Art Exhibit ; Buddhist MSS Project ; Maps ; For Kids.
Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities, University of Washington

Southeast Asian Archive - (dead link)
Sections include: General ; Cambodian ; Hmong ; Lao ; Vietnamese
- University of California, Irvine Libraries

  • Documenting the Southeast Asian Refugee Experience - (dead link)
    Sections include: The Past ; Exodus ; Refugee Camps ; Resettlement ; Vietnamese Americans ; Laotian Americans ; Hmong Americans ; Cambodian Americans.

South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG)

  • Papers
    This page contains latest 50 papers.

South Asia Analysis Group

  • Terrorism in S.E. Asia---India's Concerns
    "This is the expanded version of a presentation on the subject made by the writer during a seminar on 'Changing Trends in S.E.Asia' held by the Indian Council for World Affairs (ICWA), New Delhi, on March 10, 2004)"
    By B.Raman, SAAG Paper No. 980.

The South Asian Literary Recordings Project
"...the project has captured the readings of prominent South Asian poets, novelists, and playwrights. The authors recorded so far represent more than fifteen of the languages of India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh."
- Library of Congress New Delhi Office

[South Korea] Korean Legal Research Resources on the Internet - (dead link)
"This Internet guide is to help legal researchers find Korean legal resources available both in print and on the Internet, and is designed to serve as a gateway to legal resources, providing links to major sites. It includes a basic Introduction to the Korean Legal System, and a Bibliography of Selected Korean Legal Resources."
By Heija B. Ryoo, Professor, Director of Library Systems and Technical Services School of Law Library, Southern Illinois University

[South Korea] Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

  • Crisis Guide: The Korean Peninsula
    "Chapters" include: Overview ; Parties to the Dispute ; Military Balance ; Nuclear Facilities ; Missile Program ; Economic View ; Historical Background ; Resources.

[South Korea] Supreme Court of Korea

[Sri Lanka] International Crisis Group

[Sri Lanka] PBS FRONTLINEWORLD - Sri Lanka: Living With Terror (Watch Episode Online)
Companion Website to the Public Television broadcast, May 2002.
Sections include: Reporter's Diary ; The Making of a Suicide Bomber ; A Lonely Warrior for Human Rights ; Fighting Terror with Paint Brushes ; Links & Resources.

The Straits Times Interactive (Singapore)

  • The Straits Times Interactive - War on SARS - (dead link)
    Includes Headlines ; Photo Galleries ; Statistics ; Medical Contact Information.

[Taiwan] Taiwan Studies Institute - (dead link)

  • Taiwan Outlook - (dead link)
  • White Papers - (dead link)

[Thailand] Foreign Affairs
Published by the Council on Foreign Relations

  • Toxic Thaksin
    "Summary: Elected in a landslide just last year, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was deposed last week in a bloodless overthrow organized by the military. Over the year his fall from grace had been steady and swift, thanks to his abuse of power, repression of the opposition and Muslim minorities, and allegations of corruption. Still, argues Duncan McCargo of the University of Leeds, even if Thaksin deserved to go, the manner of his passing will endanger the country's democracy and stability."
    By Duncan McCargo, September 2006

[Thailand] South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG)

  • The Raging Jihad - An Overview
    International Terrorism Monitor, Paper No. 162.
    By B. Raman, Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies.
    SAAG Paper No. 2054, 7.12.2006.
    [Re: Afghanistan, Iraq, & Thailand]

[Thailand] Thailand's Amazing Insects
Photographed in the forests around Chiang Mai
"The site contains photographs of insects including butterflies, moths, dragonflies and damselflies, flies, wasps, ants, caterpillars, cicadas, grasshoppers, mantids, bugs and beetles plus spiders and some others. Wherever possible I identify the species. There are also audio files of cicadas and crickets."
By John Moore

The Tiger Foundation - (dead link)
"Our mandate is straightforward: To create one of the world's most complete and informative sites about tigers; an interactive portal where you can learn, educate your children, voice your opinions, and even get directly involved in wild tiger conservation - in short, a means through which you can make a difference!

TIMEasia.com: Child Slavery
"As the gap between rich and poor grows wider, destitute Asians are increasing selling their most valuable property: their children."
Sections include: Anatomy of a Deal ; Cover Story ; Camel Jockeys ; Fisher Boys ; Domestics ; Conscripts ; Related Links

Tradimodern - (dead link)
"TradiModern is the first online magazine about Spirituality from the Himalayan Kingdom of Nepal.
Nepal is known all over the world as the birthplace of Gautama, the Buddha. Nepal is also the only Hindu country in the world. Enlightened sages and saints have made their retreats in the banks of rivers and up on the Himalayas. A king, Janaka himself was known as a spiritual master. Besides, Islam, Sikhism, Christianity and various faiths have thrived here making Nepal a quintessence of religious and spiritual harmony."

Traditional Architecture of East Asia: China, Japan, Korea, & Cambodia - (dead link)
"...an online archive of East Asian architectural photos. Here you can explore over a hundred sites in six countries, with extensive background information and innovative 'virtual tours'."
This site was created Tim Ciccone, Abe Ahn, and Robert D. Fiala

Turk Tarihi, Toplumlarin Mayasi, Uygarlik - (dead link)
Essays on Turkic History
"Donated" to Carrie: A Full-Text Electronic Library, University of Kansas.
By H.B. Paksoy

U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia

UNAIDS

  • A Scaled-Up Response to AIDS in Asia and the Pacific [.pdf] (July 2005)
    "This UNAIDS report summarises the challenges of HIV and AIDS in Asian and Pacific countries. The report reviews available evidence, discusses reasons why critical services are not reaching most of the population and outlines what needs to be done to remedy this."

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of the Army

  • Report of the No Gun Ri Review (January 2001) [.pdf]
    Admitted for the first time that "an unknown number of Korean civilians were killed or injured" by U.S. forces near No Gun Ri in 1950 during the Korean war.

University of California, Berkeley - East Asian Library

University of Hong Kong - Centre of Asian Studies

University of Michigan Libraries - Asia Library - (dead link)

University of Pittsburgh - East Asian Library
"...supports the Asian Studies Program for instruction and research in Chinese, Japanese and Korean studies. The library houses major East Asian language collections in most of the disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. It is one of the major East Asian collections in North America, with over 250,000 volumes of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Western language materials and over 2,000 periodicals."

University of Washington Law Library - East Asian Law Department
Marian Gould Gallagher Law Library, University of Washington School of Law.
A description of the department, library collections, publications, and links to Web resources.

Vietnamese Studies Internet Center (VSIRC)
"This site is intended as a comprehensive information center for those students, scholars, and community members interested in Vietnamese culture and history as well as the adaptation of the Vietnamese diaspora across the world. The site features a library of on-line research papers, extensive bibliographies of Vietnamese-related articles and books, comprehensive census data, an on-line Vietnamese Studies bookstore and a list of related links."

  • Review of Vietnamese Studies Journal
    "...is an online publication dedicated to studies of Vietnamese history, culture, literature, and adaptation along with personal narratives and short stories written by persons of Vietnamese origin."

A Web Guide to Free Legal and Compliance Resources on the Asia Pacific Region
By Jane Macoustra
LLRX.com Feature, June 3, 2002

World Bank Group - East Asia and Pacific

World Bank Group - New Ideas in Pollution Regulation (NIPR)

World Bank Group - Social Policy and Governance in the East Asia and Pacific Region

  • Education in East Asia
    Sections include: Library on Education ; Sector Background ; Challenges of Social Policy and Governance ; The Response.

Yi-Luo River [China] Collaborative Archaeological Survey - (dead link)
"This project aims to articulate processes underlying the evolution of ancient societies in the Yi-Luo River valley, western Henan province, where the earliest Chinese states emerged ... The primary investigation uses regional archaeological survey to investigate changing settlement patterns. This survey is integrated with geo-archaeological, ethnobotanical and ethnozoological studies."
A Sino-Australian-American collaboration.
Dept. of Archaeology, LaTrobe University, Australia

 




 


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