Asia Source: Asia Today - A Resource of the Asia Society
This site features links to recent news reports from East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Central
Asia, and Australasia, from a variety of news sources. It also offers access to reports, interviews,
book and film reviews, photos, educational materials, recipes, a database of internet links, and a
list of scholars that can be searched by area of expertise. All materials are in English.
Asia Times Online
Current political, economic, and general news from Southeast Asia. In English.
Far Eastern Economic Review
A weekly newsmagazine, covers significant developments in economics, business
and technology from all parts of Asia and Australia. Current events and interviews
with important leaders are also included. In English.
AccessAsia, National Bureau of Asian Research
(NBR), Seattle, Washington
This global system tracks the expertise and ongoing research of 3,000 leading
experts on contemporary Asian affairs and Asian-Pacific policy issues.
Angkor Planet
To enter the English part of the site, click on the British flag. Then click on "History of South East Asia" to see
the history of mainland Southeast Asia, from the neolithic period to the present, displayed on a map.
Asia / Open Society Institute & Soros Foundation Network
The Open Society Institute and Soros Foundation promote developing nations' transitions to open societies by advocating for education, open and
pluralist media, ethnic and gender equality, basic freedoms, legal reforms, and so on. Within Asia, OSI focuses primarily on Burma and Indonesia.
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
An intergovernmental group of 21 nations, APEC seeks to promote economic growth and foster community through free trade. Brunei, Indonesia,
Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam are members. The Web site provides a keyword search function to facilitate retrieval of
information from hundreds of full-text, English-language publications.
Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library
Scroll down to links for individual countries--some are "archived," while others are up-to-date. Within each country,
there are links to online resources for news, general information, government, business, travel, and so forth.
Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Ann
Arbor, Michigan
Information on the association, abstracts of its publications, an extensive
bibliographic database, a list of grants, a list of jobs, and an impressive
list of links.
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN)
Information about the organization and its projects, an archive of important
documents written since 1967, and links to related sites.
Center for Southeast Asian Studies Picture Archive
This online picture archive contains nearly 6000 photos from ten Southeast Asian countries, with special emphases on Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos,
and Indonesia. Each photo is labeled with the date, place, photographer, and topic of picture.
Centre for Strategic and International Studies
(CSIS), Jakarta, Indonesia
CSIS seeks to improve public policy planning through research on economics,
politics, society, and international relations. CSIS hosts cultural performances,
seminars, a book store, and an outstanding library, as well as publishing monographs
and journals.
Committee on Research Materials on Southeast
Asia (CORMOSEA) / Association for Asian Studies
CORMOSEA is a forum for librarians and scholars to discuss the challenges of
acquiring, cataloging and preserving Southeast Asian materials. The site includes
a list of library collections, descriptions of CORMOSEA projects, and many links
to pertinent websites.
Contemporary Art in South East Asia
This site offers articles on contemporary art from Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam. Includes links to the Thavibu
Gallery and to photos of artworks by important artists.
East
& Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
Provides a window on rich Internet resources for East and Southeast Asia, grouped
into political, social, cultural and economic categories and sub-categories.
Emphasis is on non-commercial and high-quality resources.
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Provides succinct overviews of languages spoken within a country, their classifications
within linguistic families, and some ethnographic facts about the people who
speak these languages.
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968: Indonesia, Malaysia-Singapore,
Philippines
This site provides the official record of U.S. foreign policy toward these three nations during the turbulent political changes of the
mid-1960s. The documents address U.S. concerns regarding confrontations between Indonesia and Malaysia, the rise of the Indonesian
Communist Party, the political instability that facilitated Suharto's ascent to power in Indonesia, Singapore's withdrawal from the Malaysian
Federation, and the transfer of authority from Macapagal to Marcos in the Philippines.
Hmong Cultural
and Resource Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
A library of research materials pertaining to the Hmong people in Southeast
Asia and in diaspora, including an on-line catalog of the collection, photos
of cultural artifacts, and a list of books for sale.
Human Development Reports (HDR) / commissioned
by the United Nations Development Programme
HDR seeks to provide innovative analysis and policy recommendations that put
people, their freely chosen goals, and their long-term well-being back at the
center of the development policy debate. The Web site provides links to articles
published in HDR.
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS),
Singapore
A regional centre dedicated to research on economic, political, strategic, social
and cultural trends in Southeast Asia.
Kyoto
Review of Southeast Asia / Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University
This online journal reviews important publications, recent debates, and new
ideas from Southeast Asia, to facilitate discussion throughout the region.
The Mekong River Commission
Founding the commission in 1995, the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Viet Nam agreed
to work together to manage Mekong River resources and alleviate poverty in the Mekong
Basin through sustainable development. China and Myanmar joined as "dialogue partners" in 2002.
PAIR: Portal to Asian Internet
Resources
Offers more than 6,000 high quality annotated online resources for research
and study of modern Southeast Asia. Materials emphasize the humanities and social
sciences. In English and Asian languages.
Pan Asia Networking (PAN): The Asian E-Development
Community / International Development Research Centre of Canada
PAN helps researchers and communities in the developing world find solutions to their social, economic, and
environmental problems through the use of information and communication technologies.
People of South East Asia
Site includes entries on about 40 ethnic groups found in China and mainland Southeast Asia. Most entries include photos, language family,
geographical distribution, and observations on traditional attire; some include comments on history and religion. Compiled by Canadian
world-traveler Bernard Cloutier, in consultation with experts from Yunnan and Chiang Mai.
Research Site on Indonesia, Southeast Asia,
the Islamic World, and American Society / Indonesia Publications
Lists of selected current news sites, along with online courses on Indonesia,
Southeast Asia, the Islamic World, Current Controversies, and American Society.
Southeast Asia Microform
Project (SEAM) / Center for Research Libraries and CORMOSEA
Through microform preservation, SEAM provides access to more than 300 historic newspapers
from Southeast Asia (in national, minority, and colonial languages), several hundred historic
journals and government serials, and thousands of historic manuscripts.
Southeast Asia Visions: A Collection of Historic Travel Narratives
This site provides access to travel narratives written by Europeans and Americans who visited Southeast Asia between 1550 and 1930.
The collection includes more than 350 books and articles and 10,000 visual images, selected with assistance from Cornell faculty members. Texts are in
English and French; site includes search functions.
Southeast Asian Serials
Index / Australian National University Library and KITLV Library in the Netherlands
This Web site enables the user to search for articles in over 130 major academic
and current affairs journals on and from Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asian Studies
Publications / Johns Hopkins University
This site offers full-text scholarly reports on recent economic and political developments in Southeast Asia.
UCLA Language Materials Project (LMP): Teaching
Resources for Less Commonly Taught Languages
LMP is a bibliographic database of teaching materials for over 120 less commonly
taught languages. The website provides language profiles, a list of institutions
offering language instruction, a list of companies selling instructional materials,
and related links.
The World Bank
This Web site offers the latest World Bank news from many of the world's nations. Includes reports from Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, the
Lao PDR, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor Leste, and Vietnam. From World Bank home page, click on "Countries," then
select a country.
World Legal Information Institute
Provides links to online documents concerning courts and case-law, legislation,
government, and international treaties of each country.
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