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By Judith S. Ames Asian —english–language editions [Editor’s Note: In order to include as many sites as Title: possible, remarks have been limited to a single sentence.] URL: http://www.tribuneindia.com/ BANGLADESH Boasting the largest circulation in North , The Tribune is pub- Title: The New Nation lished in and focuses on news of that region. URL: http://nation.ittefaq.com/ IRAN This paper provides broad coverage of the news of Bangladesh and is Title: Iran Daily associated with a newspaper founded in 1953. URL: http://www.iran-daily.com/ Title: This English-language daily newspaper, published in Teheran, uses URL: http://www.independent-bangladesh.com/ Acrobat Reader, giving it the appearance of a print newspaper. A leading daily newspaper published in Dhaka; articles from its week- Title: The Teheran Times ly magazine are also indexed on the homepage. URL: http://www.teherantimes.com Title: Bangladesh Observer The Teheran Times was founded in 1979. URL: http://www.bangladeshobserveronline.com/ The Bangladesh Observer is the online edition of the English daily, Title: published since 1949. URL: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/ CHINA The Japan Times, founded in 1897, is one of Japan’s most respected Title: China Daily newspapers. URL: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/home/index.html Founded in 1981, this was the first English-language daily newspaper in the People’s Republic of China. Title: People’s Daily URL: http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/home.shtml This is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Com- Title: munist Party of China. URL: http://www.asahi.com/english/ This English Edition is a joint publication with the International Her- INDIA ald Tribune. Title: The Daily Yomiuri URL: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm The Daily Yomiuri is an English-language newspaper produced by the Corporation, publishers of the Yomiuri Shimbun, a Title: leading newspaper of Japan. URL: http://www.timesofindia.com Founded in 1838, The Times of India reports that it is read by more MALAYSIA than 4.42 million people. Title: The Star Online Title: URL: http://thestar.com.my/ URL: http://www.telegraphindia.com The Star has the largest circulation in Malaysia for an English daily; Based in Calcutta and founded in 1982, this is one of the major this is the online version. newspapers of Eastern India. MYANMAR Title: Title: Myanmar Times URL: http://www.thestatesman.net/ URL: http://www.myanmar.com/myanmartimes/ The Statesman was founded in 1875, and in addition to A weekly publication, the Myanmar Times is the first international covering national news of India, it specializes in the news of weekly in the country. . Title: Times Title: Dawn URL: http://www.hindustantimes.com URL: http://www.dawn.com Published in , this leading newspaper of India offers links to print The widely-circulated English-language daily in Pakistan; the Web site editions from , Chandigarh, and the UK. also acts a portal to information about Pakistan.

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Title: The Nation that country’s news, there are also many news items dealing with URL: http://www.nation.com.pk/ North Korea. The Nation is a daily newspaper focusing on the news of several cities SRI LANKA in Pakistan, including and Islamabad. Title: The Island URL: http://www.island.lk/ Title: Philippine Star A leading newspaper in Sri Lanka, The Island has varied coverage of URL: http://www.philstar.com/ national events. A national daily newspaper, the Philippine Star has the goal of being Title: Daily News both a news and “infotainment portal.” URL: http://www.dailynews.lk/ Title: Times The online edition of an important daily newspaper, the Daily News URL: http://www.manilatimes.net/ states on its Web site that it has the “widest coverage in Sri Lanka”. This is the oldest newspaper in the Philippines, dating from 1898. Title: Daily Mirror Title: URL: http://www.dailymirror.lk/ URL: http://www.mb.com.ph/ This newspaper has both daily and weekly news features and an The Manila Bulletin is a leading paper with national and provincial archive that begins in November 2001. coverage on topics ranging from agriculture to comics to business. THAILAND SOUTH KOREA

Title: Bangkok Post Title: Korea Herald URL: http://www.bangkokpost.com/ URL: http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/index.asp The Bangkok Post is the online edition of a large and widely-circulated The articles and editorials are written in English with some advertise- newspaper; the site includes links to mid-year and year-end Economic ments and announcements in Korean. Reviews beginning in 1999. Title: Korea Times URL: http://times.hankooki.com/ JUDITH S. AMES, PhD, formerly associated with the Japan Society in New Though published in South Korea, in addition to extensive coverage of York, is currently an editorial and computer consultant.

54 EDUCATION ABOUT ASIA Volume 8, Number 3 Winter 2003