(LinkAsia: January 6, 2012) Smartphone usage in Japan skyrocketed in 2011, partly due to the rise in disaster-related apps in the wake of the massive March earthquake. The most popular...
(LinkAsia: November 11, 2011) Smog, or fog in China? CCTV reports on the government's response to citizen concerns, and Angel Hsu, a Yale University researcher, explains the differences between...
(LinkAsia: October 28, 2011) In this episode of LinkAsia: Dengue danger in Pakistan, Diabetes in Vietnam, overpopulation in China and spooky fashion trends from Japan. Express 24/7 reports on a...
Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear activist Helen Caldicott discusses with Earth Focus correspondent Miles Benson what the Fukushima disaster really means for the health and future of the people of...
(LinkAsia News: October 14, 2011) Japan reggae artists MC Rankin and Dub Ainu Band deliver a cautionary message about radioactive material through this song and music video “You Can’t...
(LinkAsia: October 7, 2011) Pakistan and United States relations are tense. Pakistani netizens react to Admiral Mike Mullen’s statement that the Haqqani are a “veritable arm” of the ISI,...
(LinkAsia: September 16, 2011) China's arms buildup is making its neighbors nervous. Charlie Custer tells us what netizens are predicting now that the Beijing Times and the Beijing News have...
(LinkAsia News: 09/16/11) China's military buildup has its neighbors on edge, but military analyst Phillip Saunders explains we don't have to worry just yet.
(LinkAsia News: 09/16/11) It's been six months since the Fukushima nuclear disaster. Our contributor Toshi Maeda tells us how social media picked up the news trail where mainstream media left...
(LinkAsia: August 19, 2011) Frustrated by a lack of information and conflicting messages on food safety after the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, people in Japan tweet about what's really going...
(LinkAsia: August 19, 2011) Indian activist Anna Hazare and thousands of supporters wage a hunger campaign against corruption in New Delhi. Indians angered by corruption use a new website to...
How will the disaster at Fukushima affect the future of the US nuclear industry? Jim Riccio, Nuclear Policy Analyst at Greenpeace, shares his thoughts with Earth Focus correspondent Miles Benson.
Don Hinrichsen, author of the new book "The Atlas of Coasts and Oceans", joins Dr. Stephen Olsen, Director of the Coastal Resources Center at the University of Rhode Island, in...
(LinkAsia: July 29, 2011) Korean and Japanese bloggers respond to Breivik's manifesto. Charlie Custer tells us how Chinese media and the blogosphere are reacting to the Wenzhou train crash. Women...