Our Mission

While many people of good conscience are decrying the growing media consolidation in the hands of a few, the founders of the Asiana News (AN) decided to take concrete steps to do something about it. The agency exists to provide an independent perspective on the news and events affecting Asia. We feature a number of excellent writers, filmmakers and photographers who are available for varied assignments. We also are opening our pages to make them available social movements, citizens organizations, and labor campaigns and others that are involved in the struggles to bring equity, citizen empowerment and participation, protection of human rights, and social justice to this critical, but often unknown part of the world.

At AN, the noted creative individuals will be matched with business entities desiring to receive high-quality, timely research/writing deliverables. Our very selective vetting process assures the best possible finished product, and we guarantee full customer satisfaction.

At AN we also hope to be a progressive source of information internationally and assist in filling this important gap.

Beyond our dedication to causes, such as human rights, global peace, environmental sustainability and equality for all, we have decided to focus our attention on Australia and Oceania, Asia Pacific and South Asia — thus the name of our service. It has been said by more than a few knowledgeable commentators that the global balance of power is shifting decisively to Asia, which is projected to dominate this new century as Europe and the United States become correspondingly less dominant. While this claim might be debatable for some, it is beyond question the region has become a hotbed of economic activity, boasting some of the fastest growth rates in the world — mainly in China and India. Asia is also a host of alternative political models as well as the home of thousands of great cultures. As such, this part of the world will generate some of the most important global stories and we will be there to provide coverage, with the express intention of bringing them to a wider audience.

AN is not afraid to ask provocative and "controversial" questions. Did Khmer Rouge really kill 1.5 million Cambodians, or is the number of victims who died the combined result of the U.S. carpet-bombing of the Cambodian countryside, famine, the pre-Khmer Rouge civil conflict and the Khmer Rouge dictatorship? And why did the U.S. demand that the Khmer Rouge return to power after the December 1978 Vietnamese invasion and, according to many, liberation of Cambodia?

How objective is the Western coverage of China and Vietnam? In the pages of mainstream publications, China is "Communist" whenever it fails, and is "not Communist anymore" when it succeeds. Could China experience the present level of progress and development without its (still) centralized economy? Could Vietnam recover from devastating wars and the collapse of entire East European trading block without the leading role played by the Communist Party?

What happened in 1965 in Indonesia? No serious historian believes in the "failed Communist coup" anymore, but the Indonesian public is force-fed with that absurd theory. In reality, the U.S.-backed military coup sidelined President Sukarno. His successor, Suharto, ordered purges which soon degenerated into one of the most intensive genocidal orgies in the history of humankind. Two to three million people were massacred in a matter of months. What began as a fascist coup deteriorated into religious and ethnic cleansing. Is today's Indonesia really "a tolerant Muslim state" and "vibrant democracy?" Any visitor can confirm that it is not, but the "myth" of the Western mainstream media has already taken root.

What historical role was played by the Thai monarchy? What role did Australia and the U.S. play in the Indonesian occupation of East Timor? How many people died in the indiscriminate carpet-bombing of underdeveloped and agricultural Laos in what is now known as "The Secret War?" Why is the Australian role in Asia-Pacific viewed as destructive and negative by the majority of Asians?

AN is unveiling the truth behind these and many other questions; present and past issues which can be described as "inconvenient truths."

In addition, AN has a large network of enthusiastic reporters in the Pacific Island Nations. It may be the only press agency in the world that is able to offer full and comprehensive coverage of this geographically enormous area consisting of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.

As is the case with Asia, AN is ready to destroy myths, to revisit "forgotten events" and to look honestly at the future.

To what extent is Micronesia (Palau, FSM and the Marshall Islands-RMI) dependent on U.S. handouts? RMI suffered tremendously from the U.S. nuclear experiments conducted on its population. Papua New Guinea (PNG) is being plundered by international mining companies. The Solomon Islands have had its precious islands ruined by unscrupulous and brutal Malaysian and Taiwanese logging companies. This entire part of the world is suffering from so called "dependency syndrome," relying on remittances and foreign aid. In the meantime, the sea level is rising due to the global warming and several atoll nations (Tuvalu, Kiribati and parts of the Marshall Islands) may become uninhabitable in a matter of decades.

AN is there, offering coverage even of the tiniest nations like Tuvalu, backing its investigative work with tens of thousands of high resolution and high quality photographs.

We are interested in working on in-depth reports with international organizations, governments, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations, institutes and universities.

AN is dedicated to supply the world with alternative sources of information, to cover parts of our planet which are ignored by the mainstream media, to educate and to promote world peace through mutual understanding of peoples from different cultures.

If you have any questions or comments about the Asiana News, please feel free to contact us at any time.