Bridging Asia: Can Asia beat corruption?

Published on Jan 24, 2013

After the Asian Financial Crisis in the late 1990s, deeply-rooted problems of corruption were highlighted in countries like Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia. This sparked growing pressure on Asian governments to aim for better transparency and accountability.

But since then, there seems to be a disparity in progress. Some places like Singapore and Hong Kong have been more successful in the anti-corruption fight, while others like India have struggled. Can corruption be beaten across Asia?

Channel NewsAsia relaunched on 21 Jan 2013

Published on Jan 21, 2013

Channel NewsAsia embarked on a major relaunch on 21 January 2013, to provide expanded coverage of Asia. Armed with our new tagline - "Understand Asia" - the move is designed to woo more viewers across the region.

Timbuktu's disappearing gold

Published on Jan 28, 2013

http://www.euronews.com/ Timbuktu, a city classed as a world heritage site since only 1988, was founded around a thousand years ago by Tuareg nomads. Later it became part of the Mali Empire. Its illustrious mosques and shrines - Djinguereber, Sidi Yahya and Sankore - are among the treasures of Timbuktu.

What has happened to this repository of historic knowledge, or will happen, is very worrying to guardians of scholarship the world over.

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