Two new members join 'Asia News Network'<\/p>\n
PHNOM PENH (JP): Two top English-language newspapers in the
\nregion, The Korea Herald and the Philippine Daily Inquirer,
\njoined the Asia News Network (ANN) on Monday, bringing the number
\nof major Asian newspapers in the regional alliance of same-day
\nnews exchange to nine.<\/p>\n
Senior editors from the member newspapers also agreed at a
\nmeeting on Saturday in the Cambodian capital to set up an
\neditorial coordination office and a joint website in their bid to
\nboost up distribution of Asian news and information to
\ninternational community.<\/p>\n
ANN, founded in Bangkok last March with assistance from the
\nKonrad-Adenauer Foundation (KAF), is an alliance of Asian
\nnewspapers to exchange news, features, opinion and editorial
\narticles and photos on daily basis.<\/p>\n
The editors agreed that a combined exclusive news and
\ninformation portal website will serve the growing number of
\nregional and global internet networks looking for reliable and
\ncredible content providers.<\/p>\n
A series of conferences and joint regional coverage are set
\nto take place this year as the ANN members agree to propel the
\nAsian voices to a new dynamism, ANN chairman Pana Janviroj,
\nannounced on Monday<\/p>\n
Editors from China Daily and iTV, Thailand's first and only
\nindependent television station, also attended the ANN meeting as
\nobservers.<\/p>\n
ANN founding members are The Jakarta Post from Indonesia, Viet
\nNam News from Vietnam, Sin Chew Jit Poh and The Star from
\nMalaysia, The Straits Times from Singapore, The Nation from
\nThailand, The Statesman from India and the now defunct The Manila
\nTimes from the Philippines.<\/p>\n
Among the activities planned by the network this year are the
\norganization of a Young Leaders' forum together with KAF, where
\neach newspaper member will nominate up to five candidates from
\ntheir own countries. The leaders will meet for a regional
\nconference to discuss challenges for Asia in the 21st century in
\nBangkok in August.<\/p>\n
The ANN members will also undertake a joint editorial coverage
\non the development of e-commerce. The members will also publish a
\nsupplement at the end of this year exploring the regional
\nchallenges from economic, culture to social development in the
\nwake of intense globalization.<\/p>\n
ANN will join the Konrad Adenauer Foundation to host a
\nregional conference later this year to assess the impact of
\nglobal media mergers that are changing the landscape of the media
\nin Asia.<\/p>",
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