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HONOLULU (Jan. 1, 2012) – President Obama and his family paid a New Year’s Day visit to the East-West Center to view an exhibition on the anthropological field work that the president’s late mother, Ann Dunham, conducted in Indonesia. The family also visited the Center’s well-known Japanese garden, where the family held a memorial for Dunham after she passed away in 1995. ...more...
HONOLULU (Jan. 6, 2012) -- The East-West Center has received two grants totaling $970,000 from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to support the U.S.- Timor-Leste and U.S.- South Pacific Scholarship Programs over a five year period.
HONOLULU (Dec. 21, 2011) – In the wake of dictator Kim Jong-Il’s death and the succession of his young son Kim Jong-Un, a panel of experts said yesterday that North Korea is unlikely to either collapse immediately or take any provocative actions right away, but that this coming spring may mark a more dangerous time, when the regime might even conduct further demonstrations of its nuclear capability. ...more...
An expert panel discusses Japan’s border security issues, including that there is no clear maritime border.
The East-West Center, in collaboration with the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, recently launched the Australia Matters for America initiative. The initiative comprises a publication and website that provide a one-stop, on-going source of information, data, news, and analysis on Australia-U.S. relations. The website will host new information, reports and events in the Australia-U.S. Alliance and bilateral partnership.
This collaborative project is part of the East-West Center's Asia Matters for America(AMA) initiative, which serves as a hub for American and Asian audiences to explore the importance and impact of Asia in the United States by State and Congressional District. AMA provides government, academia, civil society, media and business with an interactive website that graphically displays useful trends and accurate data on how Asia matters at the U.S. state and local level. Other on-going projects that are part of the East-West Center’s AMA initiative include: ASEAN Matters for America, Japan Matters for America, and Korea Matters for America. Links to periodic updates from each of these Websites can also be found on the East-West Center’s Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Pacific Islands Report
An edited digest of daily news, analysis and commentary from across Oceania.
Asia Matters for America
An online hub for exploring graphical data on the importance of U.S.-Asia interactions to individual U.S. states and congressional districts.
Time for Justice, Cambodia
Weekly Cambodian TV reports (with English subtitles) about the proceedings in the second Khmer Rouge trial.
2012 EWC International Media Conference
June 22-24 2012 in Seoul, Theme: "Networked News: How New Media is Shaping Stories in Asia and the Pacific"
AsiaPacificEd Crossings
An online resource for K-12 students and educators to explore and connect with the Asia Pacific region.
