Dunia is a nonprofit, independent investigative newsroom based in Seoul. We investigate and report stories across Asia that receive too little attention from the Korean public and policymakers.

Asia, especially South and Southeast Asia, has become a major source of revenue and labor for South Korea’s economy. Yet the gap in public knowledge about the region allows climate and development injustice, human rights violations and systemic discrimination to go unexamined.

To build a more equal world, we investigate the truth behind abuses of power, corruption and human rights violations across Asia, including those involving South Korean companies, investors and the state.

Our Objectives

Build a cross-border journalism network across Asia

The stories we cover do not stop at national borders. Capital, labor, supply chains and environmental damage move across Asia, and so must our reporting. We work alongside independent journalists and newsrooms in the region to investigate stories no single outlet could tell alone. We do this through partnerships such as Asian Dispatch and  the Korea Independent News Network (KINN). 

Hold power accountable

Power that goes unexamined goes unchecked. We follow the money, documents and data behind decisions that shape people’s lives: from corrupt prosecutors and military regimes to corporations whose operations harm communities and ecosystems. We give particular attention to South Korean companies, investors and state institutions, whose influence across Asia is growing but rarely scrutinized at home. 

Advance press freedom across Asia

In many parts of Asia, journalists face censorship, surveillance, legal threats and violence for doing their work. We amplify the reporting of independent local media, protect the identities of sources who speak at great personal risk, and bring under-reported stories to Korean and Asian audiences.