What began as a concert etiquette dispute in Malaysia has escalated into a digital war between Korean and Southeast Asian users. Under the hashtag #SEAblings, Southeast Asians are transforming pro-democracy solidarity into a strong anti-hate movement against Korean cultural superiority and racism.
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Timor-Leste’s judiciary initiates legal proceedings against Myanmar’s military junta for crimes against humanity. As ASEAN’s 11th member, the move raises questions about non-interference and Timor-Leste’s future role.
Leaked “TM Report” reveals the Unification Church’s political influence in Nepal through campaign funding and its attempts to establish covert contact with North Korea via Nepali communist leaders.
Dunia has exclusively obtained internal documents from a South Korean cyber scam syndicate recently dismantled in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The documents reveal a "Three-Tier Splitting" system and the use of detailed "target sheets" to track victims' finances, family, and daily schedules.
In the wake of this flood crisis, Dunia traces the on-the-ground realities of collapsed trust, ecological violence, limits of adaptation, and social resilience facing Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka.
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Supalak Ganjanakhundee calls the Thai-Cambodian border dispute a humanitarian crisis fueled by Thailand’s military and conservative elites, who use nationalism to hide political failures. He says the conflict destroys diplomacy and endangers border residents and low-ranking soldiers.
Dunia and Newstapa report that the Unification Church's Japan-built vote trading model was imported into the Yoon administration, tying church mobilization, campaign work and political protection, and likely shaping Korean politics far beyond what was known.
Abe’s 2022 assassination revived decades of ignored abuses tied to the Unification Church. In this Dunia investigation, we trace its political networks, massive fundraising system, and the path that led Japan to order the Church’s dissolution.
At the 2025 Global Investigative Journalism Conference, 1,500 reporters shared insights on climate, public health, and independent media. Dunia focused on environmental crime, carbon offsets, and cross-border collaboration shaping today’s investigative reporting.
The Unification Church’s resources became linked with Yoon Suk-yeol’s power, exposing unprecedented religion–state collusion in S.Korea. Newstapa and Dunia traced this model to the Church’s Japan influence network and its close ties to the Abe family
By Seulki Lee (DUNIA Editor-in-Chief, Journalist) – skidolma@thedunia.org This report was jointly investigated and produced by Dunia (YouTube.com/@the_dunia_media), a member newsroom of the Korea Independent News Network (KINN), in collaboration with the Korea Center for Investigative Journalism – Newstapa. It was revealed that in
South Korea is funding the expansion of Indonesia’s Suralaya coal plant despite severe local health and livelihood impacts. Critics say the project props up Korea’s struggling coal industry and risks becoming a stranded asset amid the global shift to renewables.
Cryptocurrency could be a powerful tool for tracking child sexual exploitation, but most cases go uninvestigated. As predators increasingly use Bitcoin to buy abuse materials, law enforcement lacks the training, resources, and urgency needed to follow the money.
South Korea’s public funds have financed palm-oil firms implicated in deforestation and rights violations. Growing public scrutiny is challenging these subsidies, demanding transparency and accountability for the environmental and social harm linked to the industry.
Young women in South Korea are rejecting makeup and cutting their hair short in the “Escape the Corset” movement, a protest against rigid beauty norms in a male-dominated society. Their pushback is reshaping public debate and forcing beauty brands to rethink long-standing standards.