The Lamps Are Going Out In Asia

There are few places if any in the region where it s safe to be a journalist these days said.

The lamps are going out in asia.

The lamps are going out all over europe we shall not see them lit again in our life time british foreign secretary sir edward grey remarked to a friend on the eve of the united kingdom s entry into the first world war. Professor dethomas on 38north. Across southeast asia the free and independent press is under unprecedented attack from governments hostile to the thought of allowing their citizens to read the truth. On the eve of world war one a despairing sir edward grey wrote the lamps are going out all over europe.

Covid 19 turns the lights out on asia s nightlife with covid 19 clusters exploding in after hours districts questions hang over sector s future region wide by andrew salmon may 19 2020 may 22 2020. The lamps are going out in asia. One could hardly imagine that a remark of british foreign secretary sir edward grey on the eve of the first world war saying that the lamps are going out all over europe would be prophetic. First published in grey s memoirs in 1925.

The lamps are going out in asia september 26 2017 the substance of trump s speech including threats to both north korea and the iran deal may have closed any remaining doors to a diplomatic resolution to this crisis surrounding north korea s nuclear and missile programs. There is now a growing possibility that the lamps will go out in asia and if they do much of the rest of the world. Lights out asia is an electronic musical project that formed in february 2003 when chris schafer and mike ystad themselves members of aurore rien decided to abandon the traditional post rock band concept of their previous group and explore the intersection of post rock electronic and ambient music in a short period the two had written enough material for a full length album. How it can be made less disastrous and what issues need to be thought through before it is too late.

The press freedom situation is dire across asia with different factors motivating different types and degrees of crackdowns.