InAsia Blog: When Social Media Platforms Help Drive Violent Conflicts; A Flight Path for Post-Covid Tourism; How to Sell an Avocado on Facebook

Share this email: October 28, 2020 In Southeast Asia, Violent Conflicts Move Online By Benjamin Lokshin and Adam Burke Devastation in Marawi, 2017. The battle was fought on social media as well as in the streets. Photo: Adam Burke / The Asia Foundation As cellphones and the internet have reached the farthest corners of Southeast Asia, violent groups and their supporters are increasingly turning social media into a new front in that region's festering subnational conflicts. Read more. Lakela's avocados, grown at the source of the Ping River. Photo: Arpaporn Winijkulchai / The Asia Foundation PODCAST How to Sell an Avocado on Facebook By Arpaporn Winijkulchai The InAsia Podcast takes a field trip to northwestern Thailand, where a small farmer far from the big city learns about online marketing and how to tell the story of her unique avocados. LISTEN With the right steps, tourism can return to Timor-Leste. A Flight Path to Recovery for Tourism in Timor-Leste By Gobie Rajalingam and Paul Hooper Timor-Leste's natural beauty should be a magnet for tourists and a much-needed boost to the economy, but costly airfares, inadequate airports, and Covid-19 have kept this goal out of reach. A report from The Asia Foundation points to a way forward. Read more. VIRTUAL EVENT Changing Landscape of Development Cooperation Amidst and Beyond Covid-19 in Asia November 11-13, 2020, Seoul The Asian Approaches to Development Cooperation aims to bolster Asia's overall preparedness for the global pandemic by sharing the knowledge and responses to Covid-19 across the region and beyond. The AADC 2020 provides a forum for exchange of ideas among key international development experts in Asian nations on the changing landscape of international cooperation facing Covid-19. REGISTER NOW Missed a recent article? Visit The Blog

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