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http://www.ku.ac.th/delta
Southeast Asian Deltas: On issues relating to the history,
natural resource management, rural sociology, economics, etc., of the deltas of the
Irrawadi, Chao Phraya, Mekong, and Red Rivers. Includes research project databases,
bibliography databases, list of selected publications.
http://headlines.yahoo.com/Current_Events/southeast_asia_smog
On the haze now hanging over Southeast Asia; links to news
reports from Reuters and Southeast Asian newspapers, and to various websites: Index of
Southeast Asian Haze-Related Sites; Haze Online Report (includes satellite images); Maps
of Southeast Asian Forest Fires; Indonesian Environmental Management Agency; El Ninő.
http://www.library.yale.edu/southeastasia/southeas.htm
Site for the Southeast Asia Collection, Yale University, with
links to the Cambodia Genocide Program and other Yale sites, and to sites of other
Southeast Asia Collections at U.S. universities. Its Thailand Homepage leads to latest
news from Thailand, the traditional Thai calendar, Thai cuisine, etc.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/seait
Southeast Asian Images and Texts Project at University of
Wisconsin, Madison. Currently has only photos of the Philippines.
http://www.library.wisc.edu/databases/SEAvideo/
New URL for Wisconsin’s South and Southeast Asian Videos Archive;
videos are available on loan.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9004104372/102-1535346-9336953?n=283155
The calendrical systems of Mainland South-East Asia; Book by J.C. Eade and Ej Brill
that studies how the Southeast Asian calendar was constructed and how positions for the sun, moon and planets were determined.
Southeast Asian Archive, UCI
http://www.lib.uci.edu/libraries/collections/sea/sasian.html
Site of the University of California, Irvine, collection on Southeast Asian immigrants to
the U.S., with special focus on Southeast Asians in Orange County and California as a
whole. Materials relate to resettlement, and to culture and history of Cambodia, Laos, and
Vietnam. The collection is in diverse formats, including newspaper clippings and video and
audio recordings, ephemera, refugee orientation materials, and theses and dissertation.
Southeast Asian Studies, Germany
http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/tdrc/research/southeast-asia_program_d.htm
From the University of Bielefeld, lists research projects, doctoral dissertations, working
papers.
Southeast Asian Serials Index
http://anulib.anu.edu.au/sasi/new/index.php
From Australian National University and KITLV (Leiden); provides free access to
information on Southeast Asia through the indexing of 95 academic and current affairs
journals. Copies of articles indexed can be acquired on interlibrary loan.
http://vsaa.anu.edu.au/
Vietnam Studies Association of Australia
http://www.vietnamtourism.com
Vietnam Tourism: A national government site including
information on history and culture, travel agents, hotels, restaurants, currency,
shopping, visa information.
http://icarus.shu.edu/gallery/V_Portfolio
Part of a multi-media project that will include photographs, music, commentary
on the Vietnam War and after. Currently contains over 80 photographs taken
in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970 in categories such as children, protest, military, shrines.
http://www.vietnamonline.com
This site is divided into searchable databases highlighting business, news, travel,
cultural attractions, classified advertisements.
http://www.destinationvietnam.com
A site that focuses on contemporary Vietnamese culture, travel, art, history, education,
and more. Tons of photos, a free screen saver, and lots of books to buy.
http://vietcatholic.com/
"Overall pictures and images of Vietnamese religions and
particularly Vietnamese Catholic traditions." In Vietnamese, with bilingual
annotations of hypertext links.
http://www.vncb.com
Site of the Vietnamese Canadian Broadcasting Corp., Toronto. In
Vietnamese.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pow/powhome.html
Database on Vietnam War Era Prisoners-of-War and Missing-in-Action,
from Library of Congress researchers; analytical index to over 131,000 government
documents; material from Task Force Russia, which attempts to locate American servicemen
thought to be held in the former Soviet Union; materials on World War II, Korean War, Cold
War.
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/vietnamcenter/general/douglas_pike.htm
Archive of the Vietnam Conflict, at Texas
Tech Univ.; manuscript collection of personal papers of people involved in the conflict;
U.S. Air Force POW oral history collection. A key part of the archive is the Douglas Pike collection
http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/ealc/faculty/dutton/TSsite.html
"A site containing information about the Tay Son peasant uprising (1771–1802)
in Vietnam." Includes an essay, chronology, bibliography (including selected
Vietnamese- and Chinese-language sources), brief biographies of key figures.
Vietnam Economic News:
http://www.ven.org.vn
A weekly business magazine (in English and Vietnamese) published in Hanoi.
Vietnam Archive at Texas Tech
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/vietnamarchive/index.htm
An archive dedicated to preserving the records of the Vietnam War. Includes list of
holdings, online form for reference questions, downloadable text of back issues of
Indochina Chronology, links to archives with related materials, including the U.S.
National Archives, presidential libraries, military archives, and private associations.
Vietnamese Diaspora Studies Internet Resource Center
http://www.vstudies.org/
Focuses on research relating to the adaptation of the Vietnamese diaspora. Includes
bibliographies of Vietnamese-related research, current news in Vietnamese-related
scholarship (calls for papers), links.
Human Rights in Vietnam
http://www.vnhrnet.org
From the Vietnam Human Rights Network, USA; consists of links to documents (English and
Vietnamese) and to other human rights organizations.
Vietnamese and Nom
http://www.cs.nyu.edu/cs/projects/lsp/nhan/linguistics.html
A bibliography of nineteen research papers by Ngo Thanh Nhan, a computational linguistic
at New York University. Includes papers on Nom, the Vietnamese script in use before the
language was romanized.
Directory of Vietnam Organizations
http://www.undp.org.vn/
From the Vietnam Country Office of the United Nations Development Program, this site, in
Vietnamese and English, has facts about Vietnam, UNDP practice areas, Vietnam economics,
partnership links etc.
http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/pub/ial/
Indonesia Acquisitions List: Lists of new serials and monographs
acquired by Jakarta office of the National Library of Australia. Searchable by subject.
Links to the library’s Indonesian collection and to relevant websites (by topics).
http://tukang.access.net.id
Comprehensive data on the Indonesian Internet Network.
http://www.expat.or.id
Information for anyone planning on taking up residence in Indonesia.
http://www.caa.org.au/world/asia/indonesia/index.html
Articles, publications, and links on development and human rights in Indonesia.
http://www.ndio.co.id
National Development Information Office, Indonesia; Indonesia
Source book annual; economic briefs, fact sheets, monthly statistical bulletins.
http://www.incore.ulst.ac.uk/services/cds/countries/Indonesia.html
"A site dedicated to internet sources on conflict and ethnicity in Indonesia."
Links to news groups, NGOs, academic journals, maps. Provided by INCORE (Initiative on
Conflict Resolution and Ethnicity) in Northern Ireland. Also links to sites for every
country of the world, such as Human Rights Watch, etc.
Research on Indonesia: http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~rrojas
An academic site for research on Asia and Latin America, with emphasis on Indonesia,
China, and Chile. Links to online newspapers and other information source, national banks.
Part of the Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library.
Indonesian Internet Sites
http://www.nla.gov.au/asian/indo/indsites.html
Links to over 200 selected sites on business and finance, education, government and
politics, newspapers, maps, sections on Bali, East Timor, Irian Jaya, Kalimantan, Maluku,
Sumatra. Continually updated.
Anthopology of the Mentawai Islands
http://www.mentawai.org/
“A collection of articles and a list of resources from the disciplinary perspective
of social/cultural anthropology” focusing on the Mentawai Islands, Sumatra,
Indonesia. Includes detailed ethnographic data and interpretations of key cultural
practices of the indigenous inhabitants of the southern region of Siberut, the largest
island in the group.
Indonesian Studies Newsletter
http://intranet.usc.edu.au/wacana/isn.html
Newsletter of The Indonesia Council, Asian Studies Association of Australia, with text of
issues from September 1996 on.
Gateway to Indonesia
http://www.asiagateway.com/indonesia
Contains wide links to news reports on Indonesia and to general history and resources on
lifestyles.
Jakarta Post Newspaper
http://www.thejakartapost.com
Site of Indonesia's leading English-language newspaper. Includes a Who's Who of prominent
Indonesians, access to the newspaper's archives to 1994, and links to government agencies
and selected organizations.
Kompas [Newspaper]
http://www.kompas.com
Online edition of a newspaper from Jakarta in Indonesian, English, Dutch. A
Chinese-language edition is available at http://zhinanpost.pacific.net.id.
Includes links to several other Indonesian newspapers.
UK Gamelan Network
http://www.selehnotes.co.uk/
Homepage of the Network’s magazine, Seleh Notes, with articles on Javanese and
Balinese performing arts in the UK, background articles on Indonesian music and culture.
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/leming/karenpage.htm
Karen Webpage: On the Sgaw Karen of northern Thailand. Covers
films, ethnography, bibliography, Thai web links, etc.
http://emailhost.ait.ac.th/Asia/infoth.html
Thailand Internet Resources: From Asian Institute of Technology,
Bangkok. Links to business and finance, educational institutions, travel and tourism,
culture and language, organizations in Thailand, Bangkok Post newspaper.
http://www.mekonginstitute.org
Site of the Mekong Institute, Thailand, devoted to fostering
"regional cooperation and development through training in transition economics and
public sector reform for key public and private sector managers for the Greater Mekong
Sub-Region." Has basic information on each country of the Mekong Sub-Region, news.
http://www.ethailand.com/
Business and cultural information on Thailand, including travel,
transportation guides (bus, air, train), timetables; media guide.
http://www.ect.go.th/english/laws/constitutioneng.html
Gives the full text of Thailand's Constitution.
Part of the Election Commission web site
Thailand Golden Jubilee
http://kanchanapisek.or.th/index.en.html
Information and resources on the golden jubilee of the king of Thailand. Includes his
biography and activities and projects, charitable and development programs of the royal
family, etc.
Thai National Cultural Digital Archive
http://kanchanapisek.or.th/oncc
A Thai-language site (English is scheduled for later this year): “The largest online
public collection of Thailand’s cultural information.” For each of the 76
provinces, provides basic information, information on important people, places, indigenous
knowledge, life-styles, local handicrafts, literature and manuscripts.
Thai Politics
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/thaipol
From the Institute for Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, UK.
Contents cover activities at Leeds relating to Thai political studies, and a searchable
bibliography of 2000 English-language sources on Thai politics and government.
Thailand News
http://www.topix.net/world/thailand
Part of the Topix news feeds.
Radio Free Burma: http://www.fast.net.au/rfb
The first "successful" Democratic Burmese program on the Internet, ". . .
independent of any political, social or welfare organization in Australia or overseas . .
." A weekly Burmese-language radio broadcast; requires Real Audio Player (download
free).
The Irrawaddy Newsmagazine
http://www.irrawaddy.org
An independent news publication aimed at raising awareness of Burma-related issues
“through unbiased reporting from a Burmese perspective.” From the Irrawaddy
Publishing Group in Thailand. Links to regional English-language newspapers, daily news
search engines, Burma-related sites including international radio broadcasts.
http://www.cambodia.org/
Cambodian Information Center:Independent site, with general
information, maps, history, culture, fine arts, tourism.
http://www.yale.edu/cgp
Site of the Cambodia Genocide Program, with bibliographic,
biographic, geographic, and photographic databases.
Cambodia’s Political Future: http://www.asiasociety.org/publications/cambodia_policy.html
Text of the paper "Cambodia’s Political Future: Issues for U.S. Policy."
Stories of Cambodian Genocide
http://www.edwebproject.org/sideshow/
Site by Andy Carvin. Has stories about the Khmer Rouge years and survivor stories.
Cambodia and the International Community
http://asiasociety.org/publications/cambodia/
Text of a publication of contributed pieces on economic development, democracy, relations
with the international community.
http://www.asiasociety.org/publications/update_crisis.html
Asian Economic Crisis in the Philippines: Three substantial
papers on challenges for government policy and business practice; social impact of the
regional financial crisis; and Philippine economic prospects under the Estrada
administration.
http://www.gabnet.org
On issues arising from U.S. policy decisions that impact negatively on women and children
of the Philippines. The organization has launched educational
campaigns on militarism, prostitution, labor export, the sex trade, the mail-order bride
industry.
National Democratic Front, Philippines: http://home.wanadoo.nl/ndf/
Information on the Communist Party of the Philippines, New People’s Army, peace
talks, arts and culture, etc.
Philippines News: http://www.dost.gov.ph/
Homepage of the Dept. of Science and Technology, Government of the Philippines, gives
information on national government offices, weather forecasts, information on educational
institutions, etc.
Filipino-Chinese Friendship Site: http://www.tsinoy.com/
Web site on the global village of Chinese and Filipinos, and advocates of the
incomparable significance of the Chinese and Filipino culture in modern-day
Philippine society.
Mindanao in Transition
http://www.c-r.org/accord/min/accord6/index.shtml
Text of the publication Compromising on Autonomy: Mindanao in Transition about the recent
violence in the Mindanao region of the southern Philippines. Text is from Accord: An
International Review of Peace Initiatives, which “provides accessible analysis and
comparative examples from a specific peace process.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebuano
About the Cebuanolanguage. From the Wikipedia site.
http://www.mesra.net/
Mesra.net: Online searchable directory of Malaysian internet
resources, covering politics, economics, health, education, entertainment, etc
http://ssl.sabah.gov.my
Website of the Sabah State Library, Malaysia; links to Sabah
government homepage, Malaysia homepage, National Library of Malaysia. In English and
Bahasa.
http://www.umlib.um.edu.my/
University of Malaya website.
Orang Asli
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orang_Asli
Article on the Orang Asli, or indigenous peoples, of Malaysia. Has links to many other
resources on the Orang Asli.
http://www.canpub.com/nuol/
National University of Laos: Formed in 1995 by the merger of
nine institutions of higher learning.
Laolink
http://laolink.orientxtreme.com
Everything on Laos, news, photos, addresses, cultural activities, up-to-date, accurate, in
French and in English, links provided.
http://www.museum.org.sg/nas/ohr.html
Singapore Oral Histories: Audio clips, in Hokkien, from the oral
history collection of the National Archives of Singapore. Links to National Heritage
Board, Singapore History Museum, general collections of the National Archives (public
records, building plans, photographs, audio-visual materials).
http://www.findouter.com/Singapore
Searchable web directory on Singapore with links to web sites
arranged into categories -- business, education, entertainment,
government, Internet, organizations, services, tourism -- and ordered by importance.
http://www.nus.edu.sg/SUP/
Singapore University Press; The press publishes the research
work of the University’s academic staff, and scholarly books of local and regional
importance, all in English.