The Wall Street Journal has launched a new Southeast Asia section online, featuring dedicated coverage of and commentary on the fast-growing economies of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Available online at http://WSJ.com/sea, the new section complements the Journal's award-winning coverage of the Asia region and will feature daily news and analysis from the wide editorial network of Dow Jones Newswires and The Wall Street Journal -- one of the largest foreign news teams across the region.
"The Southeast Asia section marks the continued expansion of The Wall Street Journal in Asia and furthers our mission to be the premier source of news and analysis in this dynamic, fast-changing region," said Almar Latour, editor in chief, Asia, for The Wall Street Journal. "The Southeast Asia section is our latest effort to localize and digitize content in Asia, following the launch of our Hong Kong section online in 2010 and the continued success of our local Journal websites in China, Japan and India."
In addition to breaking news, reporting and analysis, the new section will feature online-only interviews, video reports and interactive features. Additional highlights include:
-- Southeast Asia Real Time, a blog featuring quick insight and sharp
analysis on local law, policy, economics and culture.
(http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime)
-- Expanded coverage in Scene Asia, the Journal's highly popular online and
mobile guide to food, wine, fashion, design, entertainment and the arts
in Asia.
(http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/tag/southeast-asia/?mod=SceneSEA)
-- Southeast Asia Power List, a visual guide to the region's most
influential executives and officials, powered by Dow Jones Insight and
edited by The Wall Street Journal staff.
-- Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/WSJSEAsia) and Twitter
(http://twitter.com/WSJSEAsia) accounts have been activated to feature
coverage from the new online section.
Southeast Asia is home to some 600 million people and many of the world's largest centers for financial services, manufacturing and export-oriented industries. It is a region undergoing substantial economic, political and cultural change of interest and relevance to readers across the entire Wall Street Journal franchise.
"The new online section will enable us to capture incremental growth in online circulation and advertising from individuals and organizations concentrating on this dynamic region," said Christine Brendle, publisher of The Wall Street Journal Asia and managing director of Dow Jones & Company in Asia. "We have already received strong interest from advertisers and are pleased to provide them this unique, unparalleled platform to reach the Southeast Asia region's most sophisticated and influential readers."
The Wall Street Journal is actively expanding its editorial team in the Southeast Asia region to support growth in coverage and content in the new Southeast Asia section.
About The Wall Street Journal Asia
The Wall Street Journal Asia is the leader in global business news for Asia. Since 1976, it has provided indispensable news and analysis of regional and global business developments for an influential pan-Asian audience of corporate and government decision-makers. The Wall Street Journal Asia has been voted the most "important business reading" among international daily newspapers in Asia in every ABRS/BE:ASIA study since the survey's inception in 1985.
The Wall Street Journal Asia was awarded the Best in Online Media award (newspaper website category) at the inaugural Digital Asia Media Awards in recognition of its local language sites, and innovative use of "Real Time" blogs, video and the Journal community.
Edited and published in Hong Kong, The Wall Street Journal Asia is printed in eleven Asian cities-Bangkok, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Mumbai, New Delhi, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo-and distributed throughout the Asia Pacific region. More than 75% of its subscribers are Asian.
The Wall Street Journal's Web site for Asia is at asia.WSJ.com and homepage for India is at india.WSJ.com. The Wall Street Journal is also published online in Japanese at jp.WSJ.com and in Chinese at cn.WSJ.com.
The Wall Street Journal Asia logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=6191
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