Asian Correspondent was an

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launched in October 2009 by Hybrid (media company) that combined articles by professional journalists,

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and

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content in one website. Asian Correspondent was the online partner for the

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in Asia, and provided breaking news, opinion pieces, and analysis for the

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region. As of 20 Sept 2021, the website is gone, and any attempts to load a page within the www.asiancorrespondent.com domain are redirected to techhq.com.

Content

Asian Correspondent is a combination of news stories, analysis, and blog content, a format which has earned the website comparisons to the

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. The site is divided in sections including

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, and

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. Less than a year after its creation, in May 2010, Asian Correspondent hit the millionth visitor mark,

In the media

Asian Correspondent is often quoted in other media. Qz.com has cited its content on multiple occasions, most recently in May 2014 for its coverage of the

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in Thailand, as well as in July 2013 for a story about

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References

{{Reflist, 2 Asian news websites Internet properties established in 2009 Asian political websites British news websites