Most Viewed, Emailed and Printed Stories by Year

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Title

Viewed

Emailed

Printed

1.

MALAYSIA: 3 jailed over Malaysian sex-scandal video

 94943

 

 4602

2.

INDONESIA: Online porn law won't affect business, say Internet cafe owners

 36589

 

 2304

3.

FIJI: Minister files multi-million dollar lawsuit

 35080

 

 3817

4.

Sri Lanka's Presidential Election: Tamils explain why they will not vote

 31799

 

 3691

5.

The High Tide of the Korean Wave III: Why do Asian fans prefer Korean pop culture?

 29830

 

 2751

6.

SRI LANKA: Tsunami aid agreement faces mountain of opposition

 28742

 

 3451

7.

THAILAND: Sanook, eBay launch site

 26827

 

 2465

8.

Chinese democracy

 26591

 

 3410

9.

SRI LANKA: Pro-LTTE newspaper distributor murdered

 25477

 

 4200

10.

TAIWAN: Virtual sex opens new, safe doors, says Shu-te Univeristy academics

 25303

 

 2369

11.

NEW ZEALAND: Critical journalism award revamped

 24755

 

 3522

12.

SRI LANKA: New report on tsunami coverage criticizes local media

 23177

 

 2858

13.

WORLD: E-health is C'wealth's new agenda

 23109

 

 2683

14.

SRI LANKA: Violence against Tamil journalists escalating

 22411

 

 3073

15.

SRI LANKA: Journalist Sivaram murder suspect arrested

 22259

 

 3201

16.

SRI LANKA: EU bans LTTE travel in member states

 21943

 

 3281

17.

Sri Lanka's Presidential Election: The irony of the LTTE boycott

 21919

 

 3094

18.

SRI LANKA: Political party's newspaper distributor and member killed in separate attacks

 21761

 

 3130

19.

QATAR: Al Jazeera slams new media rules

 21559

 

 2661

20.

FRANCE: Row over disbanding of journalists 'spy' unit

 21314

 

 2653

21.

SRI LANKA: Journalists seek trade union, reform for provincial news media

 21095

 

 3149

22.

SRI LANKA: Major daily withholds information about Tamil journalist's killer

 20781

 

 3287

23.

SRI LANKA: Group claims responsibility for Tamil journalist's murder, threatens peace activists

 20569

 

 3042

24.

SINGAPORE: New free-to-air TV channel solely for Indian-language programmes

 20338

 

 2405

25.

KOREA: Google launches Korean-style web search engine service

 19286

 

 2269

26.

The road to Mutur

 19055

 

 2651

27.

PAKISTAN: China Mobile launches Zong

 19033

 

 2221

28.

Sri Lanka's Presidential Election: Hardliner Rajapakse wins

 18977

 

 2720

29.

KOREA: YouTube's Korean site makes little impact

 18594

 

 2344

30.

KOREA: Samsung networks launches internet-based mobile phone

 18246

 

 2390

31.

Who's calling who "uncivilized"?

 18229

 

 3301

32.

Ignorance may not always be bliss

 18215

 

 2312

33.

PAKISTAN: China Mobile competition to benefit cell phone users

 18097

 

 2236

34.

KOREA: YouTube opens Korean site with dim outlook

 18067

 

 2283

35.

INDIA: Multi-billion dollar telecom deals

 18045

 

 2560

36.

SINGAPORE: Straits Times journalists win big at SPH awards

 17929

 

 2326

37.

The rise of Asian nations

 17433

 

 2432

38.

BANGLADESH: Submarine cable snapped in Egypt

 17374

 

 2344

39.

CHINA: Bloggers battle Western media over bias

 17279

 

 2336

40.

MALAYSIA: Blogger Raja Petra charged with sedition

 17251

 

 2151

41.

Covering Nepal's first election in nine years

 17121

 

 2259

42.

Japanese Facebook takes Model T approach

 16997

 

 2335

43.

MALAYSIA: Malaysian election day

 16807

 

 2237

44.

The farce of media freedom in Pakistan

 16743

 

 3140

45.

A dream that won't go away

 16711

 

 2323

46.

MALAYSIA: Takeover of newspaper not political, says Berjaya boss

 16615

 

 2204

47.

WORLD: Muslims rely on foreign communications

 16592

 

 2479

48.

PAKISTAN: Asma calls for independence of judiciary, media

 16561

 

 2268

49.

BRITAIN: 'On the Internet, guard your personal space'

 16471

 

 2570

50.

CHINA: Spinning for sympathy

 16396

 

 2345

51.

CHINA: Tibet news censored

 16349

 

 2312

52.

WORLD: Newspapers surge ahead in Asia but slump in the West

 16233

 

 2502

53.

KOREA: SK Telecom launches internet shop

 16228

 

 2203

54.

KOREA: More autonomy for print media planned

 16033

 

 2236

55.

ASIA: High-speed superhighway sets the tone

 16008

 

 2384

56.

FRANCE: RSF to mark March 12 as "Online Free Expression Day"

 16006

 

 2512

57.

KOREA: Herald Media chairman resigns

 15963

 

 2204

58.

Censoring Hong Kong's airwaves

 15894

 

 2232

59.

SINGAPORE: GV leaks e-mail contacts of 7,000 patrons

 15874

 

 2319

60.

When citizens turn on journalists

 15843

 

 2270

61.

From Shar'ia to Shakira

 15747

 

 2413

62.

US: Shoe protest held near White House

 15718

 

 2423

63.

INDIA: Threat to Modi on email?

 15685

 

 2228

64.

Between Nanjing and Chongqing

 15670

 

 2338

65.

KOREA: LG Telecom launches open internet for mobiles

 15618

 

 2201

66.

MALAYSIA: Rocked by polls result?

 15466

 

 2144

67.

China and the Hollywood Squares

 15299

 

 2453

68.

SINGAPORE: 4 films banned at movie festival

 15156

 

 2286

69.

Is the "China model" the future?

 14894

 

 2543

70.

A weak PM with strong ideas

 14891

 

 2268

71.

Swara Porong Radio becomes voice of mudflow victims

 14790

 

 2138

72.

Where to go and stay in Asia

 14787

 

 2351

73.

INDIA: MLA files complaint against TV channel

 14720

 

 2198

74.

KOREA: N. Korean media reports Namdaemun fire

 14536

 

 2182

75.

Look who wants to read your emails

 14477

 

 2191

76.

Opposition overcomes media hurdles

 14469

 

 2277

77.

Anomalies in Asia and America

 14455

 

 2350

78.

SINGAPORE: Film's portrayal of Islam distorted, say Singaporeans

 14349

 

 2241

79.

A Thai take on Spitzer

 14226

 

 2243

80.

A world in need of humility

 14220

 

 2143

81.

INDONESIA: Indonesian govt to block porn websites next month

 14086

 

 1789

82.

Once the TV industry king, KPS looks for new niche

 14016

 

 2149

83.

Suicide sites pose deadly problem

 13942

 

 2171

84.

A woman of history

 13811

 

 2153

85.

Radio stations stay on air

 13742

 

 2182

86.

The irrepressible and intimate Mochtar Lubis

 13705

 

 2398

87.

Plenty of cases to explore

 13644

 

 2145

88.

MALAYSIA: Tamil newspaper loses license

 13626

 

 2037

89.

Racy pictures stir up questions of legality

 12457

 

 2254

90.

IRAQ: For Arabs, shoe is a dirty 4-letter word

 12265

 

 2258

91.

Strait-talk from Bush Sr.

 12162

 

 2188

92.

PAKISTAN: PFUJ assails arrest of journalists

 12059

 

 2476

93.

All eyes on Tibet

 11942

 

 2338

94.

AsiaMedia writer wins South Asian Journalists Association award

 11737

 

 2473

95.

Trouble in paradise

 11729

 

 2432

96.

KOREA: Yahoo, KTF partner for mobile RFID

 11724

 

 2135

97.

PAKISTAN: Policy for documentation of mobile subscribers devised

 11352

 

 2649

98.

China versus CNN

 11263

 

 2149

99.

A new Vietnam

 10596

 

 2313

100.

Each page of this Urdu newspaper is handwritten by 'katibs'

 10567

 

 2323