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"The Asian Studies WWW Monitor" (ISSN 1329-9778) was established 21 April 1994. The journal, a pioneering and the only publication of this kind in the world, provides daily abstracts and reviews of new/updated online resources of significance to research, teaching and communications dealing with Asian Studies. It is published by the Internet Publications Bureau, RSPAS, National Institute for Asia and the Pacific, ANU. The periodical forms a key element of the global, cooperative project Asian Studies WWW Virtual Library. For further details see a page About the Asian Studies WWW Monitor. The journal is complemented by its sister publication Pacific Studies WWW Monitor which was established in April 2000.

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The Asian Studies WWW Monitor: Jul 2004
Vol. 11, No. 13 (217)

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THIS ISSUE
Entries accepted for publication: 6
Entries rejected: 8
The email edition of this Journal has now over 3880 subscribers.

30 Jul 2004
3star
Cultural Restoration Tourism Project
Cultural Restoration Tourism Project, Pacifica, CA, US.
Supplied note: "The mission of the Cultural Restoration Tourism Project (CRTP) is to help communities around the world restore artifacts of cultural importance, promote responsible tourism, encourage cultural interaction and provide a model of alternative funding for other non-profit organizations or grass roots organizers. [...] CRTP is currently enacting the restoration of a Buddhist temple that was destroyed by the communist regime in Mongolia during the 1930s. The restoration is carried out utilizing labor and funds donated by volunteer/tourists. - jv"
Site contents: CRTP Home; "A Journey To Nepal"; Chhairro Gompa, Nepal; Baldan Baraivan, Mongolia; Executive Summary; Calendar of Events; Email Us
URL http://www.crtp.net/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.crtp.net/
Link reported by: Jennifer Viale (jennifer_viale[use"@"]hotmail.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

22 Jul 2004
3star
The 9th International Conference on Thai Studies, Apr 2005
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, US.
Supplied note: "Call For Papers - The Ninth International Conference on Thai Studies. Northern Illinois University invites your participation in the Ninth ICTS April 3-6, 2005 in DeKalb, Illinois, USA. The Conference will embrace a broad definition of Thai Studies to include studies of all ethnic groups within the Kingdom of Thailand, as well as Thai/Tai peoples of Southeast Asia, India and China. See [the URL below] for a full listing of themes and paper guidelines. Two themes: the Thaksin government and Southern Thailand will be given special focus at this conference.
Proposals for papers, presentations, panels and roundtables from all disciplines and intellectual perspectives are welcome. Please submit proposals in English before October 30, 2004. See http://www.niu.edu/thaiconf/CallForPapers.htm for information needed with each proposal. - dmc. "
URL http://www.niu.edu/thaiconf/Themes.htm
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Duncan McCargo (D.J.McCargo[use"@"]leeds.ac.uk), forwarded by h-asia[use"@"]h-net.msu.edu
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Corporate Info.
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

19 Jul 2004
2star
Naenara: DPR Korea Web Portal
Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea/Germany
Supplied note: "www.kcckp.net [est. May 2004 - ed.] is based in Germany, and links to information on North Korean politics, tourism and trade, along with its official media and 'real time' music and movies decorate the home page. The Web site, available in English and Korean. - bpj."
Self-description: "Welcome to WWW.KCCKP.NET - DPRK [...] The visitors to our site can gather deep and wide information about Korea. First of all it is possible to know the clear and consistent point of view of DPRK on the current international problems. And it will be helpful for you to know the real situation of Korea."
Site contents: Shopping Mall; Contact Us; KCNA; The Pyongyang Times; Korea Today; Korea; Foreign Trade; Politics, Tourism, Foreign Trade, Arts, Publication, History/Customs, Korea is One, IT Industry, Naenara Special Events, Top News, News from Naenara, Music, Korean Movies, Fine Art Pieces.
[Apart from the news (and most prolific martial music) the rest of the information on this pilot Web portal is accessible only to registered visitors. The site appears to be pretty good at extricating personal data from its users - ed.]
URL http://www.kcckp.net/
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the site was not archived at the time of this abstract]
Link reported by: Bob Pyke Jr. (repyke[use"@"]infionline.net)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide/News
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Govt.
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Interesting
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

18 Jul 2004
3star
South Asian Studies
University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Supplied note: "The South Asian Studies (SAS) is a Canadian based portal [...] intended as a primary resource for students, teachers and researchers studying development issues particularly pertaining to South Asia. A number of papers on peace and conflict, democracy, economics, politics and history of the region are available for quick access. - as."
URL http://www.uoit.ca/sas/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/www.uoit.ca/sas/
Link reported by: Dr Anjum Siddiqui (anjum.siddiqui[use"@"]uoit.ca)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Academic
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

16 Jul 2004
4star
Japan Publications Guide Service (JPGS)
IMCBook, Tokyo, Japan
Supplied note: "Hello, Please take a look at http://imcbook.net and [see the URL below] We are located in Tokyo. IMCBOOK is a bookseller, importing/exporting mostly-English publications. PGSONLINE does not sell publications but have a database of 55,000 Japan/East Asia publications and a database of 17,000 organizations. Some of this is open and free of charge; some requires subscription. - wb."
URL http://jpgsonline.com/
Internet Archive http://web.archive.org/web/*/jpgsonline.com/
Link reported by: Warren Ball (jpgslite[use"@"]jpgsonline.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Online Guide
* Publisher [academic - business - govt. - library/museum - NGO - other]: Business
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: V.Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 100

12 Jul 2004
3star
CIA & Iraq: Lessons For India
Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, India
Supplied note: "The latest paper of the Institute For Topical Studies, A-2/3, Bharathi Dasan Colony, K.K.Nagar, Chennai---600078, India, on the above subject is now available at the web site of the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG), New Delhi, at [the URL below] - br."
[Extract: "The Iraqi case underlines the importance of subjecting the CIA's assessments and conclusions on the terrorism issue to a critical examination instead of blindly accepting and acting on them." - b.raman]
[The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai, and Distinguished Fellow and Convenor, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Chennai Chapter - ed.]
URL http://www.saag.org/papers11/paper1053.html
Internet Archive (www.archive.org) [the paper was not archived at the time of this abstract. However, in a few weeks time it will be available at web.archive.org/web/*/www.saag.org]
Link reported by: B. Raman (corde[use"@"]vsnl.com)
* Resource type [news - documents - study - corporate info. - online guide]: Study
* Publisher [academic - business - government - library - NGO - other]: NGO
* Scholarly usefulness [essential - v.useful - useful - interesting - marginal]: Useful
* External links to the resource [over 3,000 - under 3,000 - under 1,000 - under 300 - under 100 - under 30]: under 30

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