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| Dedicated to the highways and roadways of Asia | ||
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Resources
- Asian Highway route map
- GIS map
- Central Asia News (out of country)
Afghanistan
- http://afghandata.org:8080/jspui/handle/azu/9095 - some archives including of Afghanistan Times
- Ministry - last posts appear to be from 2021
Bahrain
- https://www.gdnonline.com/index.html
- https://www.alayam.com/
- https://www.albiladpress.com/
- https://alwatannews.net/
- https://www.newsofbahrain.com/
Bangladesh
- https://www.thedailystar.net/
- https://www.dhakatribune.com/
- https://www.banglatribune.com/
- https://www.prothomalo.com/
- https://mybangla24.com/newspapers/new-age-bd
Bhutan
- https://kuenselonline.com/ (government owned, also some malicious advertising)
- http://www.bhutantoday.bt/
- https://bhutantimes.bt (private)
- Censorship an issue regarding the royal family
Brunei
- https://borneobulletin.com.bn (independent but self-censoring)
- https://mediapermata.com.bn/
- https://www.brudirect.com/
- https://thescoop.co/
- Censorship an issue
Cambodia
- Print/broadcast media biased towards government
- https://thmeythmey.com/ supposedly has articles from 2012 on
- https://cambodianess.com/
- https://www.cambodiadaily.com/ - relaunched outside Cambodia
China
- Censorship an issue
- https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/ - government-run
- http://en.people.cn/ - political party run
- https://hongkongfp.com/
- https://www.scmp.com/ - HK based, less reliable after 2016 buyout by Alibaba
- https://www.caixinglobal.com/ - seems to have a degree of independence, RS/N approved
- https://archive.org/details/eastasia-periodicals
- (Shanghai) North China Herald on Newspaper Archive to 1926
- Ministry
- China Highway - seems to be some sort of news site?
- At the bottom there are links to province DOTs
- China Highway Society
- Highway Bureau
- system rules, routelog
Provincial DOTs:
- Anhui: https://jtt.ah.gov.cn/ (blacklisted from the US!)
- Beijing: http://jtw.beijing.gov.cn/, http://bjyhjt.net/Index.html
- Chongqing: https://jtj.cq.gov.cn/
- Fujian: http://jtyst.fujian.gov.cn/ (not working)
- Gansu: https://jtys.gansu.gov.cn/
- Guangdong: http://td.gd.gov.cn/
- Guangxi: http://jtt.gxzf.gov.cn/
- Guizhou: http://jt.guizhou.gov.cn/ (not working)
- Hainan: http://jt.hainan.gov.cn/
- Hebei: http://jtt.hebei.gov.cn/
- Heilongjiang: http://jt.hlj.gov.cn/
- Henan: http://jtyst.henan.gov.cn/, https://www.hnlq.net.cn/
- Hubei: https://jtt.hubei.gov.cn/
- Hunan: http://jtt.hunan.gov.cn/
- Inner Mongolia: http://jtyst.nmg.gov.cn/, https://www.nmgsgl.com/
- Jiangsu: http://jtyst.jiangsu.gov.cn/
- Jiangxi: http://jt.jiangxi.gov.cn/ (not working)
- Jilin: http://jtyst.jl.gov.cn/
- Liaoning: http://jtt.ln.gov.cn/
- Ningxia: https://jtt.nx.gov.cn/ (blacklisted from US)
- Qinghai: https://jtyst.qinghai.gov.cn/
- Shandong: http://jtt.shandong.gov.cn/
- Shanghai: http://jtw.sh.gov.cn/ (was not working)
- Shanxi: http://jtyst.shanxi.gov.cn/
- Shaanxi: https://jtyst.shaanxi.gov.cn/ (not working)
- Sichuan: http://jtt.sc.gov.cn/
- Tianjin: https://jtys.tj.gov.cn/
- Tibet: http://jtt.xizang.gov.cn/ (not working)
- Xinjiang: http://jtyst.xinjiang.gov.cn/ (not working)
- Yunnan: http://jtyst.yn.gov.cn/
- Zhejiang: http://jtyst.zj.gov.cn/
East Timor
- https://stlnews.co/ - main paper
Hong Kong
Censorship starting to become an issue
- https://hongkongfp.com/
- https://www.scmp.com/ - HK based, less reliable after 2016 buyout by Alibaba
- BNA has Overland China Mail to 1916
- Road network
- Exit numbers - Maps available at both sites
- expressway definitions
- former printed atlas, now available online
India
Indonesia
- Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad - NewspaperArchive (from the Dutch era, 1885-1940)
Iran
All media is censored
- Tehran Times
- Iran News
- https://www.iranicaonline.org/ - published out of country
Iraq
- https://www.iraqinews.com/
- https://www.alsumaria.tv/
- https://aliraqnews.com/
- https://www.iraqhurr.org/
- https://www.addustour.com/
Israel/Palestine
There is an integrated road system
- https://www.haaretz.com/ (left of center)
- https://www.jpost.com/ (right of center)
- https://www.israelhayom.com/ - has archives after 2007
- https://www.alittihad44.com/
- https://www.i24news.tv/en
- https://13tv.co.il/
- https://www.kan.org.il/
Japan
Expressway companies:
- East Nippon Expressway Company
- Central Nippon Expressway Company
- West Nippon Expressway Company
- Metropolitan Expressway Company
- Hanshin Expressway Company
- Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Expressway Company
Jordan
- https://www.jordantimes.com
- https://www.jordannews.jo/
- https://alghad.com/ (leans liberal)
- https://en.royanews.tv/
- https://jo24.net/
- https://www.almamlakatv.com/
Kazakhstan
Censorship is an issue
- Astana Times
- Kazpravada - official newspaper
- Inform - might be official
- Tengri News - might be official
- Yandex - Google Maps equivalent
Kuwait
Censorship is an issue
- https://www.kuna.net.kw/Default.aspx?language=en - news agency
- https://www.alqabas.com/ (critical of government)
- https://www.alanba.com.kw/newspaper/ (supports government)
- https://alrai.com/ (supports government)
- https://www.aljarida.com/
- http://al-seyassah.com/
- https://www.kuwaittimes.com/
- http://www.arabtimesonline.com/news/
Kyrgyzstan
- NewspaperArchive has Frunze Sovetnik Kyrgyzstan (Soviet-era paper), some years missing
Laos
- https://www.vientianetimes.org.la/ (official government line), all other papers are government-run
Lebanon
- https://today.lorientlejour.com/
- https://dailystar.com.lb
- https://www.lbcgroup.tv/
- https://www.mtv.com.lb/en/
Macau
- Censorship an issue
- Also see Hong Kong and China
- http://www.macaodaily.com/html/2023-04/20/node_2.htm
- https://www.macaupostdaily.com/
Maldives
Mongolia
Myanmar
- https://www.moi.gov.mm/ (government-run)
- (outside country) - https://mizzimaburmese.com/
- Censorship an issue
Nepal
- https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Nepal/National_Highways(new_numbering - appears that there may be a renumbering, enwiki articles are currently H numbers, new ones are NH
- https://www.kathmandutribune.com - sometimes paid content, syndicated content from Xinhua
- https://www.thehimalayantimes.com/
- https://www.nepalitimes.com/
- Transport
- Roads
- route log but requires funny plugin
- inventory?
- map, might be more route logs
- road types
North Korea
- Censorship an issue
- https://www.dailynk.com/ (based out of South Korea) - but a lot of usually reliable sources are sometimes wrong since there is little known
- http://www.rodong.rep.kp/en/ - state media
- http://kcna.kp/kp - state media
Oman
- https://www.omanobserver.om/
- https://shabiba.com/
- https://www.muscatdaily.com/
- https://timesofoman.com/
- https://alwatan.com/ - one of the larger papers
Pakistan
- https://www.dawn.com/ - center-left, also RS/N approved
- https://www.dawn.com/newspaper/front-page/ - archives back to 2003
- The Nation https://www.nation.com.pk/ - nationalist
- The News https://www.thenews.com.pk/ - centrist
- https://jang.com.pk/ Urdu, centrist
- https://www.express.com.pk/ Urdu
- https://www.nation.com.pk/E-Paper - archives
- Pakistan Civil and Military Gazette is on free BNA - up to 1963, some years missing
- NHA
- crude route list
- https://nha.gov.pk/roads/39
- database, now locked down
Qatar
- https://www.gulf-times.com/
- https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/
- https://www.qatar-tribune.com/
- https://dohanews.co/
- https://www.raya.com/ - leans pro-government
- https://al-sharq.com/ - leans pro government
- https://www.al-watan.com/
- https://www.aljazeera.com/ - government owned, but some independence
Saudi Arabia
Media is government-controlled
- https://english.alarabiya.net/
- https://www.alriyadh.com/
- https://english.aawsat.com/
- https://www.okaz.com.sa/
- https://saudigazette.com.sa/
- https://www.arabnews.com/
Singapore
- https://www.straitstimes.com/ (usually pro-government) - they have other publications in other languages, https://www.channelnewsasia.com/international (also pro-government)
- Government has a large stake in media
- https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/ - newspaper archive - Straits Times 1845-2009 (labeled “partial” remote access”)
South Korea
- http://www.koreaherald.com/
- https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/
- https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www2/index.asp (conservative)
- https://english.hani.co.kr/ (progressive)
- http://english.khan.co.kr/ (progressive)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Korea/Reliable_sources has an additional list
- https://nl.go.kr/newspaper/ - newspaper archive
- network but page is entirely in Korean and untranslateable
- map application
- Google Maps was not very useful for South Korea - seems to have improved
- https://www.law.go.kr/LSW/lsInfoP.do?efYd=19710831&lsiSeq=24005&ancYd=19710831&nwJoYnInfo=N&ancNo=05771&chrClsCd=010202&efGubun=Y#AJAX - example citation to the law
Sri Lanka
- https://www.adaderana.lk/
- https://colombogazette.com/
- https://www.dailymirror.lk/
- https://www.lankadeepa.lk/
- https://divaina.lk/
Syria
- http://alwatan.sy/, but heavily state-influenced, has archives
- https://www.almasdarnews.com/ - pro-government but reliable for statements of fact
Taiwan
- https://www.taipeitimes.com/
- https://www.taiwantoday.tw/
- https://www.ltn.com.tw/ (liberal)
- https://udn.com/news/index (conservative)
- https://www.ebc.net.tw/
- Freeway
- map and lengths
- highways
- speed limits
- city and county roads - lengths
- how it works
- how it works
- provincial road lengths
Tajikistan
Censorship an issue
- Dushanbe Tojikiston Soveti is on NewspaperArchive - is from Communist era
Thailand
- https://www.bangkokpost.com
- https://thethaiger.com/
- https://www.thairath.co.th/home - can be a bit sensationalist, populist
- https://www.komchadluek.net/
- rural roads (different system, different department)
Turkmenistan
Censorship an issue
- state-run portal
- newspaper archives
- NewspaperArchive - contains Soviet-era paper
United Arab Emirates
- https://gulfnews.com/, https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/ - both have expressed concerns about sensitive topics - National News is state-owned
- https://www.skynewsarabia.com/
- https://www.khaleejtimes.com/ (also controlled by government)
Censorship is an issue
Some DOTs of emirates:
Uzbekistan
Censorship an issue
- XS - government-run
- NewspaperArchive - contains Soviet-era paper
- National library
- Yandex - Google Maps equivalent
Vietnam
- https://e.vnexpress.net/
- https://en.nhandan.vn/ - official government paper
- https://thanhnien.vn/
- https://tuoitre.vn/ - does conflict with the government at times
- Censorship an issue
- Archive: http://baochi.nlv.gov.vn/
- map now dead
Yemen
Media censorship an issue
- https://yementimes.com/ - actively putting archives online https://yementimes.com/welcome-to-the-yemen-times-archives/