The Lamps Are Going Out In Asia

One could hardly imagine that a remark of british foreign secretary sir edward grey on the eve of the first world war saying that the lamps are going out all over europe would be prophetic.

The lamps are going out in asia.

The lamps are going out in asia. Covid 19 turns the lights out on asia s nightlife with covid 19 clusters exploding in after hours districts questions hang over sector s future region wide by andrew salmon may 19 2020 may 22 2020. A follow up article will give the layman some food for thought about war. The lamps are going out all over europe we shall not see them lit again in our life time british foreign secretary sir edward grey remarked to a friend on the eve of the united kingdom s entry into the first world war.

Across southeast asia the free and independent press is under unprecedented attack from governments hostile to the thought of allowing their citizens to read the truth. On the eve of world war one a despairing sir edward grey wrote the lamps are going out all over europe. Professor dethomas on 38north. The lamps are going out in asia september 26 2017 the substance of trump s speech including threats to both north korea and the iran deal may have closed any remaining doors to a diplomatic resolution to this crisis surrounding north korea s nuclear and missile programs.

There is now a growing possibility that the lamps will go out in asia and if they do much of the rest of the world. There are few places if any in the region where it s safe to be a journalist these days said. The press freedom situation is dire across asia with different factors motivating different types and degrees of crackdowns. The lamps are going out.

Lights out asia is an electronic musical project that formed in february 2003 when chris schafer and mike ystad themselves members of aurore rien decided to abandon the traditional post rock band concept of their previous group and explore the intersection of post rock electronic and ambient music in a short period the two had written enough material for a full length album.