Author Archives: Muhammad Cohen

About Muhammad Cohen

Former US diplomat and broadcast news producer Muhammad Cohen is Asia editor at large for Clarion Media, a longtime contributor to Forbes, columnist for Asia Times and author of Hong Kong On Air, a novel set in his adopted hometown during the 1997 handover about TV news, love, betrayal, high finance, and cheap lingerie. See his biography, online archive and more at www.muhammadcohen.com; follow him on Facebook, LinkedIn, ex-Twitter @MuhammadCohen and now on Blue Sky @MuhammadCohen.bsky.social.

Ask not what’s happened to America since JFK

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Muhammad Cohen

Everything changed on that sunny day in Dallas 50 years ago. Continue reading →

Posted in America in the 1960s, Asia Times, Hong Kong On Air, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, John F Kennedy assassination, John F Kennedy funeral, John F Kennedy inaugural address, John F Kennedy presidency, US politics | Comments Off on Ask not what’s happened to America since JFK

Chefs without borders

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Muhammad Cohen

Leading Indonesian and Malaysian chefs show, like good fences, good food makes good neighbors. Continue reading →

Posted in ACMI (Aku Cinta Masakan Indonesia), Asia Times, Bali, Chef Wan, Cooking, Hong Kong On Air, Indonesian cuisine, Malaysian cuisine, Ubud Writers Festival, William Wongso | Comments Off on Chefs without borders

Ubud encounters: Pamuntjak, Lewis live dangerously in novels on 1965 turmoil

Posted on November 9, 2013 by Muhammad Cohen

Two new novels try to pry open the books on Indonesia’s 1965-68 mass killings that remain among the nation’s deepest secrets. Continue reading →

Posted in 1965 upheaval in Indonesia, Bali, Bones of the Dark Moon, Hong Kong On Air, Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), Indonesian history, Laksmi Pamuntjak, Richard E Lewis, The Question of Red, Ubud Writers Festival | Comments Off on Ubud encounters: Pamuntjak, Lewis live dangerously in novels on 1965 turmoil

Ubud encounters: Goenawan Mohamad names, reserves judgment on Indonesia’s ‘next president’

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Muhammad Cohen

Indonesia’s foremost man of letters and so-called conscience of the nation is “watching” presidential frontrunner Joko Widodo but not yet endorsing him. Continue reading →

Posted in Bali, corruption in Indonesia, crime in Indonesia, Goenawan Mohammad, Hong Kong On Air, Indonesian politics, Joko Widodo (Jokowi), Tempo magazine (Indonesia), Ubud Writers Festival | Comments Off on Ubud encounters: Goenawan Mohamad names, reserves judgment on Indonesia’s ‘next president’

Solaire names Arasi president, as suggested

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Muhammad Cohen

I picked the new president and chief executive officer at Manila’s trailblazing casino resort and have the email to prove it. Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment City Manila, Global Gaming Asset Management, Hong Kong On Air, Macau Business magazine, Manila, Marina Bay Sands, Philippine casinos, Solaire Resort and Casino, Thomas Arasi | Comments Off on Solaire names Arasi president, as suggested