Asiaweek was founded in 1975 by Michael O'Neill, a New Zealander, and T. J. S. George, an Indian, who had worked together at the Far Eastern Economic Review but had grown disenchanted with what they considered its ponderous style and perceived British stance.
Myanmar On My Mind was reviewed by Far Eastern Economic Review (28 June 2001), which called it the "politically most incorrect book of the year"; The Australian newspaper (23 July 2001); The Sunday Mail in Malaysia (24 June 2001), which said the book "is worth every sen cent"; Voice of America (9 and 16 July 2001); The New Paper (Sunday edition, 16 September 2001).
Laurie started a freelance career in the early 1970s writing for the Far Eastern Economic Review and other newspapers.
Eastern Europe | World Economic Forum | Eastern Orthodox Church | Peer review | European Economic Community | Great Eastern Railway | Eastern Bloc | Eastern Front (World War II) | Partisan Review | London and North Eastern Railway | Electoral and Administrative Review Commission | Eastern Michigan University | Eastern Rumelia | Eastern Front | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development | National Review | Economic Community of West African States | Eastern Time Zone | Eastern Region | Eastern Air Lines | The New York Times Book Review | North American Review | Monthly Review | Eastern Washington | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | The Paris Review | peer review | judicial review | European Economic Area |
Her books and columns have been reviewed in international periodicals, such as Newsweek, Time, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Associated Press, Agence France Press, Asiaweek, Asia Magazine and the Philadelphia Inquirer.
During his career De Silva also worked for numerous foreign media including the BBC, Financial Times, The Economist, The Times of India, The Deccan Herald, New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Newsweek, Le Monde Diplomatique, The Guardian, The Christian Science Monitor and Far Eastern Economic Review.
A 1996 article ("Medellin on the Mekong") in the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review, by United States journalist Nate Thayer, described Teng Bunma as a significant figure in Cambodia's international drug-smuggling trade.