The Asia News Network (ANN) is a network of national daily newspapers published in Asian cities, organised to provide avenues for co-operation and to optimise coverage of major news events in the region. The networking of newspapers in Asia was first discussed informally by the Asian editors who participated in the first Asian-German Editors Forum of 1998, organised by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Manila. Encouraged by the warm fellowship among them and the success of the forum, the editors decided that a more permanent professional and business relationship be pursued, not only among themselves but also among their respective publications, with the goal of improving the coverage of Asian affairs by Asian media. In the following year ANN was born. ANN’s objectives are to enhance and improve news coverage of Asian affairs, to provide member newspapers with reliable access to news sources in Asia, and to help promote the professional development of journalism in the region. Membership of the network is by institution, not by individual, with each Asian country being represented by one English-language newspaper. Current members include the Daily Star (Bangladesh), the China Daily (Beijing and Hong Kong editions, China), the Statesman (India), the Jakarta Post (Indonesia), the Daily Yomiuri and Yomiuri Shimbun (Japan), the Sin Chew Daily and the Star (Malaysia), the Daily Enquirer (Philippines), the Straits Times (Singapore), the Korea Herald (Korea), the Island (Sri Lanka), the Nation (Thailand) and the Viet Nam News and Sunday News (Việt Nam). ANN is supported by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.