Description: Asia Times Holdings Limited is a media conglomerate with operations on several continents including the Asia Times the Englishlanguage publication launched in 1995 Since its early days in Bangkok Asia Times has been among the most credible names in news in the worlds most populous region What began as a printed broadsheet distributed continentwide in 1998 became the worlds first fully digital news publication With its October 2016 relaunch Asia Times is again leading the way incorporating digital tools including a dynamic blogging platform that gives readers a voice rarely seen in the Asian media market With a clean aesthetic and unique functionality Asia Times stands apart as the only alldigital panAsian site aimed specifically at Englishspeaking users It is widely read not only in Asia but also in Europe and in North America where nearly half of its readership is based regarding it as the mustread on Asian politics and finance In 2016 the Board of Directors named veteran editor and economist Uwe Parpart as Editor