Guest Contributor

Bill Dorman

Bill Dorman is News Director at Hawaii Public Radio. He lived and worked in Asia for 10 years, covering stories from more than a dozen countries and territories for CNN and Bloomberg News. His broadcast experience also includes work in New York and Washington, D.C. His 鈥淎sia Minute鈥 feature can be heard weekday mornings on HPR.
Asia Matters: Burning Questions for Hawaii Regarding Waste, Energy

Asia Matters: Burning Questions for Hawaii Regarding Waste, Energy

Converting our throwaways into something usable can be done in many ways, which means a lot of choices ahead. Does Singapore point the way?

Asia Matters: Time for Shared International Research on GMOs? PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Asia Matters: Time for Shared International Research on GMOs?

China and India are conducting their own studies of genetically modified crops, which are controversial everywhere.

Asia Matters: Trouble at the Honolulu Airport, and Some Modest Fixes Flickr.com

Asia Matters: Trouble at the Honolulu Airport, and Some Modest Fixes

The gateway to paradise could use a few more traveler-friendly features. Lomi lomi massages and free wireless Internet, for example.

Asia Matters: Hawaii Should Learn From a Major Tourism Competitor Bill Dorman

Asia Matters: Hawaii Should Learn From a Major Tourism Competitor

Japan’s 2014 tourism industry is thriving thanks to the surging number of visitors from Asia. What are the lessons for us?

Asia Matters: Move Over Macadamia Nuts, Ukuleles Are Also Big Abroad State of Hawaii

Asia Matters: Move Over Macadamia Nuts, Ukuleles Are Also Big Abroad

While the nuts have benefitted from publicity over a Korean airline executive’s nutty behavior, ukuleles are also hitting high notes in Asian markets.

Asia Matters: A Future Under Water U.S. Navy

Asia Matters: A Future Under Water

Military strategy and international commerce are at play as nations plan their next moves with submarine fleets.

Asia Matters: Economy Not Biggest Threat to Hawaii鈥檚 Japanese Tourism Market PF Bentley/Civil Beat

Asia Matters: Economy Not Biggest Threat to Hawaii鈥檚 Japanese Tourism Market

Despite a recession at home, many Japanese visitors are willing to pay top-dollar when they feel certain of a product’s quality. But we cannot take customer satisfaction for granted.

Asia Matters: What’s Changed Since APEC Was in Honolulu? White House/Pete Souza

Asia Matters: What’s Changed Since APEC Was in Honolulu?

Three years after the Hawaii event, the latest gathering in China provides an opportunity to assess how America’s “pivot to Asia” is going.

Asia Matters:聽A Year After Haiyan, Hawaii Still Shows Aloha for Philippines Bill Dorman

Asia Matters:聽A Year After Haiyan, Hawaii Still Shows Aloha for Philippines

Devastated area still struggling to recover, but experts say the relief effort has been exemplary.