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Asia Specific Episodes

  1. 15/08/2026 GMT

    Essential insights and conversations on the stories shaping the Asia-Pacific region

  2. 08/08/2026 GMT

    Essential insights and conversations on the stories shaping the Asia-Pacific region

  3. Asia Specific

    Essential insights and conversations on the stories shaping the Asia-Pacific region

  4. Asia Specific

    Essential insights and conversations on the stories shaping the Asia-Pacific region

  5. Inside a major baby trafficking trial in Indonesia

    Could adopted babies from Indonesia have been trafficked into Singapore?

  6. Asia Specific

    Essential insights and conversations on the stories shaping the Asia-Pacific region

  7. Asia Specific

    Essential insights and conversations on the stories shaping the Asia-Pacific region

  8. Will Japan turn away from pacifism?

    Japan’s government wants to change the pacifist constitution

  9. Why the Philippines’ most valuable export is its people

    Will a day come when Filipinos won’t need to leave their families behind to find work?

  10. Why South Korea keeps jailing its ex-presidents

    The former President Yoon Suk Yeol faces up to ten years in prison

  11. Why North Korea became a women's football powerhouse

    North Korea’s women footballers head to the South amid political tension

  12. Why many in Taiwan dismiss China’s threat to blockade and invade their island

    China claims its latest military drills show the goal of taking Taiwan is getting closer

  13. Why don’t Chinese workers get more leave?

    Chinese workers officially get nine days off for Lunar New Year – but there’s a catch

  14. Why cancer patients are travelling to China

    Cancer patients are travelling to China for faster and cheaper CAR-T therapy

  15. Why can’t Japan have a female emperor?

    The controversial plan to ensure Japan's imperial family doesn't run out of heirs

  16. Why armed men killed a US pilot in Indonesia

    What’s behind one of Asia’s longest-running insurgencies?

  17. Who’s winning the EV race?

    Is the energy crisis accelerating a shift in Asia to electric vehicles beyond China?

  18. Who is leading the race to the Moon?

    The US and China are both planning lunar missions. Why does it matter?

  19. Which Asian country has the world's best passport and why?

    What does a strong passport say about how a country practices diplomacy?

  20. What message does the Iran war send to Asia’s nuclear powers?

    Will North Korea and China rethink their weapons programme after the attacks on Iran?

  21. What makes a Pokemon card worth millions?

    Collectors are buying and selling the cards for huge sums

  22. What do Thailand’s election results mean?

    Voters in Thailand stick with the conservatives in national elections

  23. Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, one year on

    How have US tariffs changed trade in Asia?

  24. Trump: the man who made Asia reimagine the US

    Has an American leader who cut aid and imposed tariffs shifted US ties with Asia forever?

  25. The US-China robotaxi race

    Which country will dominate driverless cars - the US or China?

  26. The US-China problem

    Why US-China misconceptions are shaping global tensions

  27. The US-China crypto split

    Why do the superpowers of US and China see cryptocurrency so differently?

  28. The pressure to be thin in Asia

    Bodyweight influences in Asia - from fashion to K-pop to social media

  29. The Philippines beauty pageant controversy

    The US-born Miss Universe Philippines has defended her right to represent the country.

  30. The paradise island nation caught between the US, Taiwan and China

    Why Palau’s Taiwan ties make it a key player in US-China rivalry

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