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Asia Specific — 76 episodes

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Why more countries are favouring China over the US

2

China's humanoid robot boom

3

Inside a major baby trafficking trial in Indonesia

4

Why armed men killed a US pilot in Indonesia

5

Why can’t Japan have a female emperor?

6

Thailand’s sex worker legal limbo

7

Are microdramas the future of entertainment?

8

Why cancer patients are travelling to China

9

What makes a Pokemon card worth millions?

10

Is North Korea getting richer?

11

Will Japan turn away from pacifism?

12

Asia’s affordable housing problem

13

Could changing the way we date solve Asia's low fertility rates?

14

Could an Asian team win the World Cup?

15

Bonus: Xi Jinping's North Korea visit

16

Thailand’s tourism challenge

17

South Korea’s stock boom

18

Asia’s 'irrelevant' uni degree question

19

The US-China robotaxi race

20

The Philippines beauty pageant controversy

21

Why North Korea became a women's football powerhouse

22

Bali’s rubbish crisis

23

The US-China problem

24

Is India’s internet becoming more like China’s?

25

Can China reverse a billion-dollar tech deal?

26

New Zealand and India’s trade deal row

27

Can Vietnam still reach its growth target?

28

Japan’s megaquake threat

29

Indonesia’s US airspace deal risks China ties

30

Who’s winning the EV race?

31

Thailand’s complicated relationship with tourism

32

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

33

Bonus: What an Iran US ceasefire means for Asia

34

Who is leading the race to the Moon?

35

Bonus - Inheritance: Samsung

36

Is Australia seeing an immigration backlash?

37

The billion dollar return of K-pop kings BTS

38

South East Asia’s oil shortage fears

39

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

40

The US-China crypto split

41

Can China’s economy survive global shocks?

42

Is AI threatening Japan’s manga industry?

43

China warns against ‘law of the jungle’ after US-Israeli strikes on Iran

44

The boom in queer romance shows

45

Marcos v Duterte: The family feud shaking the Philippines

46

Inside Singapore’s war on vapes

47

Bonus: South Korea’s former leader convicted for insurrection

48

Why don’t Chinese workers get more leave?

49

The pressure to be thin in Asia

50

What do Thailand’s election results mean?

51

Bonus: Japan PM’s landslide election win

52

Malaysia's football scandal

53

Bonus: What in the World

54

The daughter who could rule North Korea

55

China's extraordinary purge of military leaders

56

Why the Philippines’ most valuable export is its people

57

Japan's snap election: Inside Takaichi’s political gamble

58

Why South Korea keeps jailing its ex-presidents

59

Can electric bikes save Vietnam's most polluted cities?

60

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

61

How do journalists cover a disputed election in Myanmar?

62

Inside South Korea's K-beauty obsession

63

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

64

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

65

Food, flags and feuds: Why Asians fight over cuisine

66

Can Prabowo Subianto finally unleash Indonesia’s potential?

67

Jimmy Lai verdict: From Hong Kong activist to national security criminal

68

Bonus: Bondi shooting tests Australia’s social cohesion

69

Science and solutions to prevent a repeat of South East Asia’s huge floods

70

Special episode: Thailand-Cambodia peace shattered

71

Trump: the man who made Asia reimagine the US

72

Is banning children from social media smart or excessive?

73

China tries to control anger over the Hong Kong fire

74

Asia’s soft power battle: Has the Korean Wave peaked?

75

The Japan-China feud: Why has it reignited?

76

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