Asia News Week

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  • Premiered: Jul 2024
  • Episodes: 37
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Season 2
2x1
Friday 17/01/2025
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Jan 17, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for the latest news from Asia. This week: South Korea's impeached president is arrested after a weeks-long standoff, plus Chinese social media app RedNote goes viral as the US faces a TikTok ban.
2x2
Friday 24/01/2025
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Jan 24, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for the latest news from Asia. This week: Thailand becomes the first South-East Asian country to recognise same-sex marriage, plus what is Modi's 'One Nation, One Election' plan for India?
2x3
Friday 31/01/2025
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Jan 31, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for the latest news from Asia. This week: China's AI chatbot DeepSeek unsettles US tech, five Thai hostages are released from Gaza, plus Japan's Fuji TV sex scandal.
2x4
Friday 07/02/2025
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Feb 07, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for the latest news from across Asia. This week: What a US-China trade war means for Asia, a look at Indonesia's toxic makeup trade, plus why livelihoods in the Himalayas are under threat.
2x5
Friday 14/02/2025
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Feb 14, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for the latest news from Asia. This week: Hundreds freed from Myanmar's scam centres, a look at Japan's art of synchronised walking, plus how Chinese animated film Ne Zha 2 became a box office hit.
2x6
Friday 21/02/2025
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Feb 21, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for the latest news from Asia. This week: Anti-government protests take over Jakarta, North Korea opens up to western tourists, plus why Chinese app Shein is back after a ban in India.
2x7
Friday 28/02/2025
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Feb 28, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for the latest news from Asia. This week: a Thai hostage released by Hamas speaks out in an ABC exclusive, Thailand faces condemnation after deporting dozens of Uyghurs .. show full overview
2x8
Friday 07/03/2025
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Mar 07, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for the latest news from Asia. This week: What the Trump-Zelenskyy spat means for Taiwan, China retaliates with tariffs on US goods, plus the art of Southeast Asia's sarongs.
2x9
Friday 14/03/2025
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Mar 14, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for this week's news from Asia: Rodrigo Duterte arrested over "crimes against humanity", hostages freed after a deadly train hijacking in Pakistan, plus a look at the Thai tattoos putting people in a trance.
2x10
Friday 21/03/2025
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Mar 21, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for the latest news from Asia: Plans to change an Indonesian law sparks fears of a return to military supremacy, plus why a Bollywood film is being blamed for stirring violence in India's west.
2x11
Friday 28/03/2025
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Mar 28, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for the latest news from Asia: South Korea battles deadly wildfires, Pakistan sees a polio setback and Tokyo officially declares cherry blossom season.
2x12
Friday 04/04/2025
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Apr 04, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for the latest news from Asia: Myanmar reels after a devastating earthquake; the South Korean president's impeachment upheld; and Trump tariffs rock Asian markets.
2x13
Friday 11/04/2025
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Apr 11, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for the latest news from Asia. This week: the US-China tariff war heats up, South Korea calls a snap election, and quake rescue efforts ramp down in Myanmar.
2x14
Friday 25/04/2025
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Apr 25, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for the latest news from Asia: Catholics across the region mourn the death of Pope Francis, and a deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir escalates tensions between India and Pakistan.
2x15
Friday 02/05/2025
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May 02, 2025
Join Yvonne Yong for a look at the week's news from across Asia including: Vietnam marks 50 years since the Fall of Saigon, plus Pakistan and India posture for war following a terror attack in Kashmir.

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