The Myanmar coup, two years on
Protest, conflict and exile: we hear about Myanmar, two years after the military coup.
Since the 2021 coup in Myanmar, many Burmese have taken up arms against the military and thousands more have fled. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Burmese editor Soe Win Than tells us about life in the country now, and the challenges he and his team face in reporting it.
What's in a name?
People in Thailand take naming very seriously. Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Thai's Tossapol Chaisomritpol explains the meanings behind his many names - from birth, through renaming, and onto his nicknames too!
Prague's Little Hanoi
Vietnamese people are the third largest ethnic community in the Czech Republic. Khue Luu Binh of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Vietnamese explains how they came to be such a significant community, and tells us about 'Little Hanoi', a large commercial hub outside Prague.
Iran: How your phone can land you in jail
An insight into how the Iranian regime is targeting people’s mobile phones to stifle protests and prevent images leaving the country, with Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Monitoring’s Khosro Isfahani.
Triumph against the odds
Sarika Singh of Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ Hindi TV shares the inspiring story of rebuilding her career after a life-threatening illness, in our series celebrating the Ä¢¹½¶ÌÊÓÆµ's 100 years.
(Photo: Pro-democracy demonstrators in Bangkok, Thailand. Credit: Chaiwat Subprasom/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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