Business, Economics and Jobs
Whose Century Is It?
April 22, 2016
Not so long ago, Thailand could boast about having one of the fastest growth rates in the world. But political turbulence, protests and a couple of coups have taken their toll. And there's anxiety about what will happen when the beloved king dies. How might the new Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community help Thailand get its act back together? What risks does Thailand's volatility have for a nascent regional grouping, with big aspirations to counterbalance China?
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Health & Medicine
The debate over 'natural family planning': Does it work?
PRI's The World
March 09, 2015
Updated
The Catholic Church urges ‘natural family planning’ and says it has 98 percent effectiveness. A medical expert says it is closer to 80 percent — and that is in societies where a woman is able to say no to a partner's demands for sex.
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Health & Medicine
Providing safe illegal abortions in Myanmar is a ‘karmic balance,’ says one doctor
PRI's The World
September 08, 2016
Abortion is illegal in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar, but many women still seek access. Illegal abortions are a leading cause of maternal death there.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
Living on Call Center Time in the Philippines
PRI's The World
August 12, 2013
There's a whole culture in the Philippines that's evolved around people working on a New York time zone. They don't just live on US time, they live in US weather, and US culture.
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Conflict & Justice
Groups 'rescue' Thai sex workers, whether they want it or not
PRI's The World
October 17, 2013
Under pressure by the US government and American evangelicals, the Thai government has stepped up raids to rescue sex trafficking victims. The trouble is, many of the "rescued" sex workers may not have been trafficked in the first place.
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Arts, Culture & Media
What's behind the restaurants North Korea runs around the world? Kitsch — and perhaps recordings.
GlobalPost
May 06, 2016
Even Americans are welcome in these North Korean outposts. But Pyongyang may be recording it all.
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Business, Economics and Jobs
The seafood you eat may have been caught by slaves
PRI's The World
March 25, 2015
Thousands of men from Myanmar and other southeast Asian countries are being used as slaves to catch fish that may end up on American dinner tables. The Associated Press uncovered the story and followed the distribution trail to the United States.
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Arts, Culture & Media
'The Missing Picture' is the first Cambodian film to make it to Oscar night
PRI's The World
February 27, 2014
Cambodian director Rithy Panh will be in Los Angeles for the Oscars on Sunday. His film, "The Missing Picture," is the first film from Cambodia ever to be nominated for an Academy Award. It's Rithy Panh's own personal memories of spending four years of his childhood living in a labor camp under the Khmer Rouge, watching as almost every member of his family died.
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Conflict & Justice
Duped, Sold into Prostitution, then Rescued: A Vietnamese Girl and the Man Who Saved Her
PRI's The World
May 20, 2013
Reporter Phillip Martin has been investigating human trafficking in various parts of the world and in Vietnam he found a glimmer of hope, as a young woman who was kidnapped and sold to a brothel in China, returns to her family.
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Politics
Executive actions can be contentious all over the world
PRI's The World
November 21, 2014
Some Republicans are so incensed about President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration that they're calling it illegal. It's easy to find similar disagreement over the use of presidential powers in other political systems around the world.
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Arts, Culture & Media
A missing Chinese painting is just the latest example of artworks accidentally thrown away — or worse
PRI's The World
April 09, 2014
Fine art is costly, and relatively fragile. No matter how careful people try to be, accidents do happen. Fortunately, there's insurance, but insurance doesn't always pay out in full.