CNA938 Rewind - Legal troubles: Is Paetongtarn Shinawatra's premiership at risk?
CNA938 Rewind
Thailand's anti-graft agency plans to probe Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's controversial phone call with ex-Cambodian leader Hun Sen. It's become fodder for her rivals who are seeking legal recourse to force her ouster, while she presses on with a cabinet reshuffle amid the escalating border dispute with Cambodia. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman chat with Kevin Hewison, Editor-in-Chief at Journal of Contemporary Asia and Emeritus Professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
CNA938 Rewind - Legal troubles: Is Paetongtarn Shinawatra's premiership at risk?
Thailand's anti-graft agency plans to probe Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's controversial phone call with ex-Cambodian leader Hun Sen. It's become fodder for her rivals who are seeking legal recourse to force her ouster, while she presses on with a cabinet reshuffle amid the escalating border dispute with Cambodia. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman chat with Kevin Hewison, Editor-in-Chief at Journal of Contemporary Asia and Emeritus Professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
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CNA938 Rewind - Why fake Lafufus threaten to dominate the Labubu world?
Chinese customs authorities recently seized more than 46,000 counterfeit Labubu toys, spotlighting a growing 'black market chain' that exploits consumers and infringes on intellectual property rights. What are the wider repercussions of these so-called Lafufus circulating in the market? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman chat with Dr Hannah Chang, Associate Professor of Marketing at Lee Kong Chian School of Business at SMU for more.
12 mins
CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: How Theophilus Kwek's poetry makes space for different voices to be heard
Theophilus Kwek is an accomplished young poet whose fifth and latest collection of poetry is entitled "Commonwealth", which is a literary homecoming of sorts. A key theme in Theophilus' work is the tension between place and displacement. In this conversation, he tells us why this theme has deeply personal roots in the old neighbourhood in which he grew up (Commonwealth, of course), and how his maturing as a writer has helped him understand the value of making space in his poetry for voices other than his own. Among his achievements, Theophilus been featured on a Forbes' 30-Under-30 list, and is the youngest and only Singaporean recipient of the prestigious Cikada poetry prize.
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CNA938 Rewind - Legal troubles: Is Paetongtarn Shinawatra's premiership at risk?
CNA938 Rewind Thailand's anti-graft agency plans to probe Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's controversial phone call with ex-Cambodian leader Hun Sen. It's become fodder for her rivals who are seeking legal recourse to force her ouster, while she presses on with a cabinet reshuffle amid the escalating border dispute with Cambodia. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman chat with Kevin Hewison, Editor-in-Chief at Journal of Contemporary Asia and Emeritus Professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. CNA938 Rewind - Legal troubles: Is Paetongtarn Shinawatra's premiership at risk? Thailand's anti-graft agency plans to probe Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra's controversial phone call with ex-Cambodian leader Hun Sen. It's become fodder for her rivals who are seeking legal recourse to force her ouster, while she presses on with a cabinet reshuffle amid the escalating border dispute with Cambodia. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman chat with Kevin Hewison, Editor-in-Chief at Journal of Contemporary Asia and Emeritus Professor at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. 13 mins CNA938 Rewind - Why fake Lafufus threaten to dominate the Labubu world? Chinese customs authorities recently seized more than 46,000 counterfeit Labubu toys, spotlighting a growing 'black market chain' that exploits consumers and infringes on intellectual property rights. What are the wider repercussions of these so-called Lafufus circulating in the market? Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman chat with Dr Hannah Chang, Associate Professor of Marketing at Lee Kong Chian School of Business at SMU for more. 12 mins CNA938 Rewind - A Letter to Myself: How Theophilus Kwek's poetry makes space for different voices to be heard Theophilus Kwek is an accomplished young poet whose fifth and latest collection of poetry is entitled "Commonwealth", which is a literary homecoming of sorts. A key theme in Theophilus' work is the tension between place and displacement. In this conversation, he tells us why this theme has deeply personal roots in the old neighbourhood in which he grew up (Commonwealth, of course), and how his maturing as a writer has helped him understand the value of making space in his poetry for voices other than his own. Among his achievements, Theophilus been featured on a Forbes' 30-Under-30 list, and is the youngest and only Singaporean recipient of the prestigious Cikada poetry prize. 32 mins
