BBC Radio Podcasts from Asia Specific
Malaysia's football scandal
Fifa has accused Malaysia of trying to fast-track foreign players into the national team
Bonus: What in the World
Why are people in China looking for parental love from strangers?
The daughter who could rule North Korea
Will North Korea’s next leader be Kim Jong Un’s daughter? It’s time to meet Kim Ju Ae
China's extraordinary purge of military leaders
China’s President Xi Jinping is overseeing an unprecedented purge of military generals
Why the Philippines’ most valuable export is its people
Will a day come when Filipinos won’t need to leave their families behind to find work?
Japan's snap election: Inside Takaichi’s political gamble
Why Japan’s new PM called a snap election and what her viral diplomacy reveals
Why South Korea keeps jailing its ex-presidents
The former President Yoon Suk Yeol faces up to ten years in prison
Can electric bikes save Vietnam's most polluted cities?
Vietnam pushes more than 70 million riders to switch their petrol motorbikes to e-bikes
Which Asian country has the world's best passport and why?
What does a strong passport say about how a country practices diplomacy?
How do journalists cover a disputed election in Myanmar?
Myanmar’s military is holding a stage-managed election, but will it change anything?
Inside South Korea's K-beauty obsession
Behind Korea's booming skincare trend, a society grapples with intense beauty standards
Why many in Taiwan dismiss China’s threat to blockade and invade their island
China claims its latest military drills show the goal of taking Taiwan is getting closer
The paradise island nation caught between the US, Taiwan and China
Why Palau’s Taiwan ties make it a key player in US-China rivalry
Food, flags and feuds: Why Asians fight over cuisine
Why Asian neighbours clash over food, identity and who gets to tell the story
Can Prabowo Subianto finally unleash Indonesia’s potential?
A year into his free food programme, are the Indonesian president's plans on track?
Jimmy Lai verdict: From Hong Kong activist to national security criminal
What the conviction of the ageing tycoon Jimmy Lai says about how Beijing rules Hong Kong
Bonus: Bondi shooting tests Australia’s social cohesion
Australia grapples with grief, gun laws and social cohesion after Bondi Beach shooting
Science and solutions to prevent a repeat of South East Asia’s huge floods
What made flooding in Indonesia and South East Asia so deadly and how to prevent a repeat
Special episode: Thailand-Cambodia peace shattered
President Trump seeks to intervene as Thailand and Cambodia conflict reignites
Trump: the man who made Asia reimagine the US
Has an American leader who cut aid and imposed tariffs shifted US ties with Asia forever?
Is banning children from social media smart or excessive?
Asia considers Australia-style under-16 social media ban - is it the right move?
China tries to control anger over the Hong Kong fire
Hong Kong mourns 150 killed in one of its worst fires in decades as anger grows
Asia’s soft power battle: Has the Korean Wave peaked?
How did South Korea become Asia's soft power juggernaut and can China or Japan catch up?
The Japan-China feud: Why has it reignited?
A Taiwan comment has sparked the deepest diplomatic clash in more than a decade
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