Bangkok cyanide poisoning, deadly protests in Bangladesh and the power of anime | Asia News Week

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Join Yvonne Yong to find out the latest news in Asia. This week protests broke out in Bangladesh and a suspected poisoning killed six people in Thailand's capital. Plus, we look at how anime helped change Japan’s postwar image, and the four friends driving an iconic Hong Kong taxi on Australian roads.

0:00 Opening titles
0:20 Six found dead in Bangkok hotel
2:19 Headlines across Asia - CCP plenum, Thai visa-free tourism scheme
4:06 Bangladesh government quota protests
5:32 Philippines murder
7:15 How anime changed Japan's postwar image
9:21 India's A-list wedding
11:51 China's cooking oil scandal - interview with Kai Feng
15:45 China department store fire
16:04 Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting in Tokyo
19:10 Unemployment among Indonesian Gen Zs - interview with Raffa Athallah
22:54 Naadam festival in Mongolia
23:23 X-rated potato chips
24:12 Hong Kong taxi turning heads on Melbourne streets

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