Myanmar: Reporting the coup
The military coup in Myanmar has brought protests and fear, with dark memories of the country's long years under repressive military rule.
It’s less than a week since a military coup in Myanmar, staged as a new session of parliament was set to open. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Burmese editor Soe Win Than tells us about events leading up to the coup, and reactions in Myanmar, where the transition to democracy has proved short-lived.
My ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Town: Changwon, South Korea
Julie Yoonnyung Lee of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Korean takes us to her hometown of Changwon in South Korea to ride bicycles and admire the cherry blossom.
Unwitching Assam
Birubala Rabha grew up in India's north-eastern state of Assam believing in witches and witchcraft. But after encounters with witch-doctors she lost her belief, and has become a campaigner, helping establish tough anti-witch hunting laws. Soutik Biswas of ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Delhi tells her story.
Image: Pro-coup marchers in Naypyitaw
Credit: REUTERS/Stringer
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Fifth Floor
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