Pressing Matters

Sudan is in the midst of an intense civil war and to help us unpack the latest developments, we speak to Nicholas Bariyo, reporter from the Wall Street Journal about how the events have been unfolding as peace talks are underway

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On Pressing Matters. As we enter Earth Day this week, In today’s show Philip See speaks to Robin Hicks, associate editor of Eco-Business, to get his perspective on greenwashing and how prevalent is it in Asia. We also try to understand the reverse of Green washing which is Green hushing!

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On Pressing Matters. We take a deeper look into ChatGPT and ask if it really is a job killer? Muhammad Zulhusni and Dashveenjit Kaur, both journalists from Tech Wire Asia, an independent tech news website that covers enterprise and technology in Asia share their perspectives.

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Philip See speaks to Muhammad Faizal Bin Abdul Rahman, Research Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) about the impact of a potential US ban on Tik Tok on Asia. Will Asian governments follow suit and force governments here to take side?

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We speak to Vikram Khanna, Associate Editor at The Straits Times Singapore on the latest banking turmoil that has shaken the world as the crisis jumps from Silicon Valley Bank to Credit Suisse and get his perspective on whether it will affect Asian markets.

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We speak to Nasir Jamal, Bureau Chief of Dawn Media Group from Pakistan on the challenging economic and political situation in Pakistan as it negotiates a deal with the IMF. With the political situation deteriorating with recent political turmoil involving Imran Khan, we unpack and get a sense of the economic pain ordinary Pakistanis are facing.

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On Pressing Matters, Philip See speaks to Hadi Azmi, Correspondent from the South China Morning Post about to get his perspective on the recent graft charges against former PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as we get a sense of the situation on the ground and also the political implications of these charges.

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We get an external perspective on Malaysia’s recent retabled 2023 Budget with Shannon Teoh, Malaysia Bureau Chief at Singapore’s Straits Times. Does Budget 2023 give us a sense of Prime Minister Dato Sri Anwar’s Ibrahim’s policy priorities? How seriously do our neighbours down south take Malaysia’s budget and what drives eyeballs on Malaysia’s political landscape for Singaporean media?

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We speak to Andriy Taranov, Board member of Suspilne the Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine as we reflect on the 1 year anniversary of the Russian – Ukraine conflict and get a deeper sense of how the press in Ukraine is covering the war.

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Natasha Hussain, presenter, senior producer, journalist & sub-editor at TRT World, a 24 hour English language Turkish public broadcaster shares with us the situation on the ground and how the Turkish press and media is covering the devastating earthquake that took place in Eastern Türkiye.

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