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Thailand protests: an on-stage 'duel'
Asia Correspondent John Sparks finds himself in a dual with a flamboyant opposition leader in front of thousands of Thai anti-government protesters.
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Rethinking retirement in Thailand's capital of sleaze
John Sparks meets some of the growing population of UK pensioners who have headed to Thailand’s seedy seaside resort Pattaya to ‘get busy living’.
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Thailand: inside the protests as unrest becomes violent
Police use rubber bullets, water cannon and tear gas on anti-government protesters in Thailand, as a previously peaceful protest turns ugly. Asia Correspondent John Sparks was there.
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Thai protests: a very mild-mannered coup?
Traffic is at a standstill, buildings occupied and an arrest warrant has been issued for the protest leader. But no-one seems in any hurry to detain him, writes John Sparks in Bangkok.
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Pakistan earthquake: the aftermath
More than 350 people have died and around 300,000 are homeless after a massive earthquake hit the Balochistan area of Pakistan, as John Sparks reports.
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'I went on a 45-day holiday with the Washington shooter'
Om Suthamtewakul, a 30-year-old Thai woman, tells Asia Correspondent John Sparks about her experiences in Thailand with the Washington shooter Aaron Alexis.
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Four days in North Korea – a ‘chasm’ away from rest of world
Accused of insulting “the people of the nation” before rendering his minders speechless – Asia Correspondent John Sparks reports from inside North Korea.
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Inside North Korea: Channel 4 News questions Kim Jong-un
Inside the most secretive society on earth – Asia Correspondent John Sparks reports from North Korea as Channel 4 News becomes the first news organisation to question leader Kim Jong-un.
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North Korea: Victory Day tours of the capital
North Korea is marking 60 years since the end of the Korean War. John Sparks is in Pyongyang, where he’s being treated to mysterious city tours, chaperoned by ever-present government minders.
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Inside North Korea for ‘victory day’ celebrations
Asia Correspondent John Sparks reports from inside North Korea on celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean war.
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Beyond the 38th parallel: inside North Korea
As North Korea marks the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean war, Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent John Sparks attends the opening of a massive cemetery in the capital, Pyongyang.
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The plight of Burma's Rohingya Muslims in a Thai camp
As Thailand struggles with an influx of Rohingya Muslims from Burma, John Sparks visits a camp where conditions are desperately over-crowded, with barely room to sit.
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Malaysia awaits election outcome
Malaysians vote in record numbers in an election that could weaken or even end the rule of the world’s longest-ruling coalition. Asia Correspondent John Sparks gives his view.
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Not on top of the world? Tensions behind Mount Everest fight
As frustrations between western climbers and Sherpas on Mount Everest boil over, one climber gives his account of what happened to John Sparks.
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South African surfer survives shark-infested waters for 28 hours
Sharks swirled and seagulls swooped – John Sparks reports on the remarkable survival of South African surfer Brett Archibald.