Search results for ‘John Sparks’
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Inside Burma’s open prisons
A humanitarian crisis may be unfolding among Burma’s Rohingya Muslim minority, but with reporting restrictions in Rakhine State, little more is known. Asia correspondent John Sparks has been there.
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‘We have nowhere to bury our dead’
Three months after ethnic clashes in western Burma, Asia correspondent John Sparks gains exclusive access to Rohingya Muslims confined in fortress-like Rakhine state.
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Highs and Laos of being a bestselling author
I first heard about Colin Cotterill on a family holiday in the old royal capital of Laos, called Luang Prabang, writes our Asia Correspondent John Sparks.
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Dangerous waters for Burma’s Rohingya minority
As Burma’s rulers claim the country is embracing democracy, Asia correspondent John Sparks reports on the perilous attempts of native Rohingya people to seek refuge in Bangladesh.
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Chen Guangcheng's nephew could face death penalty
Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent John Sparks blogs on the fate of Chen Guangcheng’s family – the Chinese dissident’s nephew is in jail and could face the death penalty.
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Aung San Suu Kyi: principles and practicalities
John Sparks blogs on Aung San Suu Kyi’s decision to back down in a dispute over the wording of the country’s parliamentary oath.
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Confidence Problems in Asia
Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent, John Sparks, on India’s growing military capabilities, and how it affects the region.
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'Get on with it and hang me' says minister's murderer
Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent John Sparks blogs on the case of Balwant Singh Rajoana, sentenced to death for the murder of Beant Singh, the Indian state of Punjab’s former chief minister
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A new guide to Burma's capital city, Naypyidaw
Channel 4 News Asia correspondent John Sparks writes his own travel guide to the capital city of Burma, Naypyidaw
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Will Bangkok bombings truth ever emerge?
Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent John Sparks asks what Thailand has to gain from proving the innocence or guilt of the Iranian state following the Bangkok bombings?
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Face to face with a terrorism suspect
John Sparks on developments in Thailand’s international terrorism saga.
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Thailand battles a dog-napping crime wave
Over the last five months, the Thai border police have made a series of spectacular animal seizures in the north east. Tens of thousands of dogs have been discovered, stuffed into ‘pig cages’, with ten or sometimes even fifteen animals packed into each one. Channel 4 News’ Asia correspondent John Sparks reports.
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Imran Khan: saying what Pakistan wants to hear
John Sparks on his meeting with Imran Khan, whose political star is rising despite his party currently having no seats in Pakistan’s parliament.
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The hidden dangers of Thailand's roads
John Sparks meets the mothers who lost their sons on Thailand’s roads – and who are campaigning to stop it happening again.
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Tears and fears: the death of Kim Jong-il
Channel 4 News Asia Correspondent John Sparks blogs on the North Koreans’ response to the death of their ‘dear leader’, Kim Jong-il