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Featured this week Thailand's new Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej is the first to be democratically elected since the nation's bloodless coup in 2006. A veteran politician and former governor of Bangkok, Samak is accused of being a nominee of friend and former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. As he prepares to take office, he joins Talk Asia's Dan Rivers to discuss his allegiance to his ousted predecessor, corruption, and his alleged role in the Thammasat massacre of 1976. Special feature: Japan Now Anjali Rao speaks to five high-profile guests in Tokyo, including New York Yankees star Hideki Matsui, Oscar-nominated actress Rinko Kikuchi, designer Yohji Yamamoto, Kabuki star Ebizo Ichikawa and Kenji Kasahara, the founder of Japan's biggest SNS site, Mixi. Archives |
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