A Rookie in the Warzone
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Chris Lau, a budding journalist, received his first exposure to a conflict zone when he went backpacking in Afghanistan. Little did he know that the experience was his calling to be a war journalist. Since that escapade, he has visited many more war and conflict zones in the region, to help tell the stories of the people there, to the world. In Case You Missed It speaks to him to hear how he got there. Here are the segments of the episode: 1:15 - Asia Calling 1 - Fear of failure drives students in India to suicide 8:15 - Asia Calling 2 - Indonesia restores a classic film for the modern audience 14:33 - A Rookie in the Warzone This episode was produced by Sharyl Kaur and Muhammad Haniff Baharudin
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