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Asia Pacific Currents

APC first went to air in the mid 1980s. We broadcast stories and issues from the Asia Pacific region from a labour and grassroots perspective. The programs feature regular interviews with labour and human rights activists of the Asia Pacific region, updates on solidarity campaigns and reports of labour and progressive struggles in the region.Presented by Pier, Kavitha and Jiselle (pictured) as well as Diana and Budi.
Asia Pacific Currents
Asia Pacific Currents

18 workers die in a fire in the Philippines

May 26, 2012
| Labour news from the Asia-Pacific region. Interview with Noel Colina, executive director of the Filipino OHS group IOHSAD, about a shopping centre fire that killed 18 workers in Mindanao, Philippines.

31:01 minutes (14.2 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents
Asia Pacific Currents

Repression of Bersei protests in Malaysia

May 19, 2012
| Labour news from the Asia-Pacific region, followed by an interview about the recent Bersei demonstrations for clean and free elections in Malaysia, with Arul from the Socialist Party of Malaysia.

30:06 minutes (13.78 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents
Asia Pacific Currents

Japan labour movement: issues and challenges

May 12, 2012
| Interview with Chie Matsumoto, trade unionist and journalist about the major issues facing the Japan Labour Movement at the moment.

29:59 minutes (27.46 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents
Asia Pacific Currents

Privatization of oil and natural resources in Afghanistan

May 12, 2012
| An interview with Anonia Juarez, oil and energy analyst and activist, about the privatization of Afghanistan's oil supplies and natural resources under foreign occupation.

29:25 minutes (26.94 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents
Asia Pacific Currents

Workers memorial day: Mourn the dead, fight for the living

April 28, 2012
| Labour news from the Asia Pacific region. Interview about about workplace diseases and injuries at Samsung, with Dr. Jeong-ok Kong from the Korean group SHARPS.

29:49 minutes (13.65 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents
Asia Pacific Currents

Thai labour activist imprisoned

April 21, 2012
| Labour news from the Asia-pacific region. Interview with Patchanee Lek Kumnak, co-ordinator of the Thai Labour Campaign about the struggle to free imprisoned labour activist Somyot Pruksakasemsuk.

30:05 minutes (13.77 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents
Asia Pacific Currents

Asia Pacific Currents

April 14, 2012
| News and Current Affairs from the Asia Pacific Region

30:20 minutes (27.77 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents
Asia Pacific Currents

Is China close to crisis?

April 7, 2012
| Labour news from Indonesia, Malaysia and China and an interview with Vincent Kolo, senior editor of the China Worker website.

31:21 minutes (14.36 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents
Asia Pacific Currents

Workers fight casualisation at Port of Auckland, New Zealand

March 31, 2012
| Interview with Joe Fleetwood, Secretary of the Maritime Union of New Zealand, about their fight against management efforts to casualise the workforce at the Port of Auckland.

27:51 minutes (12.75 MB)
Asia Pacific Currents
Asia Pacific Currents

Human rights in Sri Lanka

March 24, 2012
| Labour updates in the Asia Pacific region and an interview with activist Lionel Bopage on the human rights situation in Sri Lanka and the upcoming People for Human Rights and Equality forum.

31:17 minutes (14.32 MB)
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