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Will the US support the pro-democracy resistance in Myanmar as it takes up arms?

In Taiwan, there's a gun control debate playing out. But here's what's unusual about that. This is an island with hardly any guns. Taiwan's government has implemented extremely strict laws on firearms. Almost no one is allowed to own them — except for one type of citizen. The World’s Patrick Winn reports that this particular group of people is increasingly frustrated with the government telling them how to live.   Want a seat at the table? Every morning, the editorial team at public radio’s international news show The World meets to plan what they'll cover that day. Want to see what's ...

Amid narcotics reform, this Thai cook replaces MSG with cannabis By Patrick Winn Sour pork soup flecked with cannabis leaves, served at Baan Lao Ruang restaurant in Thailand. In the “Just Say No” era, Thai cops and American DEA agents would team up to hunt marijuana smugglers with guns drawn. “US drug addicts” once cherished Thai weed so much that they’d pay triple the price of Mexico pot, so say US government reports from the mid-1980s. The marijuana pipeline from Southeast Asia to the US later withered away — but the American lock-’em-up mindset has lingered. T...

The Indonesian island of Bali is often portrayed as a tropical paradise. That’s especially true of globe-trotting social media stars — namely the “influencer” crowd. But as The World's Patrick Winn reports, people in Bali are getting fed up with influencers who overstep their bounds with some saying they’re just first-world gentrifiers.

In the COVID-19 era, North Korea is growing even poorer and more isolated. Though the regime claims to have zero cases of the coronavirus, its economy is hurting. To keep out the virus, Pyongyang has totally sealed off its borders and now only a trickle of goods and food can come over. Its people are desperate. But don’t expect the regime to beg for help. As The World’s Patrick Winn reports, North Korea’s crisis is making its leaders more strident than usual.