Dominic Ziegler, a columnist on Asian affairs for the Economist, and Andrew Knox, the Korea correspondent, dive into Bangladesh's complex economic landscape. They discuss how corruption and dwindling reserves threaten the country's development narrative. The importance of the garment industry is highlighted as a key driver of growth facing new challenges. They also explore North Korea's bold funding of its weapons program through audacious cryptocurrency thefts, revealing a shadowy world of cybercrime and its global implications.
Shifts in the garment industry, which powered development in the country, represent one risk; meagre currency reserves are another. Yet nothing so imperils Bangladesh’s economic miracle as graft and patronage at the highest levels. How does North Korea afford its flashy weapons programme? Crypto scams of eye-watering scope. And the newsmaking history of BBC Monitoring’s radio translators.