Podcast [English World] Episode 150: Japan, Cambodia share demining know-how with world

 

Did you know that Cambodia is one of the most heavily mine-affected countries in the world?

 

Three Kyodo News reporters -- Minori Moriuchi, Su Xincheng and Donican Lam -- talk about an article written by Moriuchi on Japan and Cambodia's decades-old partnership on demining operations. Listen as they discuss the history of the partnership, current activities with Ukraine, and rats being trained to help detect landmines.

 

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Kyodo News presents a bilingual podcast for English learners about the ins and outs of news writing and how to translate tricky Japanese phrases into English. Have fun listening to journalists discuss recent articles as they occasionally go off on unrelated tangents.