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State of the news

Burma's national broadcaster, MRTV, was once a government mouthpiece. As the country slowly turns to democracy, Monocle films goes behind the scenes to see if it can change with the times.

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  • 5 min watch
Presenters in a TV studio in Burma.
Affairs

High-risk hotels

In a war zone, even the hotels are targets. Monocle visits three high-risk hotels, including the Corinthia in Tripoli where nine people were killed in an attack last year.

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  • 3 min watch
A hotel in a war-torn country.
Affairs

Safe and sound?

The UN Security Council is the iconic roundtable heart of diplomacy that decides when to act on some of the globe’s most pressing issues. But is the historic body still fit for purpose? We…

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  • 2 min watch
A microphone with a logo of the United Nations.
Business

Boutique Norway

Monocle heads to Norway’s third largest city, Stavanger, to discover how this boom town’s oil reserves are spurring on those entrepreneurs looking to add variety and quality to this once-understated retail scene.

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  • 6 min watch
A confectioner's shop in Stavanger.
Affairs

Club scene

We visit the members’ clubs where foreign journalists find a home away from home (and a good supper) in Tokyo, Bangkok and Hong Kong.

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  • 5 min watch
Journalists at a correspondents club.
Affairs

When in Rome

If you’re in the diplomatic game you could do worse than a posting in Rome, where you’ll probably be put up in a palazzo fit for a pope. Monocle pays a visit to the…

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  • 6 min watch
An interior of an embassy in Rome.
Culture

Troubled Waters

They make the news mainly for the number of would-be emigrants attempting to leave their troubled shores. We visit the volatile islands off East Africa to find out how they became a hotbed of…

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  • 3 min watch
A woman and children playing in the street.

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