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Five months on from a military coup in Thailand, which saw the temporary suspension of international news channels, including BBC World News, Rajan Datar is in Bangkok to hear how the media is operating now. He hears from two users of the BBC Thai service, which ‘popped up’ online in the aftermath of the coup and uses social media to provide audio, text and video news in both Thai and English. They have been using the service to get their world news instead of Thai media, which they perceive to be subject to censorship. And, Rajan meets Jonathan Head, the BBC’s South East Asian correspondent, to find out about the delicate balance between working with the authorities and operating as a global broadcaster with an objective to remain impartial. And, he finds out what the current situation means for Thai journalists without the freedoms of the BBC. Also, the BBC reaffirmed its commitment to better represent women in its international output, with the return of 100 Women. Plus, we focus on the new programme called The Conversation. Every week, two successful women in a similar field meet for the first time to share their experiences. This week, two of the most powerful figures in the legal profession spoke for the first time – Judge Khalida Rachid Khan, Pakistan's first woman judge, and Justice Mandisa Maya, the first black woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Appeal in South Africa.
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