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World Service,16 Mar 2018,49 mins

A Rohingya Love Story

The Fifth Floor

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Since last August, around 700,000 Rohingyas have fled their homes and sought refuge in Bangladesh. Many now live in the huge Kutupalong camp, where Rocky Shahnewaj, a photojournalist with BBC Bangla came across a surprising love story. Uzbeks in Afghanistan Diloram Ibrahimova, launch editor of the BBC Uzbek TV programme for Afghanistan, tells us about the shared history and long separation of Uzbeks divided by the Afghan/Uzbek border. Why do men in South Korea wear make-up? Men in South Korea spend more on skincare than anywhere else in the world. Minji Lee from BBC Korean explains the importance of male grooming in her country. Fireflies in Pakistan A small flying beetle has been dominating the thoughts of Kashif Qamar of BBC Urdu. He went back to Pakistan to search for the fireflies of his childhood. The result is a radio documentary: The Magic of Fireflies. Peru's golden age In our series on eras which people consider to be the golden age of their country, Martin Riepl, who reports for the BBC from Peru, picks the Incan Empire and tells us why. Image credit: Rohingya couple reunited in a refugee camp in Bangladesh Credit: BBC

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