Bangladeshi Job Quotas Uproar

19-Jul-24 09:30

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In this week's WTF, What's the Focus we cover student protests paralysing Bangladesh, shortages of K-pop boybands, failures in HRD Corp governance and names you should avoid as we remember those who died in the MH17 tragedy.

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Produced by: Wong Shou Ning

Presented by: Philip See, Wong Shou Ning, Shazana Mokhtar

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Categories: politics, international, controversies

Tags: bangladesh student uproar, kpop boyband, skibidi, HRD Corp, mh17,

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