大象传媒

Iran launches airstrikes against US military targets in Iraq - we hear the latest from our North America correspondent Peter Bowes and find out how Asian markets reacted with the 大象传媒's Monica Miller in Singapore.

Hackers have demanded $6m to restore computer systems at one of the largest foreign exchange bureaus in the world. Travelex have said that all customer funds and details are safe, but precise details about the attack at the end of December remain unclear. Cyber security expert Tony Neat tells us what is known about the group behind the attack.

We hear from the chief financial officer of meat substitute business Impossible Foods, David Lee, about the company's ambitions for its new pork substitute in China.

Also in the programme, the 大象传媒's Ed Butler reports on how a change in the law in California could have big implications for workers in the so-called gig economy.

We ask whether the business community should be doing more to make society more equal and we consider how important your accent is when getting a job.

All this and more discussed with two guests on opposite sides of the Pacific - Jasper Kim, a Professor and Director at the Center for Conflict Management in Seoul and freelance journalist, Melissa Chan in New York.

(Photo: An oil field in Basra, Iraq. Credit: Reuters)