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It鈥檚 less than a week since a military coup in Myanmar, staged as a new session of parliament was set to open. 大象传媒 Burmese editor Soe Win Than tells us about events leading up to the coup, and reactions in Myanmar, where the transition to democracy has proved short-lived.

My Home Town: Changwon, South Korea
Julie Yoonnyung Lee of 大象传媒 Korean takes us to her hometown of Changwon in South Korea to ride bicycles and admire the cherry blossom.

Unwitching Assam
Birubala Rabha grew up in India's north-eastern state of Assam believing in witches and witchcraft. But after encounters with witch-doctors she lost her belief, and has become a campaigner, helping establish tough anti-witch hunting laws. Soutik Biswas of 大象传媒 Delhi tells her story.

Possibly Putin's palace
President Putin has categorically denied ownership of a splendid palace and estate revealed in a video made by Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Olga Ivshina of 大象传媒 Russian describes the stand-out details of the property, and the reaction of Russians to the story.

Lost Dreams
An Algerian teacher who sits exams alongside his students to support them, and a Syrian refugee in Austria who made Christmas cards for her neighbours to break down barriers. These are two stories from a 大象传媒 Arabic series called Lost Dreams, as we hear from Shereen Nanish at 大象传媒 Amman.

(Photo: Pro-coup marchers in Naypyitaw. Credit: Reuters)