Podcast: What's next for Hong Kong?

The landscape of the Hong Kong protests changed dramatically this past week. Authorities pushed to clear pro-democracy protesters out of the Mongkok district, where they’ve been encamped for more than two months.

During that confrontation more than 100 were arrested, including Lester Shum, one the leaders of the Hong Kong Federation of Students and Joshua Wong of Scholarism.

Asia News Weekly on Korea Times podcast host Steve Miller provides a full summary of the week's events and speaks with Bruce Lui, a Senior Lecturer at Hong Kong Baptist University’s School of Communication about the organizers' future plans.

Also, South Korea and Japan met last week for the fifth round of talks to discuss the long outstanding issue of Japan’s use of women as sexual slaves during World War II and possible resolutions.

The talks have proved fruitless since their resumption as evidenced by two recent developments. Miller highlights the latest issues and explains that as much as Seoul would like to take the high road in the talks, significant questions remain about its own past.

All this and more on the podcast.