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Here are the From Our Own Correspondent stories from the Asia Pacific region, sorted by date, from January 2009.

November 2009

October 2009

September 2009

August 2009

July 2009

June 2009

May 2009

April 2009

February 2009

January 2009

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21 November 2009

Tracking down Java's paleo-celebrity

Christine Finn travels to Java in Indonesia to find out more about a long-celebrated ancestor of both humans and chimps.

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8 October

Chance survivors of Sumatra quake

Alastair Leithead in Sumatra meets some of the survivors of the earthquake that has devastated the island.

24 September

New hope for China's migrant workers

Last year as Western consumers stopped spending, millions of jobs were lost in China. Lesley Curwen reports on the signs of the employment market improving.

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22 August

South Korea's champion of democracy

As South Korea mourns the death of ex-President Kim Dae-jung. William Horsley looks at the life of a man he came to know during his long years of imprisonment.

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25 July

Gods, monkeys and beguiling Bali

Hamilton Wende examines what Bali has to offer for visitors and delights in how animals, gods and humans co-exist in the island.

18 July 2009

Sink or swim in modern China

Chris Hogg heads to the small Chinese village of Zhushanxia to see how lives are being influenced by the swings and dips in the country's economic fortune.

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11 June 2009

Thailand's fearless 'Dr Death'

Lucy Ash meets Thailand's most senior forensic pathologist and discovers that finding the truth about how people died is not always welcomed.

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28 May 2009

Falling down Indonesia's social ladder

Former BBC Indonesia correspondent Claire Bolderson ponders Jakarta's wealth gap, encapsulated in the fate of her one-time domestic help, Ani.

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21 April 2009

Kyrgyzstan leaves US out in the cold

In Bishkek, Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reflects on the decision by the Kyrgyz parliament to close the only US military base in the country.

4 April 2009

Hope blooms in Cambodian resort

Petroc Trelawny visits a former French colonial retreat in Cambodia and finds that although the grand villas have fallen into disrepair, the gardens are still perfectly maintained.

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7 February 2009

An escape from Hong Kong retraced

Tim Luard follows the journey of his father-in-law who escaped from Hong Kong after the Japanese invasion in 1941.

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31 January 2009

Wrestling and faith in Mongolia

Robert Pigott discovers how post-communist Mongolia is rebuilding a national identity.

24 January 2009

Australia's thrill for the grill

Nick Bryant reflects on why the barbecue is a national pastime for many people down under.