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On the Move

How Alabama is becoming the auto capital of the South

Alabama used to be known for its textile industry. Now, it鈥檚 becoming the automotive hub of the South.

Also: we find out what it鈥檚 like to fly on Air Koryo, North Korea鈥檚 national airline; we meet Dean Huang, a Taiwanese-born immigrant who was living his dream life in the US when he got a letter from Taiwan鈥檚 military that changed everything; plus director Miao Wang tells us about her documentary Maineland, which follows the lives of two teens from China studying at a boarding school in Maine.

(Image: Hyundai cars roll down an assembly line during the grand opening ceremony of the South Korean auto manufacturing plant in 2005 in Montgomery, Alabama. Credit: Robert Sullivan/Getty Images)

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Mon 30 Apr 2018 05:32GMT

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  • Sat 28 Apr 2018 04:32GMT
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  • Sun 29 Apr 2018 04:32GMT
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