Asia Calling
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Asia Calling
The stories behind the story. A weekly flagship program that delves into current affairs in Asia. Produced on radio KBR.
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Asia Calling finale - looking back over 14 years of storytelling
A very special final episode of Asia Calling.
Some of our long standing reporters look back over particularly powerful moments of repor...
Soldier's confession on Indonesia's dark night of 1965
A rarely heard eye witness account from the most controversial night in Indonesia’s history - and it’s far cry from what most Indonesians have come to...
Love wins in Australia
After a long time in the making, Australia has legalized same sex marriage. We take a look at the debate.
While in The Philippines, an...
Turkish teachers trapped in Pakistan
A group of Turkish teachers in Pakistan have had their schools closed down, and are now being hunted by their own government.
The icon...
Tibet's President-in-exile on water as a weapon
We hear from Tibet’s President in exile. On how the double threat of climate change and Chinese development are putting Tibet’s ecosystem in peril
Stand-off: Manus Island refugee blockade
Hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers are in a stand off with the Australian government, living without food, water and power in a detention centre...
South Korean crack down on corruption
South Korea is cracking down on corruption, but not everyone is happy about it.
In India, an incredible Indigenous man is regenerating...
Abducted publisher released but not free in China
Links are being forged between The Philippines and Thailand, as campaigners look to learn from past experience and find ways to bring extrajudicial ki...
Asia Calling: Korea's Buddhist nun-turned celebrity chef
Indian villagers are sitting up to their shoulders in water, in a dangerous protest against a massive dam that’s been 60 years in the making.
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Asia Calling: After the siege of Marawi
After a 5 month long siege, the southern Philippines city of Marawi was finally declared liberated. But with the city in ruins, massive challenges lie...
India's mysterious hair attacks
Attackers cutting off women’s hair and disappearing. In the Indian controlled Kashmir Valley, the strange attacks have sparked more unrest.
Asia Calling: Food sovereignty and water security
This week, a special edition, where we focus on food sovereignty and water security.
We meet fierce Indigenous women in India’s easter...
Asia Calling: Thailand's political dilemma
On the show this week, we continue to follow the Rohingya humanitarian crisis. This week from India, where the Hindu nationalist government is promisi...
Asia Calling: Rohingya crisis
From Bangladesh, we hear from the Rohingya who have fled their homes to save their lives, but are still struggling for survival in makeshift camps. <...
Asia Calling: Hidden pockets of urban life in Asia
Asia is home to some of the biggest and most vibrant cities in the world. This week, we hear from a few fascinating pockets of urban life.
We c...
Asia Calling: Who has the power to stop the Rohingya crisis?
More than 150 000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar into Bangladesh in the last 2 weeks. We ask if the international community’s focus on Aung San Suu Kyi’s...
Australian Aboriginal people seek recognition
Australia’s First People are still searching for recognition in a country that has never come to terms with its violent past. We take a look at the la...
Asia Calling: Refugees in Sweden stage sit down strike
Young Afghan refugees in Sweden hold a 2-week long protest – a peaceful sit-in, as they plead not to be sent back to Afghanistan, where conflict conti...
Asia Calling: Islamic school for repenting metal heads
India recently elected an ‘untouchable’ President, that is, someone from the lowest caste has the highest office in the country.
But at the sa...
Asia Calling: Whose Independence Day?
From Australia, plans to build the country’s biggest ever coal mine have ignited a fierce debate. At stake is the future of one of the country’s best...
Asia Calling: Trees for transport
We come to you from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, the food bowl that is sinking into the sea.
In Afghanistan, we speak to families who are fo...
Asia Calling 22 July 2017
We meet a child prodigy, who at just 11 years old has 4 languages under his belt, is teaching classes of adults, and is imagining a new future for edu...
Asia Calling 15 July 2017
We take a ride through Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, where we get a taste for how the country’s tumultuous past has made it’s mark. With transportation...
Asia Calling 8 July 2017
From the banks of India’s holy Ganges River, we ask how climate change and melting glaciers are impacting this sacred place.
In The Philippines...
Asia Calling 1 July 2017
This week, we take a look at media across our region. The risks that reporters go to, and the new challenges emerging as repressive regimes meet onlin...
Asia Calling 24 June 2017
An exclusive interview with Indonesian President Joko Widodo. With ISIS militants at war on Indonesia’s doorstep in The Philippines, we ask how the ti...
Asia Calling - Refugee Week - 17 June 2017
A special edition to mark World Refugee Week, we bring you three stories of refugees who are creating lives on the run.
A karate champ...
Asia Calling 10 June 2017
Afghanistan’s first TV station by and for women.
In India, women branded as witches, and hunted down. We meet the courageous women who...
Asia Calling - World Environment Day Special - 3 June 2017
This week we bring you a World Environment Day Special!
We take a look at Thailand’s giant and grotesque looking water monitor. The un...
Asia Calling 27 May 2017
Triple talaq, or instant divorce, under trial in India, as women try to abolish a system they have no say in.
Indonesia’s LGBT communit...
Asia Calling 13 May 2017
Each year, unregistered fishing boats haul billions of dollars worth of fish from Indonesian waters. The government is trying to stamp it out by blowi...
Asia Calling 6 May 2017
A law school for rebels and ethnic minorities in Myanmar’s Kachin State.
In Pakistan the fall out from the Panama Papers continues afte...
Asia Calling 29 April 2017
Marriages between Afghan refugees and Pakistani women have been taking place for decades, but increasing friction between the two countries leaving fa...
Asia Calling 22 April 2017
Spying allegations in Pakistan and a hotly debated death sentence are causing regional tensions.
We hear from Rohingya, the Muslim mino...
Asia Calling - History Special - 15 April 2017
On the show this week, we’re putting the spotlight on history, as we hear from some of the region’s lesser known moments from the past.
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Asia Calling 8 March 2017
Violent and racist attacks on African students in India
Pakistani women enjoying a long awaited hot cup of tea in a café they can call...
Asia Calling 1 April 2017
Indian film makers getting hot under the collar, as they dispute a ban on a film that puts women’s desires in the spotlight.
An elephan...
Asia Calling 25 March 2017
Sneaking supplies across borders in Myanmar.
A dramatic, and tragic, protest at the Indonesian state palace.
East Timor'...
Arts in Asia Special Edition - Asia Calling 18 March 2017
This week, we’re putting arts in the limelight.
Rising from the ashes: Painting war-torn walls in Kabul.
Reviving the ancient art of Qa...
Asia Calling - International Women's Day Special - 11 March 2017
A special show to mark International Women’s Day!
We’ll be hearing from an inspiring mother-daughter team in the Philippines.
In India,...