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A very special final episode of Asia Calling. Some of our long standing reporters look back over particularly powerful moments of reporting...

A rarely heard eye witness account from the most controversial night in Indonesia’s history - and it’s far cry from what most Indonesians ha...

After a long time in the making, Australia has legalized same sex marriage. We take a look at the debate. While in The Philippines, another...

A group of Turkish teachers in Pakistan have had their schools closed down, and are now being hunted by their own government. The iconic sin...

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...

Hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers are in a stand off with the Australian government, living without food, water and power in a detenti...

South Korea is cracking down on corruption, but not everyone is happy about it. In India, an incredible Indigenous man is regenerating water...

Links are being forged between The Philippines and Thailand, as campaigners look to learn from past experience and find ways to bring extraj...

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...

After a 5 month long siege, the southern Philippines city of Marawi was finally declared liberated. But with the city in ruins, massive chal...

Attackers cutting off women’s hair and disappearing. In the Indian controlled Kashmir Valley, the strange attacks have sparked more unrest....

This week, a special edition, where we focus on food sovereignty and water security. We meet fierce Indigenous women in India’s eastern stat...

On the show this week, we continue to follow the Rohingya humanitarian crisis. This week from India, where the Hindu nationalist government...

From Bangladesh, we hear from the Rohingya who have fled their homes to save their lives, but are still struggling for survival in makeshift...

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. W...

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...

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...

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 conf...

India recently elected an ‘untouchable’ President, that is, someone from the lowest caste has the highest office in the country. But at the...

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 count...

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 forced...

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 futu...

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 tran...

From the banks of India’s holy Ganges River, we ask how climate change and melting glaciers are impacting this sacred place. In The Philippi...

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...

An exclusive interview with Indonesian President Joko Widodo. With ISIS militants at war on Indonesia’s doorstep in The Philippines, we ask...

A special edition to mark World Refugee Week, we bring you three stories of refugees who are creating lives on the run. A karate champion in...

Afghanistan’s first TV station by and for women. In India, women branded as witches, and hunted down. We meet the courageous women who have...

This week we bring you a World Environment Day Special! We take a look at Thailand’s giant and grotesque looking water monitor. The unique c...

Triple talaq, or instant divorce, under trial in India, as women try to abolish a system they have no say in. Indonesia’s LGBT community tar...

Each year, unregistered fishing boats haul billions of dollars worth of fish from Indonesian waters. The government is trying to stamp it ou...

A law school for rebels and ethnic minorities in Myanmar’s Kachin State. In Pakistan the fall out from the Panama Papers continues after a S...

Marriages between Afghan refugees and Pakistani women have been taking place for decades, but increasing friction between the two countries...

Spying allegations in Pakistan and a hotly debated death sentence are causing regional tensions. We hear from Rohingya, the Muslim minority...

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. We a...

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 their...

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 elephant orp...

Sneaking supplies across borders in Myanmar. A dramatic, and tragic, protest at the Indonesian state palace. East Timor's election. And Afgh...

This week, we’re putting arts in the limelight. Rising from the ashes: Painting war-torn walls in Kabul. Reviving the ancient art of Qawwali...

A special show to mark International Women’s Day! We’ll be hearing from an inspiring mother-daughter team in the Philippines. In India, a un...

This week on the show, a special look at natural disasters. From theatre as a form of healing. Self defense for displaced women in Nepal. An...

We delve into Australia’s mother tongues. Explore India’s drug problem. And visit the spicy side of Indonesia.

Murder in Myanmar. Bloggers in hiding in Pakistan. Exploring the skinhead scene in Indonesia. And Filipino puppeteers voice their dissent.

LGBT rights in Bangladesh. The long-necked women of Myanmar. And how China’s string of pearls plan is playing out in Sri Lanka.

We’ll be hearing from women writers in conflict, from Bangladesh to Kashmir to Kosovo. About seeking refugee in Sri Lanka. And in Indonesia,...

A special edition on film across the region. From all-girl gangs on the big screen in the Philippines. To enforced nationalism in Indian cin...