Asia Calling
The stories behind the story. A weekly flagship program that delves into current affairs in Asia. Produced on radio KBR.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 46
- Years Active
- 2017
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 forced to travel abroad for essential medical treatment, because …
00:27:42 |
Fri 04 Aug 2017
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 education in his two home countries, Afghanistan and…
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Mon 24 Jul 2017
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 and infrastructure lacking, and population now b…
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Mon 17 Jul 2017
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, we meet former priest turned human rights activist, wh…
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Fri 07 Jul 2017
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 online surveillance.
And documentaries that are dete…
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Fri 30 Jun 2017
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 tide of radicalism is being stemmed in Indonesia. A…
00:27:46 |
Fri 23 Jun 2017
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 champion in Indonesia: A Hazara woman who is pushing the boundaries.…
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Fri 16 Jun 2017
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 have survived the witch hunt, and are fighting back.
What wou…
00:26:04 |
Fri 09 Jun 2017
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 unique creature is being hit hard by climate change and urbanizat…
00:30:27 |
Fri 02 Jun 2017
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 community targeted in raids, punished by caning, and now a new task for…
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Fri 26 May 2017
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 blowing up and sinking the offending boats at sea. We …
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Fri 12 May 2017
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 after a Supreme Court verdict ordered a new investigation into the …
00:27:46 |
Fri 05 May 2017
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 families separated by a border.
In Indonesia, an i…
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Fri 28 Apr 2017
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 minority group that has been driven out of Myanmar in the hundreds …
00:27:46 |
Fri 21 Apr 2017
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.
We ask why Thailand has had more coups than any other country …
00:27:44 |
Thu 13 Apr 2017
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 their own.
The shifting sands of aid and development in Asia, …
00:27:45 |
Mon 10 Apr 2017
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 elephant orphanage in Sri Lanka bringing a threatened species back fro…
00:27:45 |
Fri 31 Mar 2017
Asia Calling 25 March 2017
Sneaking supplies across borders in Myanmar.
A dramatic, and tragic, protest at the Indonesian state palace.
East Timor's election.
And Afghanistan’s first – all women’s orchestra.
00:27:45 |
Mon 27 Mar 2017
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 Qawwali, or devotional Islamic music in India.
And shaking the du…
00:27:45 |
Fri 17 Mar 2017
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, a unique mosque for women.
East Timor’s rising dangdut star.
A…
00:27:46 |
Fri 10 Mar 2017
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