Correspondents Report

Correspondents Report

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Correspondents Report episodes

  • 'Get me home': Interview with Bali Nine member Si Yi Chen
    Last week we brought you an interview with Bali Nine member Matthew Norman who's serving a life sentence for drug in Kerobokan prison in Bali for drug trafficking. Here's the second part in our series. Our Indonesia Correspondent, Samantha Hawley talk to Si Yi Chen, another of the Bali Nine imprisoned in Kerobokan.
    10 min
  • 'I regret it, I would change it': Inside the mind of a man with a life sentence
    Our Indonesia Correspondent, Samantha Hawley recently spent some time in the infamous Kerobokan prison in Bali, for an episode of Foreign Correspondent. She spent time with two of the Bali Nine members Matthew Norman and Si Yi Chen who are both serving a life sentence. This is an extract of Samantha Hawley's interview with Matthew Norman, who was jailed when he was just 18 years old.
    9 min
  • Optimism to scepticism: PNG's chaotic election process disappoints voters
    Papua New Guinea's national elections stimulate the pacific nation like no other event. But as the current poll drags into its second month, the expectation and enjoyment of the democratic process has changed to weariness, disappointment, and outright distrust. The elections have been disorganised and disrupted and have generated a degree of scepticism and disillusionment that's surprising for this young country, where even the most cynical people still believe in the power of democracy.
    5 min
  • 'Lemonadegate': London council fines five-year-old $250 over lemonade stand
    In Britain, a media storm has erupted over a story that might leave a sour taste in your mouth. A five-year-old girl was fined nearly $250 for selling a few jugs of homemade lemonade with her father without a permit. The incident left the girl in tears and some in the country asking, what sort of things are children allowed to do these days?
    6 min
  • 'Open mind': On a busy labour ward in Jerusalem
    For years, the Israeli government has encouraged population growth with benefits such as child allowances, free schooling from the age of three and funding for up to four IVF treatments a year. Now, Israel's birth rate is among the highest in the developed world with the average Israeli women giving birth to three babies. That's nearly double the fertility rate for other industrialized countries.
    7 min
  • 'Expert mothers': The business of home births in the US
    Home births in America are controversial, the American College Of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists warn they could be unsafe, and discourage them. Nevertheless, the number of home births in the US is rising, but a lot of obstacles remain - particularly for minorities and poor people on public health insurance.
    8 min
  • It's watching you... Satirical magazine Private Eye bucking the trend of print media decline
    Private Eye has been offending the rich and powerful in Britain for over 50 years and the satirical magazine has never been more popular. At a time when many print publications are seeing their circulations drop, Private Eye is growing its readership with a quarter of a million readers each fortnight. It's not just a magazine full of gags, it also contains serious ground breaking journalism.
    7 min
  • Deck with a view: One man and his barge-eye perspective on modern London
    Our London correspondents take a calming walk by the Thames to unwind after the spate of disasters that have beset the city in recent weeks - horrific terror attacks and the ghastly Grenfell tower fire. They come across a man soaking up the perfect summer day, and a marvellous view, from the deck of his barge. He said he would never exchange his occasionally floating world for life on solid ground.
    6 min
  • Trekking the legend: treacherous tourism on the Great Wall of China
    The Great Wall of China is one of world's most iconic monuments and it's so imposing that it still inspires the stubborn myth that it's visible from the moon. China Correspondent Matthew Carney has set himself the task of trekking around the most preserved parts but sometimes he's getting more than he bargained for.
    6 min

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