Correspondents Report

Middle East correspondent Sophie McNeill shares her thoughts about her experiences over the last 3 years in Jerusalem; And North Asia correspondent Jake Sturmer investigates Japanese mascot culture.

In Japan, they've just announced the mascots for the 2020 Summer Olympics - and that's a very big deal.

After three years reporting for the ABC in the Middle East, correspondent Sophie McNeill is coming home. In this episode she shares her thoughts about her experiences over the last three years in Jerusalem.

Frustration is growing in Papua New Guinea as difficult terrain and remoteness hinder efforts to bring aid to those affected by the 7.5 earthquake last month.

Muslim leaders in Aceh, Indonesia's most conservative province, have revealed they're considering introducing beheading as a punishment for murder.

As a television crew working abroad, you sometimes find yourself in a tricky situation. China correspondent Bill Birtles and Beijing-based cameraman Brant Cumming recently found themselves having to talk their way out of eating a dog.

On this week's edition of Correspondents Report: Avoiding eating dog in China; Sharia law expands with plans to bring back beheading in Aceh for the crime of murder; and isolation hindering efforts to get aid to people in Papua New Guinea.

Last week, Pakistan elected a lower-caste woman from a religious minority to the Senate - a historic moment in the country's history - Siobhan Heanue spoke to Krishna Kumari, and the women she's inspiring.

South-East Asia correspondent Adam Harvey has been on patrol in the South China Sea aboard the US aircraft carrier Carl Vinson.

Washington DC has the highest proportion of homelessness in America, with more than seven thousand in need of shelter in the bitter winter cold.