Chile’s economic "miracle" has lifted many Chileans from poverty and become a fiscal model for Latin America. Martin Savidge hosts Peter Winn and Victoria Hurtado to discuss the underside of Chile's prosperity, focusing on the middle class, income inequality and the young generation. TUNE IN on ...
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India’s largest city is commemorating the one-year anniversary of vicious terrorist attacks that killed more than 170 people. Journalist Vandana Sood uses Mumbai taxicabs to report on how people from a wide cross-section of Indian society view the aftermath of the attacks.
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Part 5 of 6 in our "Inside the Hermit Kingdom" series on the people and culture of North Korea. Multimedia producer Ben Piven’s video chronicles his five-day trip in August. Watch original footage of the Pyongyang Metro, rural countryside, Demilitarized Zone and everyday North Koreans.
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Worldfocus producers Mohammad al-Kassim and Ben Piven report from the United Nations on the first day of the 64th session of the General Assembly.
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In part two of our series on the people and culture of North Korea, Worldfocus multimedia producer Ben Piven explains the powerful ideology of Juche — which some call the isolated country’s state religion. Photos show notable Juche monuments throughout the Hermit Kingdom.
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Part 3 of 6 in our series on the people and culture of North Korea. Worldfocus multimedia producer Ben Piven writes about his encounter with North Korean Major Im Dong-chul while on the northern side of the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas.
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This summer, Worldfocus.org’s multimedia project "Stateless to Statehood" explores the relationships between individuals and the states they live in. Twelve to 15 million people live in limbo without the benefits of nationality.
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Around the world, from India and Mauritius to the United Kingdom and Guyana, Hindus gathered with friends and family this weekend to celebrate the festival of lights: Diwali. Also known as Dipawali, which means "row of lamps," the holiday commemorates the victory of good over evil within individ...
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Chile’s U.S.-educated finance minister was a Harvard professor before President Michelle Batchelet appointed him in 2006. His financial stewardship has helped create a significant surplus for Chile, which has earned huge revenues from copper exports. Velasco sheds light on the global financial c...
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Tonight’s show focuses on the plight of refugees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and asylum seekers - a total of over 40 million people globally. We look in depth at these three groups and their geography.
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Protesters rallied outside as Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke at the United Nations on Wednesday, and several delegations walked out. But Iran’s state-run television saw the speech in a different light.
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In August, Worldfocus web producer Ben Piven traveled to the 2009 Arirang Games in Pyongyang, North Korea, with a point-and-shoot camera. The socialist mass games performance features 100000 performers and runs six nights a week for over two months. worldfocus.org ... Arirang "Arirang Games" "Be...
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Worldfocus Radio: Chile’s Growing Pains
