12:00:00 18/03/2017
It's been a long time since Venezuela was on anyone's tourist bucket list. The once wealthy, oil-rich State is suffering a crippling economic depression and an explosion in crime, with daily kidnappings, robberies and murders. But the socialist government is working hard to keep out one of the only groups still desperate to go there, foreign journalists.
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12:00:00 18/03/2017
The US secretary of State, Rex Tillerson is spending the weekend in China. He's had a busy agenda on this, his first official trip to Asia. He's been tasked in seeking China's help in containing North Korea. The ABC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Phil Williams has had a fascination for the place ever since visiting Pyongyang in 2000. He says the deep divisions over North Korea appear to be entering a new and dangerous phase. More
12:00:00 18/03/2017
When our correspondents get some down time, they usually try to switch off. Southern Iceland, with its patchy mobile reception, is arguably one of the best places in the world to get away from it all. But on a recent holiday, our Europe Correspondent James Glenday found himself near the base of one of the country's most dangerous volcanoes, that's slowly stirring to life. More
12:00:00 18/03/2017
It's rare for an ABC Indonesia Correspondent to escape reporting on Australians behaving badly in Bali. And it seems that every three years or so there's a big case that keeps them pretty busy. In Samantha Hawley's case it's been Sara Connor who last Monday was found guilty of group assault leading to the death of a Bali police officer. More
12:00:00 18/03/2017
How much do you judge people by the way they speak? Variants of English span the globe, from its namesake in the UK, here in Australia, the United States and in India, where it's one of more than 20 officially recognised languages. There as elsewhere, certain unique sayings and expressions have evolved. South Asia Correspondent James Bennett wanted to file a report on that, but it didn't quite go as expected.
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