Each year, thousands of tourists visit the demilitarized zone that separates North and South Korea. Now a North Korean defector is guiding tourists and offering his view of what it is actually like to grow up on the other side. The post A North Korean refugee offers a different view of his home country from the other side of the DMZ appeared first on The ...

Georgias capital city, Tbilisi, sits at the ancient crossroads of Asia and Europe, of Islam and Christianity. It is currently the scene of a political confrontation over a Russia-inspired law that critics fear will stifle media freedom. Host Marco Werman speaks with National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek in Tbilisi about the citys rich cultural past and ...

A multiweek general election is underway in India and more women are taking part in it than ever before. Nearly half of the electorate is expected to be female. The countrys political parties are now running campaign ads targeted toward women to win over this crucial voting bloc. The post Women voters expected to play significant role in Indias general ...

Two decades ago, France introduced a law banning the hijab and other religious symbols in public schools. Today, with French athletes prohibited from wearing any religious items while competing at the summers Olympic Games in Paris, the issue is more divisive than ever. The post 20 years after Frances hijab ban, the issue remains divisive appeared first on ...

Many visitors in Israel, both local and international have traveled within Israel to the sites of the Hamas attacks on Oct. 7, 2023. Host Marco Werman was in Israel recently and asked some of these visitors why they decided to visit these sites of violence. Their answers are varied and complex. The post Im processing: Israelis and international tourists ...

As talks around a possible ceasefire in Gaza continue, Israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that the Israeli military is still planning to launch a ground offensive into Rafah. But there are signs that negotiators are getting closer to a ceasefire deal. The post Netanyahu says stopping the Gaza war now is not an option appeared first on ...

Pro-Palestinian protests at universities in the US are showing no signs of slowing down. But they arent limited to the United States. At The University of Sydney, in Sydney, Australia, students have set up a temporary encampment modeled on US ones. And students at other universities around the world are following suit. The post University students across ...

Ukrainian troops have withdrawn from some of their positions in the Donetsk region as Russian troops have advanced. Military production has increased significantly in Russia as one of the anchors of its wartime economy, which is projected to grow over the next year, despite heavy international sanctions. The post Russias wartime production fuels its economy ...

When ISIS was in power, between 2014 and 2019, the terrorist group recruited and trained children to take part in its fight. Some were brought to Syria by their parents. Others were born there. These children became part of the global terrorist movement. And today, five years since the group was defeated, hundreds of these minors and adolescents remain ...

Residents of Toronto, Canada, are scrambling to protect their cars from an epidemic of car theft. Many are simultaneously installing tire clamps, steering locks, burglar alarms and steel bollards in their driveway, but have their cars stolen anyway. Thefts increased by 40% last year as Anita Elash reports from Toronto. The post Toronto is experiencing a car ...

When the terrorist group ISIS emerged in Syria in the last decade, some 30,000 foreign fighters went to Syria to fight for the group. Most were from Europe and Asia. About 300 Americans joined or attempted to join ISIS, including one woman who was married to an American ISIS fighter. The post We have no future: A Syrian woman speaks about her life with an ...

The work of 33-year-old Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi is as poetic as it is technically challenging covering topics ranging from government corruption to the 2022 Mahsa Amini protests, he channels the voice of Iran's disillusioned youth. This week, a revolutionary court in Isfahan overruled a previous court decision granting leniency for Salehi, and ...