India relaxed its laws on foreign investments in 1991 and opened its doors to market liberalization. By the time this programme was made a few years later, India was being […]
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This is part of a series called “War and Forgiveness” about the victims and perpetrators of wartime atrocities produced by Radio Netherlands together with WNYC and Sound Print. In this […]
In the 13th century, the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan (1162-1227) and his armies advanced across Asia and created the largest contiguous land empire in history. They reached eastern Europe in […]
Cambodia is in transition to have the real state. Throughout the late 1960s and 1970s, Cambodia was a failed state, with governments that were unable to control the country’s territory […]
In this award-winning programme we look at the changes and shifts in family life in China in the early 20th century. Maoist China’s family policy had already done away with […]
Annelie Hendriks has always been a globe-trotter. At the age of 17, she travelled to the Middle East and then on to the former Soviet Union and the former East […]
When Father John Visser met Silesian priests at the end of World War II, he knew that he too wanted to become a Silesian of Don Bosco, an organisation dedicated […]
A quarter of a century after HIV/AIDS first emerged, the disease continues to wreak havoc in many parts of the world. Initially, one of the hardest hit countries was Thailand. […]
Over 20 years ago, Lea Laarakker-Dingjan and her husband moved to Thailand. Shortly afterwards, Lea took in two foster children who came from an isolated and neglected village near the […]