Foreign Correspondent

  • Premiered: Feb 2009
  • Episodes: 431
  • Followers: 3
  • Running
  • ABC (AU)
  • Thursday at 20
  • Documentary News

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Season 2023
2023x1
Japan's New Frontline
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 16, 2023
Japan is confronting the possibility of war. New military bases on the country's remote southwest islands have the locals worried about the impact on their idyllic life and the prospect of becoming a target.
2023x2
Russia's Info War
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Feb 23, 2023
Independent Russian journalists forced to flee their homes following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, have been given sanctuary in neighbouring Latvia where they are broadcasting news of the war to counter Putin's propaganda.
2023x3
Saving The Children - Philippines
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Mar 02, 2023
In the Philippines online child sex abuse is flourishing and demand by Australian perpetrators for live streaming is increasing. Reporter Stephanie March embeds with police who are catching abusers and rescuing children.
2023x4
Secrets of the Sepik - Papua New Guinea
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Mar 09, 2023
The extraordinary Sepik River region in Papua New Guinea, known as the second Amazon, is under threat.Tensions are running high over logging and a mine proposal amidst claims of land grabs, police brutality, even killings.
2023x5
Cambodia's Cyber Slaves
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Mar 16, 2023
In Cambodia, Chinese organised crime syndicates are running global cyber scam operations using workers who have been trafficked and enslaved in secure compounds. The syndicates have strong ties to the ruling Hun Sen regime.
2023x6
A Story Of Survival - Somalia
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Mar 23, 2023
Somalia is one of the most dangerous places on earth. Almost two decades of terrorism has taken a huge toll. Now the African nation is facing its worst drought in 40 years with significant areas on the brink of famine.
2023x7
Waking The Red Dragon - Wales
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Mar 30, 2023
Three years after Brexit and Britain is broken. The country's cost of living crisis is now fuelling separatist movements. In Wales where one in three children live in poverty, the call for independence is getting louder.
2023x8
The Last Resort - Fiji
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Apr 06, 2023
Guest reporter Craig Reucassel goes off the tourist track in Fiji to see how communities are dealing with the reality of climate change. Rising sea levels and cyclones are forcing Fijians to change their lives to survive.
2023x9
Bahrain: The Middle East's Party Capital
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Apr 13, 2023
Every weekend in Manama, the capital of Bahrain, thousands of young Saudis flock to the city to party. Here they can do things that would be utterly forbidden just over the "Johnny Walker" bridge.
2023x10
Florida: The War On Woke
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Apr 20, 2023
The US State of Florida has become the centre of America's culture wars as Governor Ron DeSantis pursues a right-wing agenda focused on gender and race laws which some hope will take him all the way to the White House.
2023x11
The Defectors - North Korea
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Apr 27, 2023
North Korean defectors overcome huge odds to escape to a new life in the south but instead of finding happiness they are often overcome with loneliness and isolation. Still living in fear, they rarely speak out publicly.
2023x12 Midseason finale
The Fentanyl Kings - Mexico
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May 04, 2023
Fentanyl is the main source of drug overdoses in the United States, supplied by the infamous Mexican Sinaloa cartel. The drug is making a fortune for the cartel, we go inside to see the luxurious lifestyle.
2023x13
Surviving ISIS: The Hunt for the Missing Yazidis
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Air date
Jul 27, 2023
It's almost a decade since ISIS forces swept through Iraq and Syria but the legacy of their brutal caliphate remains. The Yazidis of northern Iraq were slaughtered and enslaved by ISIS. .. show full overview
2023x14
Treasure Hunters: Searching for Cambodia's Stolen Antiquities
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Aug 03, 2023
A team of art sleuths are on a mission to bring home Cambodia's cultural heritage. South-East Asia correspondent Mazoe Ford travels with them as they journey across the country and over borders to identify, trace and reclaim missing treasures.
2023x15
Bollywood: The Politics Behind the Scenes
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Aug 10, 2023
In India the Modi government is being accused of waging a war on Bollywood, the country’s most powerful cultural force, effectively turning it into a propaganda tool.
2023x16
Secret Interviews: Inside Iran's Resistance
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Aug 17, 2023
Almost a year since widespread protests erupted on the streets of Iran, young dissidents who continue to defy the country’s repressive regime have participated in secretly recorded interviews with Foreign Correspondent.
2023x17
Canada On Fire: Fighting the Largest Recorded Canadian Wildfire In History
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Aug 24, 2023
Reporter David Lipson goes inside Canada's fireground to see firsthand how a nation better known for snow and ice is coping with the fire catastrophe.
2023x18
Citizens of the Reich: Is History Repeating Itself In Germany?
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Aug 31, 2023
In Germany, a growing far-right 'sovereign citizens' movement believe they are not bound by German laws. Some are now on trial for shooting police, engaging in acts of terrorism and allegedly plotting a coup.
2023x19
After Uvalde: Guns, Grief and Texas Politics
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Sep 07, 2023
A year after the Uvalde school shooting in Texas the community is still traumatised. They're angry about the inadequate police response on the day and they're determined to change the law on the sale of deadly assault rifles.
2023x20
Barbados: The Legacy of Slavery
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Sep 14, 2023
It's a small island calling on powerful institutions like the British royal family, as well as the living relatives of past slave owners to make amends for the sins of their ancestors. .. show full overview
2023x21
LeBron's Hometown Hope
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Sep 21, 2023
NBA superstar LeBron James has put his name and his money behind an extraordinary social experiment in his hometown of Akron, Ohio. The ABC's senior sports reporter Paul Kennedy travels .. show full overview
2023x22
Syria: Addicted to Captagon
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Sep 28, 2023
A billion-dollar illegal drug trade is funding the Syrian regime under President Bashar al-Assad. This week on Foreign Correspondent, insiders detail the vast extent of the drug trade .. show full overview
2023x23
Saving Argentina
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Air date
Oct 05, 2023
Argentina was once one of the world’s richest nations but today it’s a country on its knees. With inflation running at 100 per cent, some are now proposing radical solutions to the country's economic crisis.
2023x24 Season finale
Before the War - Israel
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Air date
Oct 12, 2023
Just weeks before the outbreak of war, Foreign Correspondent's Stephanie March was in Israel and the occupied West Bank documenting rising tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.

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