The World from PRX • 20th February 2025 North Korea opens for Western tourists On Thursday, North Korea let Western tourists visit for the first time since 2020. Reporter Jamie Fullerton looks at the ethical issues around taking a vacation in the autocratic nation
The World from PRX • 18th February 2025 Gay imam murdered over the weekend in South Africa Muhsin Hendricks, known as one of the world’s only out gay imams and the only one in Africa, was shot dead over the weekend in what looks like a targeted hit. Hendricks was both loved and reviled for his work promoting tolerance in South Africa and around the world
The World from PRX • 12th February 2025 The Guatemalan health workers funded by Abba's 'Chiquitita' Fifty years ago, the pop superstars ABBA donated all proceeds from the song “Chiquitita” to UNICEF. The song is still making money, and that money is now being spent in Guatemala where it’s funding medical workers in rural areas
The Telegraph • 12th February 2025 How an Abba classic helped protect thousands of children from abuse In 1979, the Swedish pop group signed over the rights to one of their hits – more than 45 years on, it is still changing lives in Guatemala
The World from PRX • 10th February 2025 Bridges save Costa Rican sloths from road deaths - The World from PRX There are millions of sloths in Costa Rica. But with high levels of deforestation over the past few decades and increasing contact with humans, the population is taking a hit.
The Telegraph • 22nd January 2025 The violent history of Costa Rica’s most popular souvenir The brightly coloured balsa-wood masks are ubiquitous in the country, and of enormous significance to the indigenous people of Boruca
The Guardian • 17th January 2025 Songs, tears and resistance: the Nicaraguan exile rallying audiences in Costa Rica As one of the tens of thousands to have fled Daniel Ortega’s regime, singer and ‘artivist’ Olguita Acuña says she has a duty to raise awareness of her country’s situation
The World from PRX • 7th January 2025 A Costa Rican dance against colonialism becomes a paradoxical tourist attraction Every year, in the Costa Rican village of Boruca, men dress in garish masks and costumes to reenact their ancestors’ battle against colonizers 500 years ago.
The World from PRX • 2nd January 2025 Bullfighting in Costa Rica is more like bull 'dodging' Unlike the Spanish form, Costa Rican bullfighting does not aim to kill the bull, but only to dodge it. Jamie Fullerton takes us to this Costa Rican Christmas tradition.
The World from PRX • 10th December 2024 In Costa Rica, there's a new voice of Nicaraguan resistance In 2018, singer-guitarist Olguita Acuña left Nicaragua, following death threats. Acuña made it to Costa Rica and, like many others forced to flee Nicaragua, applied for refugee status. Now, she’s carrying on her activism
Adventure.com • 7th December 2024 Can't decide where to go in 2025? We asked our writers and editors for their top travel picks Adventure.com editors and writers share their travel wishlists for 2025.
The World from PRX • 29th October 2024 Sheds playing greater role for men in the UK Sheds are important to British culture, or at least to many men of a certain age in the country. But now, sheds are playing a far greater role in the UK, bringing older men together.
The World from PRX • 19th October 2024 Cornish hatchery helps lobster sustainability levels In Cornwall, in the UK, a 25-year-old hatchery seems to have proven itself a success.
The Telegraph • 15th October 2024 The slow-train adventure that reveals a rarely seen side of Turkey Our writer jumps aboard the Van Golu Express as the country has a railway ‘moment’.
The World from PRX • 25th September 2024 In Poland, a group helping Ukrainian refugees has begun building drones An NGO established in Warsaw, Poland, to help refugees from the war in Ukraine provides up to 500 people a day with food and clothing. It’s recently added another bit of aid to its portfolio: supplying frontline Ukrainian troops with kamikaze drones.
Adventure.com • 19th September 2024 The sound sculpture in Austria where you can hear a glacier ‘crying’ Scientists say it’s likely that Austria’s Dachstein glacier will have melted almost completely by the end of this century. Now, deep in an ice cave, an artist is giving the dying glacier a voice - via an ambitious sound sculpture.
The World from PRX • 17th September 2024 "It's a weird... performance": Famed Japanese drummer big outside of Japan Ryosuke Kiyasu is a respected heavy metal and jazz drummer in Japan who takes on a different style in his solo drum shows, playing a snare drum with his teeth, kicking the drum around the room and often destroying furniture.
The World from PRX • 6th September 2024 In rural Austria, someone wants you to hear the sound of a glacier crying The Dachstein glacier in Austria is nearly 9,000 feet high. But scientists say that it’s likely to melt completely by the end of this century. An artist from Cleveland, Ohio, was commissioned to create a work of art that would give the glacier a voice.
The Guardian • 29th August 2024 Austrian town gets its lederhosen in a twist over modern art Bad Ischl is the first alpine town to be awarded European capital of culture status, bringing nudity and surreal sculptures to a rural area more in tune with classical music and mountain pursuits
The World from PRX • 27th August 2024 Albania's No. 1 urban explorer is a Russian woman accused of being a spy Lana Sator is a young Russian urban explorer who routinely traveled to different countries in search of abandoned military sites. But she ran into trouble when police grabbed her in Albania and accused her of being a spy. Since they took her documents and won’t let her leave the country, she’s been supporting herself by giving unofficial tours to tourists.
