Rebecca Henschke

Housewife Fitri has come up to the mountain for a good Friday night out. She has hooked up with Ishlam, who is here to improve the fortunes of his small business.

In Muslim Indonesia, throngs of people are seeking salvation at a shrine to anonymous sex

At the Gunung Kemukus shrine in Java, many Indonesian Muslims come to have anonymous sex. What was once a sacred ritual — one that people believed would provide divine blessings — has now attracted prostitution and criticism.

In Muslim Indonesia, throngs of people are seeking salvation at a shrine to anonymous sex
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Gatekeeper of Indonesian volcano killed

Gatekeeper of Indonesian volcano killed
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Indonesia's volcano keeper

Indonesia's volcano keeper
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Indonesia's dirty habit

Indonesia's dirty habit
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Sri Lanka Tamils claim persecution

Sri Lanka Tamils claim persecution
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Indonesians frustrated after attacks

Rebecca Henschke reports that Indonesians are frustrated and angry over last month's terrorist attacks in the capital. They want the world to know that the terrorists who carried out the attacks do not represent the true face of their nation.

Indonesians frustrated after attacks
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Economic worries for Asia's migrant workers

The global financial storm is hitting people in Asia. One group has special reason for concern...migrant workers. Rebecca Henschke reports from Jakarta, Indonesia.

Economic worries for Asia's migrant workers
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Burmese youth speak

Burmese youth have launched their first television current affairs program. The program, called Youth Speak, is produced by an exile station, and broadcast via satellite from Thailand.

Burmese youth speak
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Protests in Thailand

While anti-government protesters in southern Thailand complain about the current government's ties to the maligned ex-premier Thaksin Sinawatra, people in the North sing his praises. Reporter Rebecca Henschke speaks with Thaksin lovers in his home town.

Protests in Thailand
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Cambodia report

Rebecca Henschke reports on the Cambodia's real estate boom -- and its effect of slum dwellers who are often forced out of their homes to make way for new developments, and that's led to protests from human rights groups.

Cambodia report
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Controversy over Indonesian Islamic sect

Correspondent Rebecca Henschke reports from West Java, Indonesia on violence against followers of a small Islamic sect known as Ahmadiya: the sect doesn't recognize Muhammad as the final prophet of Islam

Controversy over Indonesian Islamic sect
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Indonesia's vanishing rice farms

Rice paddies across Asia are being replaced by golf courses and luxury hotels and workers are leaving the fields for factory jobs, as Rebecca Henschke reports on an endangered species - the rice farmers of Indonesia.

Indonesia's vanishing rice farms
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Jakarta report

Indonesians are struggling to pay for basic food items and although the government is trying to control prices, the effort is not easing the pain for Indonesia's poor, as Rebecca Henschke reports from Jakarta.

Jakarta report