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The man who lost his family

In 1971, a brief border war between India and Pakistan shifted the border 6 kilometres. 大象传媒 Urdu and 大象传媒 Hindi talk to families who have been divided ever since.

In 1971, a brief war between India and Pakistan over the territory of Kashmir shifted the border 6 kilometres into Pakistan's space. Four villages became part of the Indian territory, and the villagers away from home on that day were permanently split from their families. Farhat Javed of 大象传媒 Urdu and Aamir Peerzada of 大象传媒 Hindi talked to one divided family.

South Korea's half basements
Bong Joon-ho's movie Parasite received six Oscar nominations this week. It's partly set in a banji-ha, or half-basement, a form of housing originally built as bunkers during an era of political tension. Now they house the capital's poorest, as Julie Lee of 大象传媒 Korean explains.

DJ record breaker
Moses 'Papi' Molapisane looks after the technical side of 大象传媒 Johannesburg, but he has another life as Real DJ Papi. This Papi has just challenged the world DJing record, with a 250 hour marathon. He talks to us about DJing, music - and sleep deprivation.

Vietnamese land dispute
Social media users in Vietnam have questioned the official account of what happened during an early morning police raid near Hanoi which left a village leader and three policemen dead. 大象传媒 Vietnamese journalist Giang Nguyen has been leading the coverage.

Image: Ghulam Qadir on the bank of the river Shyok.
Credit: 大象传媒 Farhat Javed

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