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15/07/2010

Personal stories behind the news from all over the world. The psychiatrist who treats defectors from North Korea and the man whose best friend is an orang-utan.

The psychiatrist who treats defectors from North Korea

We hear about the impact on North Korean patients of the country's collapsing healthcare system. Dr Kim Byung-Chang is a psychiatrist from Seoul who tells us that major operations - including amputations - are often carried out without anaesthetic.

Tribal Languages in Taiwan

The indigenous peoples of Taiwan are being helped to learn their own languages again. Cindy Sui reports for Outlook.

Being a surrogate 'mum' to a baby orang-utan

From an early age Jeremy Keeling found the company of animals far more rewarding than that of human beings. His family was dysfunctional and his mother cruelly drove him out of the house when he was only twelve years old. Later in life, when working in a zoo, Jeremy committed himself to looking after a sickly baby orang-utan who he called Amy. He tells Matthew his remarkable life story which he's also written about in the book 'Jeremy and Amy'.

Illustration above: Jeremy Keeling and his orang-utan Amy.

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25 minutes

Last on

Fri 16 Jul 2010 12:05GMT

Broadcasts

  • Thu 15 Jul 2010 21:05GMT
  • Fri 16 Jul 2010 02:05GMT
  • Fri 16 Jul 2010 09:05GMT
  • Fri 16 Jul 2010 12:05GMT

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