Download In his last public act before a year-long religious seclusion, activist priest Father Reyes has thrown his support behind Filipino postal workers.

On May 8 he kickstarted a charity run, where he acted as a postman delivering letters from the workers to Philipine President Aquino.

The letters protested the recent string of jobs cuts for people that have worked for company for decades.

Madonna Virola has the story from Manila.

Download Being shot in the leg at a demonstration in 1988 only strengthened Aung Htoo’s struggle to change Burma’s legal system.

Jailed several times, Htoo, the General Secretary of the Burmese Lawyers Council fled to Sweden in 2009.

Our reporter Ric Wasserman met with him in his new home in northeast Sweden.

Download Assam, a state in northeast India, has the highest maternal mortality rate in the country.

The lack of medical infrastructure is one of the main reasons why.

Over three million people in Assam live on islands around the Brahmaputra River, which flows across the state.

For many islanders, boat clinics – a joint NGO and government initiative – are the only means of healthcare.

Asia Calling’s Gayatri Parameswaran and Felix Gaedtke stepped on deck in Assam.

Download India is home to the largest number of hungry people in the world.

Every day, nearly five thousand children die because of malnutrition.

Two recent surveys have brought renewed focus on the fight against malnutrition in the world’s second most populous nation.

Bismillah Geelani has the story.

Download On May 6, Belgium hosted the largest Balinese festival held outside of Indonesia.

The Ogoh-Ogoh festival features giant Balinese puppets and traditionally marks Nyepi, or Balinese New Year – a day marked by silence on the island of the gods.

The event was held in Pairi Daizi Park, a former monastery turned international cultural park.

Ging Ginanjar joined Balinese from all over Europe at the unique festivities.

Download Authorities in Aceh, Indonesia, began a crackdown on punks last year.

65 punks were arrested after they held a charity concert that police said violated the province’s sharia law.

But as ABC’s Indonesia Correspondent, Matt Brown, reports the anti-punk campaign is not limited to the concert hall.

Download Dubbed as Asia’s newest democracy, Burma is moving away from authoritarian rule and embracing a new wave of openness.

But just how free is it?

Citra Prastuti joins a cheering crowd for the opening ceremony for a new branch of Aung San Suu Kyi National League for Democracy Party (NLD) in Rangoon.