21/09/2013 Reporters

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stories from across the globe. This correspondence to bring you the

stories from across the globe. This reports from South Africa on the

drug that is wrecking lives and What is staggering is the speed

drug that is wrecking lives and which this drug is tearing through

society. While we have been filming, people have been coming up to us

Karen Allen reports on women being saying they are desperate to get off

Karen Allen reports on women being Lisa Williamson finds that in South

Korea, weddings and austerity are It is a life wrecking cocktail of

heroin, rat poison and all sorts, a new addictive drug on the streets of

communities. Add little more than $2 per hit, hundreds of young people

are hooked. It is all —— also being blamed for drug—related crime. Last

year there were 175,000 reported cases. As will Ross reports, people

are calling on the government to do more to tackle this latest drugs

drug is called nyaope and contains low grade heroin mixed with all

sorts, including rat poison and sometimes crushed up medicine for

HIV patients. The white powder is added to marijuana, and addictive

life wrecking cocktail. If I don't I hope that one day I will be able

to stop taking it and live my life like a normal person. I do not want

to feed their habit, he made enemies to go to jail. A better option would

to feed their habit, he made enemies who wanted him dead. I was caught by

the community and they assaulted me and wanted to burn me with petrol.

has her son back and is rebuilding a Not people from far away, but from

has her son back and is rebuilding a They don't understand that this

has her son back and is rebuilding a destroying the parents more than the

child. Every day, do you wonder The South African government says it

is doing its best to fight the drug overwhelmed. What is staggering

is doing its best to fight the drug the speed at which this drug is

filming, people have told us they are desperate to get off the drug

nyaope. One teenage girl looked are desperate to get off the drug

me and said she had to give up school because she was walked, she

was just 14. Here, good Samaritan is lending a hand counselling sessions

high—profile people, to children in are losing a generation of young

people who would be lost because of Consumed by the urge to fund the

next hits, they sell scrap for cash. It is an addiction that is

seizing more victims every day. Under the Taliban, women were banned

Afghanistan. More than ten years from joining the police force in

Afghanistan. More than ten years since they were removed from power,

women make up just 1% of the force. police women by the end of next

officers were banned under the this unrealistic and set to fail. It

they are still a rare sight as they they are still a rare sight as they

This lady is among the few who has made it to the front line. Once

This lady is among the few who has ran a beauty salon, now she saves

I don't think of myself as a woman, I think I am just like my male

colleagues, doing the same job. This is the public face of policing

in Afghanistan, but the real reality is that just 1% of the officers

in Afghanistan, but the real reality women. The governments own targets

to get a force of 5000 females by the end of next year is increasingly

Afghanistan is growing its police force in the face of insurgent

attacks. It is many men that sign up. Illiteracy and cultural taboos

explain why few women are putting themselves forward, but so too are

fears of sexual abuse in police ranks. 15—year—old told us she would

talk if I concealed her identity. When she fled violence at home,

talk if I concealed her identity. policeman offered to help. Instead,

car and raped her, taking turns policeman offered to help. Instead,

his friends. The policeman is now in jail, but other women inside the

In terms of sexual abuse of women in jail, but other women inside the

In terms of sexual abuse of women in the police, I totally reject that.

problems. We have plans to provide However, I accept that we have

encourage them to join the police, women with facilities that will

encourage them to join the police, policewomen have been killed in

targeted attacks, but she has a policewomen have been killed in

far more candid about the stigma family to support. At home she

far more candid about the stigma that comes with a female doing the

I feel very bad and I hate when that comes with a female doing the

think negatively of me because I am policewoman or a prostitute is one

and the same. Little wonder then that recruitment is proving to be so

Weddings and austerity don't go together, especially in South Korea.

Even as the country 's impressive pressure to spend on lifestyle and

spiralling, especially for that pressure to spend on lifestyle and

day. It is estimated that a wedding in South Korea will cost more than

$52,000 for each partner, and that is not including the parents, ——

contribution. South Korea's new president is keeping an eye on

The Korean dream has barely changed in 50 years, a spouse, a family

The Korean dream has barely changed a good financial future. It is just

a price tag that is different. This man's parents married with the help

of their neighbours. His wedding has cost $300,000. No wonder guests

of their neighbours. His wedding has Korean weddings give cash, not

presence, to the bride and groom. Despite the economic slowdown, the

us as well because there are several The marriage is very stressful for

us as well because there are several standards to be met. In terms of

traditional Korean wedding and modern wedding. Modern wedding is

more like all about spending because a modern wedding has become very

After decades of strong economic growth, South Koreans have morphed

Household debt is 164% of disposable growth, South Koreans have morphed

Household debt is 164% of disposable income, more than in America. The

survive. The new National happiness minimal welfare system means that

survive. The new National happiness fund aims to write off half the

debts of the nation 's poorest. The stigma of coming here means

debts of the nation 's poorest. people don't want to show their

application with the fund. One man I spoke to said he used to have ten

credit cards and that is why critics are saying this scheme won't stop

South Koreans overspending, it will just encourage them to default.

Parents savings have traditionally been the way South Koreans have

Parents savings have traditionally for weddings, homes and education.

The happy couple are even given pocket money to spend on their

honeymoon. But with the nation saving shrinking and its credit

spiralling, who will pay when it is That is all from Reporters this