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THE BEGINNING OF THE END? SYRIAViolence is on the increase in Syria. Now the war has reached the commercial metropolis of Aleppo. Urban warfare is raging all over its main roads and backstreets. View the story |
LAST STOP LEBANONSyrian refugees in Lebanon tell of torture, executions and snipers. They have escaped from the terror in their homeland, but they are not welcomed in Lebanon. |
Changes in Burmatext coming soon,... View the story |
SPARRING WITH DEATH AFGHANISTANParamedic units of the US Army fly the dead and wounded from the front to the field hospital. Their job is a daily struggle against boredom and the madness of war. |
THE SHARK CALLERS OF NEW IRELANDOn an island in Papua New Guinea there are people who catch sharks by hand - they call them shark callers. A visit. Click to Read the full story... View the story |
The survivors of acid attacks in CambodiaThe cambodian society has long suffered from genocide and civil war. Until now there has been no reconcilation and left behind a society which is deeply traumatized |
Beyond poverty lineEleven million people live in the Philippines capital, which is both First and Third World in one. And more than half live below the poverty line. View the story |
The Burmese patientIn the eyes of the military dictatorship they are terrorists, but they call themselves non-violent rebels: a few hundred in number, the Free Burma Rangers, armed with medicines and cameras, pit the View the story |
A war without end - the third generation victims of Agent OrangeThirty-six years after the end of the Vietnam war, some three million Vietnamese are still suffering from its consequences. View the story |
Lane Xang – In the Land of a Million ElephantsThe Asian elephant is in danger of extinction. The reason: humans. Its last hope: also humans. A journey across Laos. View the story |
Impressions from the Gobi desert Part1Impressions from the Gobi desert part1 View the story |
Impressions from the Gobi desert Part 2 |
The Khentii Mountains - Into the heartland of Genghis KhanThe Khentii Mountains - Into the heartland of Genghis Khan View the story |
Witch huntBlack magic and sorcery is widespread in Papua New Guinea. This superstition is called: Saguma. Sorcery related killings became a huge problem in the Pacific nation. View the story |
Carsten Stormer's biography
Carsten Stormer is a German Asian correspondent, writer and photographer based in Manila. In the past he has worked with the Phnom Penh Post in Cambodia and the Myanmar Times in Rangoon, Burma. He has studied journalism in Bremen, Germany, and Chennai, India. Since 2004 he has been reporting on wars, conflict, human rights and social issues in Africa and Asia. Carsten's pieces appear regularly in German and international magazines. Amongst his clients are: Stern, Focus, Rogue, FAZ, FR, Cicero, Playboy, Marie Claire, Amnesty International, Readers Digest Asia, etc.