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What's life like in Eritrea, one of the most isolated nations in the world? And how are North Korean defectors dealing with a somewhat unexpected challenge: Speaking Korean in South Korea? All that on this week's World in Progress.

Bluegrass, a traditional form of American folk music is still alive in the Appalachia region, which also has a reputation as being America's poorhouse. Outsiders have labeled the people here 'hillbillies', stereotyping them as backwards. But there's more to the region and its bluegrass culture reporter Andreas Horchler discovered.

India's economy has grown at an exceptional speed since the early 1990s, when the country began liberalizing its economy and opening up to foreign investment. Yet while hundreds of millions have benefited from the rapid economic growth, hundreds of millions more continue to struggle for their survival.