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a tourist hot spot meanwhile tourism swimming at an unlikely place in india we'll tell you why a tour of the doubt obvious long and mumbai is the country's most popular attraction more popular than the taj mom. i'm sumi so much going to it's great to have you with us today on d.w. news asia now it's a centuries old rite of passage every year thousands of young boys in the philippines are circumcised the practice is called to look and it's considered an important step into adulthood now according to the world health organization some 90 percent of men in the philippines have been circumcised for non-religious purposes the practice is coming under increased criticism in many countries still remains a widely accepted custom in the philippines. one said. across the philippines they

line up in their thousands healthy preteen filipino boys waiting for their names to be called out at makeshift clinics. but they are not sick nor are they at risk from disease they are here for circumcision season. call it a rite of passage. critics call it human rights abuse. money need for my mom told me that i needed to get circumcised so i would grow taller and become a real man even not only for those of us in the. c in this classroom turned clinic the journey to man who takes 20 minutes 5100 boys will undergo the procedure many without anesthetic. but with plenty of peer pressure the

word for uncircumcised is also a slower word for a coward. but i'll be more mature now and be helpful to my family and become a fully fledged adolescent i say let it burn he said insignias if it's on my lap to get circumcised it's probably the essence of being a man so for me it's really necessary for boys to get circumcised to be called a man out there laughing at them. for centuries removing the 4 skin was rooted in religion here but has now become a social requirement. that it's more than. it's worth being i would say maybe because. it has been for generation and so there is this expectation that you know. beyond the culture and customs and beyond the philippines there is however

a growing debate about the merits and ethics of circumcision especially without consent. and did abuse on a santos has been following the story for us in manila she joins us for more high on the good to see you give us some context on the story how widespread is this practice and how widely accepted is it. from a scene when it's typically circumcision season for a young boy here in the field so you'll see that setting the months of april and mantissa summer break classrooms covered courts will be converted into little clinics where young boys between the ages of $8.00 to $12.00 can come in for free circumcision the event called operation or being the filipino word for sick incision are usually sponsored by local government units or medical fraternity is giving these 3 operations so just to let you know usually at the circumcision camps

about $300.00 boys will come in the day for this procedure and this is usually they take advantage of the fact that it's offered for free and it's an indication really of how well he accepted that of the social room it is for for young boys to. be at this age of $8.00 to $12.00 it's b.b. it is seen as that right a hostage for these young men and it is of course a painful process to all the boys receive anesthesia and proper medical treatment and during and after the process. there have been some old wives tale so you have you know the braver man all of a grandfather there's an hour at assessed this would do it without anesthesia but honestly i don't i don't. and that i've checked also with the department of health and they said that you know this is why they also have these the circumcision clinics and the circumcision counseling the summer which is done in administered by health care professionals so that the boys are properly treated with steve and

everything is done and that's fair and that so this is also to deter people from doing any kind of a do it yourself or any kind of dockyard circumcision given how we need to be accepted and how prevail and. i know we have to say that the practice of circumcision has come under increased scrutiny worldwide also here in germany in 2012 there was a big debate on this has that affected opinions there and. i would say that it has not really affected opinions in the philippines it's our 2nd session of times. i've seen heard of that a bit of discussion going on about it child abuse but mostly circumcision i would say that the libyans accept that it is so hard on 1st. practitioners recognize the health benefits of hygiene that it also has how benefits like you know to see the risk of a child you have the fact that's one also there is there's a certain big must see it that way being circumcised is

a dog word for it support and it's meaning you think that the 2 are give birth and it's a thought for young boys meaning that you're a coward if you didn't go see this is procedure this rite of passage open during this cave. circumcision so i don't think you know the practice would be altered or thought of as something different aside from being a rite of passage and clearly get rid of this perception that you don't uncircumcised it and get. over it our reporter on the sun to speaking to us from manila i'm not good to talk to you. now thailand has been marking one year since the dramatic rescue of a boy soccer team trapped in a cave in the north of the country now earlier this week the boys and their soccer coach returned to the town long cave to honor their rescuers and speak to the media their ordeal has brought a lot of attention to the region and also tourism. reports.

small to imagine this is the site sitting so close to tragedy. a bike riding phone rang milanti anniversary of the dramatic rescue that the. coach locals are here to raise money to develop the area and propel its transition from sleepy backwater to buzzing tourist hot spot is a project that students filming the fortunes of this community i knew locals used to come to this area now there is a whole infrastructure built around this the site of the rescue that had the entire world gripped to groups like this one a few looking here it's got a firsthand taste of the ordeal the cave itself is currently closed to the public for safety reasons but that hasn't stopped thousands venturing off the beaten track every week to check it out. this is going no it's true a small museum telling the story of the rescue and pay their respects to the tie

dye the who knows this is now trying to save the boy is. just a shoot from the cave shuttle buses drop tourists at the dozens of schools that have sprung up over the last 12 months giving them a chance to browse the cave not indoors and take them in memory that has it. been that i'm visiting from laos this is a sacred place that i've heard a lot about i'm really excited to see it in person things i didn't know but maybe came here because it's the anniversary of the case and i want to go back is to die for. entrepreneurs who floated from across the region to cash in on the action they say that incomes have sued. carmack on your body i used to be a housewife but i heard how much money people were earning from tourists side of set up its business. the obvious thing tourism isn't just a local initiative national authorities are also keen to promote the area. the heroic rescue is

a massive success story at the time. they plans release partially reopen the case something sure to boost visitor numbers business with netflix projects about the rescue in the us and people here expect the fresh international attention to come that you could this area in the tourism not. yet well one of asia's biggest tourist favorites is the taj mahal it's india's number one draw at least it has been until now the world's largest travel site trip advisor has now named a slum tour as india's top experience that of the in the city of mumbai is one of the largest slums in asia it's home to more than a 1000000 people and the tour that's getting all the attention is from a company called reality tours and travel it starts at 10 euros and promises to show visitors the authentic india we spoke to one of the founders here's what he says about why he started bringing tourists to that. reason why he started to go on to do. something back to the community it would be not to be done people

come look at the long. go back more than so long because this is. our company it's really more do. we go back to the community and d.-w. reporter hunch and me has been looking into this story for us and thanks for joining us in our studio so of course praise from one and 2 organizers that's not so surprising but this is also a controversial tell us about that trip at pfizer actually most of the reviews of this specific tour have been very positive however there are many different tour operators so if you look at the general page introducing the slum you will find different negative reviews and critical reviews questioning the nature and the practice of such tours for example one uses sas she hated the way the tour guide put such a positive spin on how great all the industries and on an isolation of the place

was she finds it disgusting and in other uses says that he while he does appreciate to see the resourcefulness the sense of community there but that is happening in the 21st century and it's a shock show for him we also spoke to some washed it's an end she obeys to germany it says while tours can and does destroy stereotypes it can also reinforce it to search your it's really have to be careful they have a bigger role to play here they should be at i level with the locals try to understand their lives and they should book tours and that are somewhat educational and basically is saying that attitude and choice determine whether or the whole thing is explodes if we're not going to be as hunch and leave with the story thank you thank you for watching good of you news asia be sure to follow us on facebook and twitter and before we go we'll leave you with images of our rapping granny group welcoming g. 20 leaders to osaka we'll see you next time. i

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against the tide of legal challenges. this is the business. a day before the g 20 summit kicks off in japan there's significant movement in the trade conflict between the u.s. and china according to the south china morning post and politico the 2 sides have agreed on a so-called tentative truce delaying a fresh round of u.s. tariffs that would have extended levies on nearly all chinese products coming to the u.s. according to the reports the tone was a condition the chinese side is set before agreeing to a meeting between presidents xi jinping and donald trump now scheduled for saturday on the sidelines of the g. 20 meeting. chinese president xi jinping arrived in osaka in the rain on thursday morning but the forecast for trade talks with the u.s. has apparently gotten a little sunnier and then.