for the various flavors of the exotic i am a challenge for you all during him and there are really. good confusion and far. from street food the fire star restaurant tasty taipei start september 1st on t w. this is d w news asia coming up east timor asia's youngest country marks 20 years since the day it chose independence from indonesia we speak with former president josie ramos horta about what the nation has achieved and where it has failed plus coming up we've got the business out of something glad to see that i was rung up on the streets of karachi where gangsters used to roll.

i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thanks for joining us it was a rocky road to independence but today east timor marks 20 years since a un backed vote that ended a bloody decade long occupation by indonesia that vote on august 30th 1909 saw 80 percent of east timorese supporting a split from indonesia the country had invaded east timor a former portuguese colony with a shared land order in 1905 and while people now possess political freedom it has not led necessarily to economic freedom about half of the country's 1400000 people live in poverty and 40 percent are literate but before we get into that here's a look back at the country struggle for liberty. the people of east timor thus rejected the perspiration autonomy and expressed their wish to be the persis of

transition towards independence thank you it was the moment that finally put east timor on the road to independence supporters celebrated across the territory the journey to independence have been long and brutal it began in 1975. after colonial rulers portugal withdrew east timor descended into civil war with 2 main militia groups seeking to wrest control. of them 3 months the leftwing frightening guerrilla group unilaterally declared independence for east timor but it will be short lived in december $9075.00 neighboring indonesia invaded and took control of the country. it was the initiative of indonesian president suharto seen here visiting east timor beneath the smiles the engine easy

and occupation was ruthless. 24 years of indonesian rule or estimated to have killed up to 200000 east timorese or a quarter of the population they died as a result of fighting famine and disease all opposition was repressed for telling guerrilla leader shenanigans mao had become the face of the independence movement was captured and imprisoned. but 998 sora change of leadership in indonesia and a new approach to east timor. was transferred to house arrest and given a lot more freedom he was able to talk to the press and engage in politics preparations began for an independence referendum under the auspices of the united nations. the election campaign pitted those who favored maintaining ties with engine easier against those who. wanted independents and supported shenanigan smile the ballot paper would offer east timorese the choice between wide

ranging autonomy and indonesian control or complete independence. on the 30th of august 1999 the referendum got underway hundreds of thousands of east timorese flocked to the polling stations for the historic vote turnout was 98 percent to smile with the under house arrest but was never the less able to cast his vote. fellow independence activists chose a ramos horta also voted he had spent years in exile fighting for east timor's course through diplomatic means efforts which won him the nobel peace prize. for him for. everything. the result of the referendum was clear 78 percent of the votes cast favored

independence from indonesia. but it wasn't the end within hours of the vote fighting broke out between the pro and anti independence factions the un estimated that about $1000.00 east timorese died in the may hand that surrounded the 999 referendum. for the next 3 years the country was administered by the un to pave the way to full independence that finally came in 2002 when shenanigan smile was sworn in as the 1st president of an independent east timor. more on nobel peace laureate josie ramos horta mentioned in the report and probably the most well known east timorese a former resistance leader travelled the world on behalf of the cause when it came time he pushed for negotiations with occupying power indonesia and sought reconciliation after peace he was the country's 1st foreign minister and later its

prime minister and president i spoke to ramos horta and asked him how he feels on this anniversary his answer was bittersweet here's a conversation president ramos horta as you look back at 20 years since that historic referendum how do you feel i am. ready to. walk we have achieved. they. are far. from that of destruction if either unleash fall into a friend or. radio local it will be years after the latest series in the back to the county had a very bad if it all for the better. they did a desert shoot in both of you as

a human being human east is in a across alleviation if he leaves this falls at the heart of it even if people but he would either also divide that man if you did what ill by. your doing that i don't and they need you know also lost power of those of soldiers in the course of their occupation so when rendered happened independence k. we decided not to look back to that our duty of the past but to look forward and do that we had to 1st reconcile i'm not at the most people and liberal side who didn't even extend a hand of friendship between the major and the illusion in a 3rd if they smelled like saving a ship like they responded in a super cape that they held our hands accepted our friendship and cease we have to develop an example had

a good relationship. what's the number one domestic talent your country faces today and how can that be fixed so 1st let me say that we have the council the day the peace that it will it is security in that same to the policies of across the ocean of informs we have made a lot of material for openness however there are certain areas that we have a say and there is ensuring for security of their c extreme poverty we still have it just march 16th are we still have severe moral issue. this is simply unacceptable and we have to accept it. now you've been a freedom fighter a liberator president and prime minister and also of course a nobel peace laureate of those achievements and identities i wonder which one has

been the most meaningful for you. that holds meaningful for me whereas where you. fall into arafat and only i did i. left with the 4 years after he left the left the same before my 7580 turn to december 1st my night already openly thought only just pray to god who is they from what i was people but a lot of i gave there were thousands of people or walk on being a very simple people better full. or there was a political leader fighter that said well these were some of the most members of members or muslims now as you look at the world events is there a conflict

a movement a phenomenon that really troubles you the most on the international scene. of course. what i bought me a lot is in ability or interest will mean it is in a bit of un superpowers or believe europe where they have a problem of syria which have a serious political and security associate implications in europe look at germany. with its carnage of the. shots of america she'll walk on millions of syrian refugees with a great model cottagers but at political cost then you have the nobility of international me needed to have the best savage war in yemen in libya south of us so we are the devout are permitted the have it miserably failed in preventing

parties in resolving conflict when they happen and it will provide mobilize just enough your money to add an assistant to refugees president ramos horta thank you very much for joining us. you know. once known for guns and gangs a neighborhood in pakistan's coastal city of karachi has emerged as a hub for hip hop talent here's a look at the new there assists. rapping about their corner of the world. together to magic up and this is the puppy the puppy the puppy to love the timothy the puppy the sound of bullets used to ricochet down these streets now a stage for up and coming rapids to go means it was a kind of gun it's one of the new hot spot for pakistani hip hop is the neighborhood in the city of karachi among played by gang violence and running

street battles a recent government crackdown has made the streets safer allowing residents to transform their hard luck tiles into hip hop songs and the city's rappers have a distinctive voice to. come up with the hip hop of lee arias based on reality. in other cities and provinces there's rap but it's mostly about beautiful women and luxury cars. but we are showing reality here who they've got to look at me all my ability to go to. one layer a hip hop video my collective called cocky has racked up hundreds of thousands of views on you tube. some religious authorities are even on board. more. young people are showing an interest in music. they're turning away from drugs and other negative activities and coming towards music which is a good thing decades after the birth of hip hop we are is keeping close to its

original values. transforming life into lyrics on top of the big. ticket. that's it for now we leave you with some pictures of life today in east timor. thanks for watching i'll see you next time and to buy. the from. earth. home to news of species. a home worth saving. yes those are big changes and most start with small steps but global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world. to use the country to try to boost drainage solutions and

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