attributes subcontractors. and investigative documentary goes to really and truly and looks beyond the glamorous facades of. picturing the. store to number 3. this is d. w. news asia coming up pakistan's plan to police its internet investigation revealed as lum about to deal with an overseas surveillance company what does this mean for civil liberties in the country. and north korea's kim jong un has decided south korean built hotels are not good enough for him we take a look at the joint peace project that is on the rocks but you know we also have a mountain of of the best talent of all is tackling the trash piling high on the slopes of mount everest. we also take

a look at how india is preparing for it and we'll festival to bali which starts this weekend. i'm melissa chan and this is news asia thank you for joining us pakistan plans to tighten its control of internet activity through a nation wide web control system news outlet code a story says it's gained exclusive access to documents showing that islam about contracted a canadian company called san divine to help build the system the surveillance infrastructure would monitor all of the country's incoming and outgoing internet traffic. very own marley was one of the reporters who worked with coda story on the investigation or tell us a little bit more about what you found. so i would start with thing that this is

unprecedented move in pakistan in this current environment and the system in general aims that go being great traffic which some experts say might also include encrypted messaging services like what. and also the. equipment provided by saying one is capable of directing and blocking the internet traffic in real time meaning the government can essentially intercept the internet traffic at any point and can do anything with it. like previously in egypt and. in fact the same technology has been used to install a spy ware in the user's devices. and i would also like to add that the same technology which is resend one is providing in pakistan has been used in china as well where the government can filter out certain keywords and the content containing certain keywords and block access to web sites in real time so

and after after all it is a system also raises concerns about privacy because the government and some private companies will now have access to the internet from millions of users in pakistan now pakistan is a democracy but last year voice of america was blocked in the country and a few times in the past we've seen you tube also blocked and most recently i believe a committee to protect journalists member was kicked out of the country what's going on here. yes things have indeed. drastically over the last few years in pakistan which as you said is a democracy in principle but critics say that the powerful military in pakistan is actually calling the shots from behind the scenes. and as you pointed out press freedom and freedom of expression in general are on to in decline in pakistan so

people are now really worried because for many internet is perhaps the only source left remains relatively and uncensored unlike their traditional news media and so and the lists actually believe you know. well let's talk about authoritarian tech in general you have a canadian company export into a democracy often we think of china doing this kind of thing but the surveillance tech business is a global business isn't it yeah yeah i think it's very striking indeed and it's very interesting to see a canadian company exporting its surveillance drones to countries like pakistan with the freedom of expression is routinely violated and send. in directly linked to the same parent company as the n.s.o. a group which is a well known for expenses buying software and then said similar programs have been

used by several middle eastern companies. and sandrine and other companies have really. had to be profit off of selling their services to these regimes. in fact i would like to publicly committed in 2012 to not work with the government of pakistan we found evidence suggesting it was offering the same service some services in pakistan dating back to at least 2016 so merrily thank you. north and south korea always seem to have some spat going on between them all this time of the about a project that was supposed to improve relations between the 2 countries north korea's late leader kim jong un is unhappy about a mountain resort in the north close to the border mount. this week he ordered south korea to tear down a bunch of buildings their. project appears to be over.

shabby a hotchpotch with no national character that's how a north korean leader kim jong un described the south korean built facilities during a recent visit according to pyongyang state agency kim reportedly wants his country to redevelop the site on its own. the south says it's still examining pyongyang's intentions. if there's any recourse from the north were always willing to hold discussions about protecting our citizens property rights so it's a spirit of into korean agreements and the resumption of tours to mark congo and. the resort was popular among south koreans until about a decade ago seoul suspended tourists in 2008 after a north korean soldiers shot and killed a tourist who allegedly wandered into a restricted area. since then the resort has rarely been used young young is said to be angry about saul's refusal to defy international sanctions and resume the

tours it's also pressuring saul to assist in the goshi asians with the u.s. . north korea is sending a message that it can collapse all into korean cooperation yourself korea does not make an effort to persuade the u.s. on behalf of pyongyang. that. the move is a setback for south korean president mungy in. just a day before kim's move he repeated his desire to restore friendship on the peninsula. and will work hard to build a foundation for a peace accord to me where there's a virtuous cycle between peace on the peninsula and economic cooperation. north korea's bright future is only possible upon that foundation. north korea to respond to the response it seems is to demolish the comedown resorts kim says he'll welcome south koreans back there again after it's rebuilt as a world class tourist destination. mount everest is the mountain

every climber wants to conquer and they absolutely go many people every year to nepal and when every bit of weight you carry matters the tractors don't take their trash back down the mountain with them they leave it behind on mount everest and local nepalese are left to deal with the dump. it's a bucket list experience with an ugly footprint. the desire to reach the roof of the world is lift the slopes of mount everest an open rubbish dump what gas canisters food containers climbing gear all simply thrown away. much of it now buried under the snow. today thank you for this you know both government and climbing groups organized a major cleanup retrieving tons of trash i don't know. from the camps it was taken to katmandu for recycling. that these westerners they've gone but nonetheless at

least the waste is not dumped not taken to a landfill but even if i'm only the minimum if we must mean we're working to recycle end up cycle these ways as much as possible and i don't. drink bottles and cans a shredded for the role plastic found the phone but some local artists also see a chance to turn trash into treasures. these wine bottles are being turned into light fixtures and glasses salvage souvenirs for everest tourists. people who do want to enjoy our lives there is actually a school and value disease prior to that and especially in the dark wood society they consider and still act when they seize their yacht and i while. these

things can be and it is possible. and businesses are on board this now supermarket cycle glasses at this 5 star hotel in kathmandu it. is not just better for us and the environment it's the bigger bigger. but everest is also a very big problem to tackle the harder and harder to reach camp still littered with trash locals are warning that there's still a mountain of work left to clean it up. one of india's biggest holidays of the year deval e starts this weekend it celebrates the triumph of light over darkness knowledge over ignorance and people often like traditional oil lamps made of clay keeping potters very busy this time of the year. this village potter has a skilful hands full clay decorations are in high demand in coupon graham at this time of year there are a must for celebrating to volley the festival of lights. it's

a local speciality practiced here for generations by hundreds of families. but that will be a good one at that we some people make lamps others make leeds containers and other fancy yards our season picks up around the never up for a festival and last until diwali the commodity down but we keep making and storing things for the remaining 11 months and then we solo around to libya but big. the process is complicated and can involve the entire family. first process have to mix the role clay. after each individual item is formed it's then carved trying to find it and finally color it. once finished the decorations are sold at nearby markets alongside poetry products

from other regions. now on. our people come here from all over india around festivals because the aura lands here a special special. whatever you need is available here actually there's a movie and we have. the pottery markets a fair and a reputation as a hope of indian craftsmanship values cherish the quality of the products. that are in there then we buy all our ceramic decorations for her like flower pots and urban labs for upcoming festivals we buy whatever items we need for the rituals. that include slums like this one to light up the customers homes and also the lives of their creators. we'll leave you with more pictures out of india as people prepared to celebrate thanks for watching next time and goodbye.

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