sure. why not. it's simple. and free. t w z learning course because. maybe. you're watching news asia coming up on the program farmers in india protest a set of highly unpopular decisions from the national government that would fundamentally and dramatically change the country's agricultural industry. plus propaganda for the 21st century after decades north korean media adopt some tactics the rest of the world has enjoyed all along. and in-flight catering while grounded the story of how one airline didn't let a pandemic come between its popular cabin meals and passengers.

i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia the government of indian prime minister narendra modi has approved a pair of bills that would change the way farmers do business in the country and that has triggered protests among them and among lawmakers from the opposition and even the government india's minister for food processing resigned last week in protest against the bill. that. protests on the streets of delhi an outpouring of anger over a new farm bill that many see as anti farmer. opponents of double edged black law and say it was rushed through parliament without proper debate and consultation was 7 originally we had protesting the way the government

passed the phone bills in such a dictatorial manna modi's claim of being a supporter of farmers has now proved to be hollow it was about time was drugged sunday's vote in india's upper house of parliament spot chaotic scenes 5 was m.p.'s shouted slogans against the bills forcing several adjournment was others tore up copies of the legislation. lawmakers were suspended from parliament for unruly behavior but in the end the government prevailed already if the reserves charge over the border crosser britain frogger part of the mission that the plight of farmers is a heated issue in india where half of the country's 1300000000 people depend on agriculture for their livelihoods the government says the new laws will benefit

farmers by allowing them to sell directly to big bias instead of being forced to sell 3 middlemen. but critics say the changes will strip small farmers of bargaining power and lead to exploitation by corporations. and more uncertainty for india's rural communities already battling economic hardship. did i mention gys long joins us for more enemy show why are farmers so angry. well it's not the only knocking example of this angle at that bar speed leg be able not well built that back so massive b. that are about agriculture. more naturally you've been thinking. on it you know we live the life things are lucky in india and this is making far less suspicious that is the comments like a back problem it's just once ability is driving india dominant has

a minimum price for each trough and farmers by either now or that they can sit and do not government moppets perhaps the government would back off once just once that in addition the bombers can now said to block grants and what they see a big business is and there's also a trust deficit lilly's businesses done right and elaborate last edition is not helping. so it seems most of the farmers are opposed to these changes are there any farmers that support the bills for the government would definitely people that i definitely promise would not stand to lose to the bits but i would really like more me permission about what i've been all over his dog bill is biden now has got his high rating the fact that liberalizing them up it's basically means that they would be more efficient that are the long run i wouldn't date dual government markets and enough said to last perhaps launched i don't write this just google if you want that it's more than your own are there to destruction of the us can also

enter into contracts bombing agreements this can be more beneficial and additional their government is highlighting that little men carry out and these middlemen the dumb how do you keep them down by so that's harming the promise but again the latter being punished that had to wait or to be spotless is not helping and perhaps one of these jobs is actually getting in there is all to the government at least once the farmers gradually come to accept these dogs. i'm carious to fire support one party over another to me said there's a trend of farmers in other countries supporting populist so you have trump in the us are not all in brazil and modi is a populist some curious where they stand and what the opposition to modi is saying and the structures in india has been up to what it is. interesting and it really just that all of them not there have been doing what they got things that are

actually massive bomb lab technicians and these are not the 1st 4 tests. against the boss a lot of. support for aces which i mentioned the minimum price the government is that as $1.00 of demonstrative farm be it well what are the number of on debt that haven't been relieved at all in the us a part of why i do not actually trust is outman possible i see action such as you see should one of these that this government has been lowered and will support mommas to become increasingly suspicious in addition armors happens or it could be reaching millions of us have a language left parties in india and these left parties apart from by opposition margins about projecting cry and by refinement almost again being against these laws even though some of these leaders opposition parties will do very similar laws in the past but many of these are like an army and they cannot be cannot have been

seen as a lightning with the bomb was a suspicious thought and even an opposition. in michigan as well thank you. in north korea things appear to be changing or perhaps more accurately the propaganda has changed with an updated look to news reports shown in the country and on social media young you tube or is presenting to the outside world a very different picture of killing yang than what many imagine. where you. don't get to watch your. own. region hate the famous space of north korean television news. like her because she delivers ability ends with military posture from head to ask but now this movement in the north korean media landscape. when 2 typhoons barreled into the country in early september correspondents were delivering real time reports from the scene even featuring the voice of the people in the cabin that wind it up it's

a broadcasting star most countries are used to but not north korea so what's behind the new look. that's a union is attempting to create a more benign and modern image of the country to audiences at home and abroad. who we can see that they are trying to improve their international reputation and show that they are a normal country. the it's not just t.v. under the watchful eye of the so-called propaganda and agitation department you tube and other social media channels are now churning out contemporary looking content. meet. she's the star of a you tube channel called echo of truth and she broadcasts in english this is. among many other. has around $35000.00 subscribers and

process as a piece at the current unbiased news everyone told everyone here likes. this video shows browsing the aisles of a well stocked supermarket in an intended to trail of everyday life. but there's something wrong with this picture. items like these out of reach for much of north korean society. experts say roughly half of the population is facing severe food shortages this year but there's no mention of that on this you tube channel. old fashion colleagues prefers to take our audience for a ride. airways and this is just my personal opinion has some of the best airplane food around but what i eat there in-flight meal when i'm not flying the corona virus pandemic slowed in some cases

even grounded air travel around the world putting airlines under tremendous financial pressure including thai airways its response at least one of them tries to bring some of that flight experience back. do you miss being asked chicken or beef. while relaxing on disposable headrest covers. without battling turbulence and air sickness welcome aboard thai airways new in-flight style restaurant. i was so impressed from the moment i stepped on the round because i was greeted by the captain and cabin crew at the entrance. and the feeling is the same as boarding an actual flight. in the food court diners can choose from an array of asian and western economy class meals and

more exclusive crazy and for that 1st class feel the company has shown an eye for detail to make the experience aviation authentic. want to happen just all the tables are made from parts of the aircraft engine that we cleaned and painted with new color and installed glass on top to decorate 1st and business class sections of the restaurant. with most flights grounded under covert restrictions and most employees languishing the airline found a way to recoup some lost revenue well reconnecting passengers with those dedicated to serving them. the day my time so happy i believe the cabin crew love passengers and after we couldn't fly for 3 to 4 months we missed our uniform. so for us to be here today it's such an extraordinary moment. everyone wins customers enjoying their meal cabin and catering crews back at work and the company

earning at least some money ball in the national carriers bangkok staff cafeteria. well what's the verdict would you go to the thai airways restaurant experience please let us know what you think and there's always more on d.w. dot com forward slash asia let us know what you like to see cover it and follow us on twitter as well will leave you with pictures of the taj mahal which has reopened to the public after 6 months it was closed as part of the national lockdown thanks for watching see you next time and could i.

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celebrating the 30th anniversary of germany's reunification october 3rd on d w. how do you perform shakespeare's macbeth when actors can't even get close enough to play a murder scene coming up on arts and culture theater in the age of cove it and also on the show capturing america's diversity and division 2 photographers take their studio on the road and later the small town where centuries of instrument making traditions live on from generation to generation.

welcome to arts and culture anyone who's read or seen macbeth remembers the famous line out damn spot out i say as lady macbeth tries desperately to scrub her hands clean well since the coronavirus that we've all done plenty of hand washing theatres too are taking precautions as they reopen in places including here in germany. yes now i would. first up the powderpuff so this is it the return of the earth to a kind of new normality macbeth macbeth applies his own make up. macbeth is almost alone on the stage of dressed and darts shall spiel murders at a distance his desperation the rush of blood to the head his lust for power are all solitary moments backed by the band woods of burnham actor director christian

friedel has bought a slimmed down version of his planned macbeth to the stage the new season because searching for beth. this is her show is a foretaste a theatrical trailer in which $31.00 people are missing and there are usually $37.00 people on stage and now we have the band and the 2 men to bear so to speak so of course it's a big difference to. the rehearsals in spring 2020 unimaginable now christian freedom is intense interaction with dancers actors and musicians it was supposed to be a monumental shakespeare evening with all the blood sweat and tears that theater can muster. practice for how it was i'm almost ready in march but usually the last week is always the week were some things are changed decisions

are made things are left out that's when you really get a look clay ready to premiere and we were prevented from doing that. now 6 months later everything is back to square one at the start shellshock build trust and audience flow systems are being set up so theatre goers have less contact with each other. warning signs are everywhere the theater has become a danger zone. on stage actors maintain one and a half meters distance or in more energetic scenes 6 meters sort of rule on stage and in the auditorium this makes for a more intimate but not necessarily easy production to. the acting school that. whether a few people see it is very very difficult to convince them the room is not filled with an atmosphere that automatically comes alive so

a little more has to happen that's why it's such a challenge and i'm glad to be able to play at all. the. searching for macbeth in dressed in the time of corona the stage belongs to the lone warrior. michael krueger from 2 w.'s culture desk is here now to talk a little bit about the situation in theater mike intimacy is normally such a big part of it seems to have gone a little bit missing here absolutely nearly everything is for. cases and the the same theater we already saw is also performing the magic mountain that

back at the moment and look at. all for a kid. that's stunning isn't it beautiful but this is also the perfect play for the pandemic it's about patients of a senatorial where everybody's already obsessed with illness so the actors don't have to get very close to each other. my gosh i could just watch that for hours ok but here in germany you know we're really lucky we have the situation there is public funding for theatre not the situation everywhere still this pandemic has to be a huge financial blow to theaters yet they have to cut back and every possible way . and even in which is sold out that doesn't mean that they have already enough money. because most of the seed have to remain empty and we all and the people also expect that we saw that in. the opera house filled the seats but it backfired

they had to cancel the show the people clapped in protest because of a lack of social distancing especially in the highest and cheapest way so it is hard it's just they can't just sell out these it is ok so it's really hard to get back to normal on the other hand we are seeing some really creative solutions and very scary ones there we have and make some bull this is not only be apocalypse it's also a drive in theater in tokyo the company started this as a way to get close to the audience safely so visitors can be afraid of everything just not of the crew of ours because everybody's safe and they'll come and this is also a car washes are it yeah after after that performance the zombies clean the car. oh my god ok well if we could go to tokyo if they said i could go now anyone who is following news from the united states can see divisions in that country growing practically by the day the new book divided we stand shows the

people of america as seen by 2 outsiders swiss photographers morning official and. drove across 40 us states in 4 months taking portraits along the way. looking for america encounters from a journey to find faces that reflect something about the land of the free. 25000 kilometers through a divided country. sometimes we found people we've been looking for and some days we found no one sometimes we turn up somewhere and we see someone and we know that's a story that's an exciting person on the on the snake catcher in virginia for example who started doing drugs at the age of 8 he tells his story as openly as the make up artist from las vegas. was so great about americans is that they're so

spontaneous i think we almost never got told no sure it helps that we're from switzerland and we're not showing up there are new yorkers and want something from them but from neutral switzerland. the couple are from village egg in the swiss can talk of. this is where monica fisher and to mathias brush have their home and studio when they're not living and working on the road in order to capture spontaneous port traits. they use the same neutral background to have each time. whether they are taking a photo of not a nerd one who always dreamed of being an astronaut. and farmar who would never even get into a motorized vehicle. but watching the pictures of gun nuts and crystal

meth addicts tell us about america. and. its life of its beauty its sadness. war. and you know we don't just take photos we talk to people that are very important part of our work and we are sometimes very surprised at what comes out. more than a year and a half has passed since monica fisher and mathias brush set off on a mission to understand america did they go. and. say no but can you understand switzerland i'd also say you know. that's another story in november the people monica fischer and. encountered will be able to vote

to elect the president of the most powerful nation on earth. and who knows we're back. from a giant divided country now to a small town that values harmony at least when it comes to music just a few 1000 people live in marked noise from eastern germany and yet it's famous to musicians around the globe 3 centuries ago a group of protestant instrument makers set up shop there after fleeing religious persecution today the town has a variety and concentration of instrument workshops unparalleled in the world. 'd is a musician's paradise the tiny town in the folk and region is home to about $100.00 world class instrument builders. musicians like catch of the castle state orchestra come in when they need a new instrument. together with his son as apprentice master violin maker

sigal is continuing a long tradition they fashioned violins using the methods developed by the italian master antonio study of ari as well as other local craftsmen. every instrument we. it is custom crafted for a particular musician mostly their commissioned by the musicians themselves to play to the specific strengths. custom try to sound just also the focus of the schmidt mouthpiece maker workshop a family business for more than 200 years grandson and grandfather field frost wind instruments so they ship as far away as south korea and australia and make trumpet can cost over $3000.00 euros but if you compare with the sound of conventional mass

produced instruments the price is well worth it. and how much and shape the metal the whole process produces a material that is especially thin and hard and that's crucial for a crisp clear ties to. the city's community of instrument makers and has a unique infrastructure that has grown over the course of generations. $100.00 music instrument makers dedicated to their craft and to passing on their skills to the next generation. striving for perfection to help musicians around the world attain the most definitely sound. we heard earlier in the show the drive in theater is now kind of a thing well i'm going to leave you with the english national opera performing. in

a london parking lot that's high culture in the year 2020 folks thanks for watching . the footnote.

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