i see despite my concern going to be does on policies and development put the spotlight on issues that matter hunger to security pressure washer like you should . not have going to achieve the so much more needs and i think people have to be at solutions my name is on the top and i work if you don't feel. you're watching t w news coming up on the program there's been more massive protests in thailand this past weekend where's the movement headed and can achieve what it set out to do to get the prime minister to step down and to see reform of the monarchy. plus behind north korea's propaganda of the horror of being detained in a dictatorship a human rights organization provides a detailed description of the level of violence for anyone caught up in its legal

system. and japan's plan against the daily news how a major construction project has helped ease floodwaters. i'm melissa chan welcome to news asia thank you for joining us pro-democracy protesters have again defied a government order aimed at preventing demonstrations 20000 people gathered in the streets of bangkok on sunday for a peaceful rally where they demanded political change it comes as thailand's king returns to the country after months of on rest. 4 days of defiance tired pro-democracy protesters have been maintaining the momentum despite a ban on gatherings of over 4 people. we are here throughout. says

take a span of what we believe in. their constitution. and also about the government of thailand and i think you find this to be a country for a while. but mostly student power would movement has been leading unrest in thailand since july for the last 4 days of same an escalation. on friday police used water cannons unsuccessfully dispersing the demonstrators many protesters were also arrested. by arresting the protest leaders and would be deterred somehow but instead we felt even more desperate wondering how dare they treat us like this should be a negotiation with us or other peaceful means because we have different views they now say 20 i later. they need how many white now are. the

movement is demanding democratic reform of thai society where the government and monarchy have dominant powers. they've been calling for the resignation of prime minister preached. he took power in a 2014 military coup and went on to tighten his grip on power in elections last year. well you can see that the government is trying its best to compromise we're asking for a few things don't do anything wrong don't damage government or people's property and the most important thing is to avoid conflict within the protestors. channel she added that his government must protect the monarchy referencing the pro-democracy movements demands of change when it comes to how the royal family operates that's challenging it to do in thai society where criticizing the royal family can lead to hefty penalties. or long corn is being criticised for his excessive lost style and for spending

a lot of his time at a luxury resort in southern germany. he's recently returned to thailand but as yet to comment on the protests. the protesters have vowed to continue their defiance with gatherings planned all over the country. north korea's weak legal system one that's more ruled by might and not rule of law means a pretrial detention and investigation system that is arbitrary and inhumane that's no surprise but the latest human rights watch report documents this in detail including with interviews with north koreans formally detained who talk about torture and rape. joining us is phil robertson deputy director of human rights watch is asia division with more information phil tell us more about your findings . well what we found is there is a real yawning gap between what the north korean government system in terms of laws

and actual criminal procedure says and what actually happens the reality is that people can be arrested for almost any reason that pretrial detention is a system where there are systematic torture and abuse people or you know for instance forced to remain sitting in a in a fixed position a stress position for as many as 7 to 8 and sometimes 13 to 16 hours a day and if they move if they do anything to shift their weight they face beatings and abuse you have a situation where the. authorities can arrest people without any sort of evidence and that they then can proceed through a process that is completely without access to lawyers without access to families that ultimately results in confessions and possible prosecutions the only good

outcome about the situation is that because of the changes on the ground of the economic system and north korea where there are people now with these are sort of shadow markets these gray markets that it is possible to bribe the police and prosecutors to get out of the worst that might be in store for people held in the system many people might be listening to this and wonder is there a legal system in north korea. well there is actually a fairly detailed legal system i mean the laws themselves fail to meet international human rights standards in a number of key areas you know for instance there's no judicial review for detention so once the police have you they can hold you for as long as they'd like but the reality is that there is also a process where you're supposed to have warrants to arrest you're supposed to have various different permissions to investigate there are procedures to be followed

but the authorities including the former officials who we interviewed who have you know left the country told us that that's really never happens so for instance. torture through beatings kicking hitting with sticks and other abuses is standard operating procedure 1 against people who are being held in detention but the system itself says that any sort of admission any of of evidence that has been coerced is completely illegal and that evidence should not stand so again you know there's a it's interesting to there's been very little research about what the actual formal process is so supposed to be in north korea and that is one of the contributions as reported is that there is a system it's just not being followed so yes indeed north korea is a totalitarian state with probably the world's worst human rights record and we know this so why is it important to document this and what can the world really do

to hold anyone accountable. well it's important to fill in the gaps of our understanding about the human rights violations that are happening in north korea it's important to recognize that not everybody is determined to be an enemy of the state sent on a one way ticket to the mountains and the political prison camps where very few people ever return from there is a low a lower level process of this criminal justice system that is in fact anything but just and so it's important that we fill in the gaps we give voice to what is happening to ordinary people in north korea you know people who for instance may have been caught trying to leave the country or or smuggling goods or caught with a chinese mobile phone or you know any of these day to day infractions that really lead lendu into a difficult situation but in terms of accountability this is really something that the international community has to work on i mean we need more pressure from the

u.n. we need action at the u.n. general assembly we need action the human rights council we need action at the u.n. security council and so far we have not been seeing that phil robertson thank you. pakistani customs officials have seized $74.00 falcons during raids against smugglers in the southern city of karachi the birds all belonging to endangered species were illegally trafficked from afghanistan and were destined to be sold for high prices in arab countries. dozens of endangered falcons their heads hidden under leather hoods smuggled for the status they can for police said these birds were being taken from afghanistan to arab states when pakistani customs officials got word they swooped down on an upscale neighborhood in the port city of karachi 2 people were arrested. traffickers catch felton's in the

mountainous area along pakistan's border with afghanistan they sell them to rich buyers in the gulf states there the birds are trying to hunt prestige purchase for the privileged few. that there are $74.00 birds in total we estimate their value at around $200000000.00 rupees that's well over a $1000000.00 after the paperwork is completed the birds are supposed to be released back into their natural habitat. in japan climate change has brought more frequent and damaging storms increasing the risk of flooding in response engineers have built the world's largest flood water diversion facility just north of tokyo it's so cavernous in some parts it could submerge the statue of liberty. it looks like a cathedral or an ancient temple but this majestic structure isn't

a religious try and it's an important defense against flooding in the greater tokyo area. in this region when we have to rental rains we often have bad flooding. our streets and houses underwater even if it isn't a typhoon let's say the structure was filled with the aim of diverting floodwater. of gadhafi must. because okabe underground flood protection tank is the largest facility of its kind in the world supported by 500 ton pillars the main reservoir catches excess water from storms and typhoons which is eventually pumped into a nearby river. it's a true feat of engineering designed to save lives and livelihoods taking off here when we compare the situation before and after this reservoir was created if the number of houses damaged by floods has decreased by 90 percent.

japan is used to heavy rains especially during typhoon season which runs from may to october but experts say storms and floods are becoming more frequent and destructive because of global warming all over us in japan already has a climate which has a lot of rain and as prone to floods. now we face the risk of even more flooding or because we are experiencing much heavier rains. the government is preparing more underground structures are being built to protect tokyo and a giant facility similar to this one is being constructed in osaka expected date of completion 2044. just like cousin copy that play a crucial role in japan's anti flooding strategy. but they won't protect everyone

and with climate change accelerating japan's impressive storm drains can only be considered one line of defense. that's it for today we leave you now with more pictures from the protests in thailand with each of. combating the corona pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information and. our corona update. covert 19 special next on d w. i was here when i arrived here i slept with 6 people in

a room. it was hard i was for. i even got white hair. but if. this gets me. to interrupt let's say you want to know their story. her fighting and reliable information for margaret. the coronavirus pandemic has exposed the divisions in our societies. time and again we see the economic background effects the likelihood of one catching cold 19 people from less wealthy communities are more likely to have jobs that put them in harms way. working from home meanwhile is mostly the preserve of white collar

employees who are members of society to the face more risk of exposure living in tight quarters and finding distance a luxury. existing health problems also make the coronavirus more dangerous to the poorer parts of society. so what can be done to close the gap how can we ensure that everyone has the same chance of escaping the virus. welcome to the edge of those coven 1000 special i'm stephen beardsley in berlin good to have you with us work housing preexisting health conditions all play a role in our exposure to the corona virus as well as our vulnerabilities in the illness that develops from it that's what experts say that's also the lived experience of many in the pandemic the hardest hit neighborhoods take a look. test that's been watching his friend are looking for a crave the one that belongs to their friend danny he may have died of corona virus

has doesn't know for certain but downey is one of 41 friends that he's lost in the past 6 months all except one are black. and this really makes for words. because you know. pesca is a popular figure in the north london borough of hiring the 62 year old pensioner worked as a lecturer at the nearby university and does volunteer work where he can for example at a food charity for those in need he says he's seen how the black asian minority ethnic or being community has been especially affected by the pandemic. community. disproportionately in terms of numbers and that's why this. report in june by britain's department of health reasons for the many deaths among ethnic minorities as in the sponsible workers in hospitals food markets are. there

more exposed to the virus also housing conditions are often crowned risk factors such as diabetes or being overweight are also more widespread the chairman of the council of the british medical association is familiar with what has kept his experiencing and warns that the deaths will continue with the 2nd wave. it is that . in any nation to protect its population protect those that work lack of any action plan the lack of any implementation of clear recommendations that were made in june is extremely concerning. can't find his friends grave only close family members were allowed to attend his funeral pesca hasn't been able to say goodbye to any of his 41 friends who've died. the report mentions some of the risk factors facing poor communities during the pandemic tighter quarters preexisting health conditions and front line jobs let's

take a closer look at that last factor jobs fiza breakdown of job categories by the percentage of employees who can work remotely based on a study from the o.e.c.d. at the top. business administration with a whopping 3 quarters of workers able to stay home roughly in the middle teaching professionals and down at the very bottom mostly jobs that are considered low skilled like sanitation and cleaning now there are a mere one percent of workers able to do it from home and even that's hard to imagine. and i'm joined now by ricardo espinosa he's a policy analyst at the o.e.c.d. center for skills and peris ricardo's good to have you with us is it fair to say that the better educated you are the more likely you are to be off the front lines you know absolutely so where we found that there's a lot of evidence showing you that when it comes to tell you reach. those who are

this is a higher level of skills say for example those who have a tertiary education degree tomorrow much more likely to be able to work from home so. you know we see decent risk research about these issues and not only that we also try to how kind of trees to. there are part of the skills divide between those who can afford to stay home those who can perhaps there's already a skills divide before the pandemic wasn't there. absolutely so we've been hearing about the risk of automation or long time right so people are going to gradually be machines now the problem is that this pandemic might even accelerate this trend so you think of companies up to this and then try to automate as many jobs in order to protect themselves. against prices like this or a potential out there and then in the future so any but context it is very likely that those jobs or are currently performed by people who as

a lower level skills are likely to be automated 1st so in that sense i think that you have to map it and then it most people will probably. occur even much more than those this is highlighting the skills so widening the gap between hire and. what is the potential for retraining those who might be replaced by automated workers as you said. yeah absolutely so i think this is going to be a center if they didn't so i think you have to distinguish between the long term and the short term i think the short term there is the scope of governance or colonies to implement certain policies 1st of all to retain as many jobs as possible but also. to promote example. in managerial practices to share in i don't so management practices you know to allow workers to work from problem but it is so in the long term this will not be possible without thinking of

this charity to abseil and resteal the opposition so that's why in strengthening our learning system in general will be at the center of the debate and countries are working on in passing these large recovery bills right now have you seen any effort to already begin this conversation or at least even the funding for some of this retraining or is it too early. simply countries are reaching out to each personal to help to help i think the 1st episode help identify those were theirs and i think i will research once in that direction it's important for us to add it to other workers. high risk in the west we're able to identify it's a church to target the right incentives right measures were those. so you know this is actually a trend that we've seen over the past month or so countries are wary about this question of very short term they're looking at retaining as many jobs as possible but once the pandemic sort of the next i mean we'll see countries doing more and

more to strengthen their out of the system and they're really worried about this and this is something that should do in the coming years can we say that people will always be needed for those frontline jobs those those working with their hands kind of jobs that can't really be automated or tele worked out of. that they will be many jobs will not be automated right so i think it will be a transitional say which can take and 1520 years to move here which we will need a lot of many of this sort of management but the question is what do we do with this so i think we have to guarantee that these people are able to return safely to earth places but also we need to be able to believe you're able to move to a situation where the kind we're evil so that's why it's killing and risk killing iron crane skills to move to different positions example will be at the center of the debate and press up in 3 countries to to achieve all right

a crisis that's still developing right now of course some long term questions were correspond with o.e.c.d. breaking down for us thank you very much. right now it's time for your questions the part of the show where our sort of science correspondent eric williams and there's the questions you posted to our you tube channel over to you derek. how long is the incubation period for covert 9 teams. one of the reasons this virus turned into such a big problem so quickly was not just that it's pretty contagious the corona virus that causes sars for example seems to be just as contagious as sars co 2 with if not even a little more so but that at the demick petered out and the pathogen basically disappeared after around 6 months so so why didn't the same happen with this virus well to answer that we have to look at their respective incubation period stats the

amount of time that passes between the moment of infection and the time when a patient begins to show symptoms i'm so in other words the moment when you know that person is sick in both diseases health authorities say the incubation period is similar ranging from between $2.14 days and with an average of about 5 days the interesting thing though is not the length of the incubation period but what happens during that with sars patients generally hit their peak infectious period after they have begun to show symptoms and they didn't really seem to pass the virus along to others during the incubation period when they were unaware that they were carrying the pathogen so we were able to contain that virus effectively with isolation and quarantine in measures that's a key difference between it and source code to with covert 19 research shows that patients are contagious or maybe even most contagious in the last couple of days of

their incubate period so before they begin to show symptoms themselves and experts say those few critical days are one of the big reasons that will be unable to get to over 1800 control without a vaccine. for science correspondent williams there and don't forget that you can post your questions to derek on our you tube channel and if you'd like to keep up with the latest developments on the coronavirus to subscribe to our newsletter just log on to dot com slash corona newsletter. and finally when we end with some good news rare pink dolphins are making a comeback in the waters between hong kong and macau after ferry service was suspended due to pandemic scientists say the dolphins population has fallen by 70 to 80 percent in the past 15 years and one of the world's most industrialized

estuaries this year their numbers a bounce back as the pandemic means less disturbance to their habitat researchers say numbers are up by a 3rd in the area since march. all right richard of good news there thank you for watching our covert 1000 special that's it for me and the team here for more content dedicated to the pandemic. dot com slash drone of ours. thanks.

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