for to come for us they may share it's difficult to even imagine these pictures that we're saying are truly shocking how dramatic is the situation there right now letter back from the uk getting situation definitely is grim we had heard about 150 liberals who were working on one of the power of god that was hit and out of the barn to put it down as was on the down and that was all religious and means separating the banks of the river flooded down that would also have been hit thousands of meters from the region have already been evacuated the teams from the army the border police as well as disasters forces have been deployed that damage is being assessed and white authorities claim that what does that order to been got under control it was a new extent it's only when all this water actually receives that they will be able to assess the true extent of the damage as well as the loss of like he mentioned

the flooding there was terrifying because they were saying and has that flooding really been contained now are authorities expecting things to get worse. well as sort of a car tire that what they are insisting on of their people must not responding to the words about volatile flight even in such a determined information about the not apply because they want to be sure that it isn't false or at least some information has already been treated seeing that further down the the what it was because all of the danger robson is whole fish for the game invented for the down and there's also a little dance the year was taught by the storms little of the water was for want to be in that created it was effort however the parts of the world where the water has crashed through the bottom of the by generators going to the dams and what would have been severely damaged and that is where the disaster was once was and still be concentrating now we know from the eye when the eyewitness accounts that

it happened so fast that people didn't really have time to react when there are any warnings that something like this might happen no matter where they really don't have been immediate warnings that have been long gone what it's been given by look at. environmentalists as well as journalists who have pointed out that an emphasis on tourism in the event which has led to the wake up ruins as well as an emphasis on highly projects jangly to disasters it must be actually discontinued the garden what the government has actually been criticised for not coming down more heavily on these hyde park lines back in point 13 there was a massive flood at the sword in the region the market as an awful after all an eat out that is going to earthquakes and jalen births and the plain 13 episode caused the loss of all $5000.00 names and damages to $4500.00 villages so this is a positive action that does need attention and this disaster will be the focus back

on that fact. thanks very much for the update correspondent nimation in delhi. tens of thousands of people continue to protest in myanmar after a military coup almost a week ago the internet has now been restored after being cut for more than 24 hours but no one knows for how long the protesters are demanding the release of the country's detained elected leader aung san suu kyi. her just as a back on the streets of young gone for a 2nd day thousands marching against the military coup and me and. they used the 3 finger salute to signify their rebellion and carried ban is demanding the release of elected leader unsung suchi they say they had no choice but to take to the streets in support of democracy and against what they see as injustice. this is really unfair despite their landslide win in the election the military

staged a coup unilaterally and with accusations. to military staged an unfair could by a rest of the leaders elected by the people now students under the red fighting peacock flag have led revolutions in the past so we join today the protest as well . the red flag is that of unsung su cheese national league for democracy faulty and l.d. . bombing chief men on lighting seized power on monday alleging fraud in the election held on the 8th of november that vote resulted in a landslide victory for the n l d the country's electoral commission dismisses the army's accusations. footage of sunday's protests surged on social media despite the country battling internet blackouts the images show demonstrators out in large numbers some even facing off against secret police and military there to observe them many protesters say they

are determined to show they will not be intimidated. citizens have already made their demands by voting we are on the streets now to show that we are against a military dictatorship without fear. so far protests across the country have been largely peaceful however gunshots were heard in the southeastern town of yell what the uniformed police with guns charged a group of protesters there were no immediate reports of casualties. concerns are high that the unprecedented level of civil disobedience and me in march could cause a stronger military response. who i'm joined by learning is a filmmaker from joins me from the economic capital yangon disguising his identity for security reasons learned thanks so much for your time what is happening where

you are give us a sense of the mood there in yangon. thank you both. to do talking to you. and it's always. been what was it. again this morning there were a lot. we didn't know how many people. we saw a lot 'd. on the street. now you say you took part in one of those part what is the mood in those protests are people fearful of a hopeful or give us a sense of what it's like amongst them right so i think most people are on point. energy they're quite interesting about the protests because

they're seeing more and more people joining because yesterday there were only about 100 feet of them a small group relatively small still around too we weren't sure how many people will be here to be here but we were joined by a lot more also people who are a lot more hope for here they are more. in the whole year but also one side of them for example likely on hiding my identity because i'm also working on supporting the civil disobedience movement so i cannot risk my identity because in history we have this practice of little or no you cannot have. exposed. of course now of these protesters yourself included is a vocal minority or is this a rising groundswell a feeling that's felt more widely across through the community

right so i think in in media when we mainly see and all the supporters which is was also how was that on the ground but we have seen a lot of people not only who support and all the people you know all those people have joined for example or they were hearing i was there until you know who to the forecasters because most of us we have had this military regime for more than 6070 years and most of us don't want to go back so this is not about and all the forces no 2 this is about people in your mouth this dictatorship so that's just a mood right now. now the protesters are calling for the release of aung sun suu che of course the leader of the n.l. david she's an immensely popular figure across the country despite having a slightly tarnished reputation in the west in recent years but what does she

represent to the papal ma'am are. all according to what most of the most of the countries do support her and hope early on it's namely because you know people or harassed by one or single government for being so long so there. you have someone who is peaking for them who 'd is going to go for the against the system but again where they said it beings have been right also changing in a way post news more. and more young people would be more educated they have more access to information also the country and so we are all critical thinking more going on in the past so all of the ball especially young people they see this is not a ball of personal or. you can because they didn't want to eat candy of

course and they do want they don't want to work together and come together against this with the learner thank you so much for your time unfortunately we have to leave it there learn it from speaking to us from a yang on thanks very much. yes. and some sports now on both kansas city chase and the tampa bay buccaneers have the big names in sport but the buccaneers have 43 year old quarterback tom brady playing in the super bowl on sunday brady has won the super bowl many times and many consider him the greatest quarterback to ever play. the could be considered the michael jordan of the n.f.l. with 6 super bowl rings. the brady was drafted by the new england patriots in 2000 in the 6th round he was the 199th overall pick not one with

expectations attached to it although history proved brady to be a steal back in that draft the. was the was the. with brady at quarterback the patriots won an n.f.l. record 6 super bowls over the span of 2 decades the most recent was in 2019 many regard brady the best quarterback to ever play he holds several significant n.f.l. quarterback records. and his private life became a hot topic when he married supermodel just bench in in 2009 but there has been a blemish to his storybook life in 2014 brady was caught up in deflate game an accusation he manipulated footballs to gain an advantage the controversy

resulted in brady being suspended for 4 games in 2016. that same season brady engineer a rest but it is possible who is magical really rotten moves that and. whose roots are people and forwards who are on the way minus and critics like telling us the macros last august. decades on the topic of north korea remains a touchy subject. the world has passed judgement the country is beyond repair our preconceived ideas about the democratic people's republic of north korea remain firmly in place the the in a radical orwellian regime paranoid schizophrenic a place of modern day gulags. a red dynasty long headed by

a despotic film buff and now by his son whose courtly appearances topped with a singular haircut. and then there's the country's nuclear arsenal 'd a threat that makes the self-proclaimed innocent nations of the world tremble with fear. when it comes to north korea why do we so often resort to cliches in light of the difficult and often tragic situation the country's people find themselves in the hyperbole seems rather inappropriate. we're often told that foreigners are not permitted into the country that those who do manage to visit are not permitted to see much of anything and that those who do manage to see something should remember it's probably fake.

someone once insisted to us that there were no high rises in pyongyang. a disorienting claim given that one of us was living on the 24th floor of a building on quite a box street at the time. this film was shot over a period of 80. years by 3 people one of us is a translator of korean. between us we made more than 40 trips to north korea. but the film does not show prison camps or rocket launch pads that's forbidden as are images of soldiers construction sites shopping malls gambling pictures of people who do not have enough to eat and pictures of people who are eating avoiding these images is harder than it might seem.

entering north korea is still complicated but foreigners are permitted to travel and explore the country although they always have a local minder. visitors are not required to proclaim their loyalty to the state nor do they only see what the state permits them to see. and it's a myth that you'll never hear laughter in north korea. last. night.

as soon as we leave the city the roads are riddled with cracks and potholes. the bumpy journey is hard on. drivers and vehicles. that could explain why broken down trucks and buses are a common sight. depending on the season the workers in the fields might be harvesting wheat rice or potatoes although much of the country is mountainous the rest is primarily devoted to farming. north korea hopes to become economically

self-sufficient someday every square meter of available land is put to use even on the steep hillsides. but only barely 20 percent of the land is arable. or. her are not worth the time. this factory was not films in 1920 but in 2016 using a small camera while exploring the city of homs home. as so often in north korea appearances are deceiving. this is the country's largest fertilizer factory which kim il sung honored with more than 30 visits. it's recently been modernized in a bid to increase the productivity of the country's co-operative farms.

not for us to. co-operate farms like this one with its familiar oxcarts geese and ducks and the omnipresent red flags. another visit to a collective farm a year later. it's raining and everyone has gone to seek shelter. the productivity chart proudly displays the farms yields for. we take shelter in the living room of one of the farm workers she tells us about the bitter cold winters hot summers and the back breaking work in the rice fields her son is 14 small for his age she admits but the family has been through hard times. her son was born just as the great famine was ending behind her one of the country's ubiquitous historical melodrama says playing on t.v. . then she launches into

a vivid description of her visits to pyongyang. to cern families and. in addition to the muslim of the great need as i visited the museum of the revenue sion the amusement park near the neatest birthplace the revolutionary mount a cemetery the science and technology museum and the grounds people study house. i went everywhere. it's. anyone from the provinces who visits the capital comes here 1st the house where kim il sung was born the birthplace of the republic. and this is where it all started they say. the great leaders training as a revolutionary the resistance against the japanese the struggle against the evil landowners and collaborators. it's

a story that's very familiar to people here. and as kim il sung was the son of an ordinary peasant he's also venerated as a role model. this is a place of pilgrimage year round in the winter the buildings and grounds are decked in sober white. during our visit and 2011 we 1st saw a local visitors wearing brightly colored winter coats imported from china. by 2015 the classes of schoolchildren are wearing brand name sweatpants even though their sneakers don't quite yet make the grade. september brings the color of autumn and a pumpkin on the patched roof. who through the. everything is bigger more modern more beautiful we were told by the woman from the collective farm. the city has more of everything more light more shops more food more housing

more work more education more culture who wouldn't want to live here. the capitol is more than the epicenter of the state it's an icon. our farmer would probably have been told that these exemplary buildings are home to exemplary citizens scientists soldiers civil servants. some of the most eminent live on the glossy numerate or future scientists treat. for a farmer from a village without so much as a paved road this would be an impressive sight. and the people who live here seem to have plenty of time for leisure activities.

our visitor from the collective farm couldn't help but be dazzled by these high rises the most famous of which looks like an atom when viewed from above. and by the new district springing up around the city built with the labor of the country soldiers and workers. but it would be very unlikely that our visitor would ever set foot in one of these apartments reserved for the most worthy citizens. it's perfectly neat and tidy for the residents have fled the camera there's a computer cell phone books and a sewing machine. the balcony offers a view across the city in the midst of a real estate boom there's an abundance of color quite the contrast to the gray

that dominated here just 20 years ago. this real estate boom has given rise to a black market in pyongyang and other large cities. when the state awards a faithful follower with a new apartment they pass on the old one to the highest bidder for a choice location prices can easily top $100000.00 and only a fraction of that is taxes that ends up in state coffers karl marx might have called this the primitive accumulation of capital. of visitors to or might end with a trip to an amusement park or a water park one of kim jong un's priorities is building playgrounds for the people live. the entrance fee equivalent of 2 euros isn't cheap by local standards but everyone mingles and enjoys themselves even the adults get into the swing of things.

only lose i will tell you i came with my group but i don't know where my coworkers are. now i'm looking for them even if you will do for them and use you for your very small. time jordan would i do you good i work in a large coal mine an hour away from pyongyang i can't come often because of my work . was lost to you a little today we visited the great leaders muscly i'm so i stop by here. i like to come to pyongyang to relax after having fun like this work comes more easily i. want what are you looking at go play through the. we've never been abroad but now

we have lots of water parks even at home in our province north of pyongyang who wants more you didn't look for you know carnival modifies we will become the best in the world without anyone's help just by our own hands but we'll just i don't i don't know. any more questions where the best come from. some of the rural visitors seem a bit lost in the crowd home but since many people don't know how to swim no one really notices. but on state television nowadays people can even tune into swimming lessons. the sun is beginning to set a good time to visit the city's main amusement park beyond pyongyang's arch of triumph. like everywhere in north korea filming anything to do with the military is

banned but hard to avoid because soldiers are everywhere. i some might call this nothing but bread and circuses but it's far more than that there's hardly a north korean who doesn't dream of living in pyongyang and every resident of pyongyang is terrified of being expelled from the city for some. ghoulish mistake forcing them in their family to live in exile for a few years or for the rest of their lives in a place where they'll have less of everything. with its lights and sights pyongyang inspires loyalty. people flock to the parks and swimming pools to enjoy what is the most attractive city in the country. and even the world for the people who live here at least since their world ends at the

north korean border. we've never witnessed a birth in north korea but we've seen plenty of weddings or wedding preparations to be more precise like this professional photo shoot for the happy couple is posing in front of the yanks most iconic locations. it's monsoon season which means 38 degrees celsius and a very humid. as you can take it has elicited the bride and groom 1st went to the

statues of the great leaders. then we came to the flower park you see here near the water fountain so one. minute soldiers usually like to pose in front of military monuments if you like the monument to the victorious fatherland liberation war. what the wedding video doesn't show or the many people who helped make this happy event possible. thank. you for what it says to the folks. in north korea most marriages are arranged through matchmakers it's their job to find the ideal marriage partner who will also be suitable to the families. although marrying for love is just starting to trend arranged marriages are still the norm one result is that people usually marry within their own social class. for many decades the

country's elite was dominated by the revolutionary comrades of kim il sung and their descendants. at the bottom of the social order were the families of people who had collaborated with japan and their descendants. in between were some 40 subclasses who were not permitted to marry outside their rank. the end of kim il sung's regime the famine under kim jong il and the partial disintegration of both state and party that followed not only shook the country but also its traditional social hierarchy. this helped loosen the stringent marriage rules. today the most desirable professions for a husband are scientist diplomat the military and of course business professionals . for years women traffic police were highly sought after on the marriage market. but

they're seen less often now with the installation of traffic lights. young couples are expected to have children and their education will be put in the hands of the state at an early age. the country boasts a reported literacy rate of 100 percent a success the. is attributed to the revolution. the most important school subjects are math physics music and singing korean and the lives of the great leaders. from kindergarten on children are subjected to a rigorous selection process the best students spend their holidays taking part in sports at the young pioneer camps. they're here ron. ron was.

my. son. 7 c when we arrive at the stadium a competition is underway each side is cheering on its team. the young charges aren't wearing the standard lapel pins bearing the images of the great leaders there on holiday and children under 16 aren't obliged to wear them for a 5 didn't get through are a good idea for a good idea ira. then it's time for the tug of war there are all. the evil american soldier in the middle is tough he's already made it through several tournaments ira 6

i i. i i i read. finding a good husband having a successful career these topics are far more interesting to most north koreans than the endless propaganda they are exposed to getting married is important and it's also the focus of the sitcoms that are broadcast on a giant screen at a central railway station the local stand here to watch them in the middle of december even in a chilly minus 15 degrees celsius. who who who are. there is also an ad for automaker p.r. which means peace and curry and the company was founded by sun myung moon's

unification. in church but has been fully owned by the state since 2013. the. people. who want. the. the sitcoms betray a politically correct world the individual matters only as a part of the collective we're being a good worker is what counts. in the winter everyone is responsible for a stretch of road no matter how much snow has fallen it has to be cleared. that's why scenes of people scraping snow and ice off their patch of road before heading off to the office are a common sight in the winter. for

some unknown reason we had to wait for years before our guides allowed us to film in parks. more on bowling park is a popular place for sunday outings at something like north korea's central park and . we wondered why permission to film here took so long. people drawing park scenes hardly seen like a state secret. then there are also shooting ranges. dancers. and lots of picnics. on public holidays the state sometimes distributes meat and beer. i. think that.

kind of. like. what. 6 these pensioners free of family and professional obligations are enjoying a day out. i was. there free style of dancing is not easily defined and has the air of a show moniker ritual. in 1956 filmmaker chris marker who was part of the 1st french delegation to visit the north after the korean war recorded almost identical scenes of workers dancing by a train factory. that

does leave only stands to more and bang park and you when you did learn us how we can play with full mcconnell makes. it more easily meet every sunday to down. you know your mother not. like. i did a lesson thank you. why don't you stand down for this. the district next to the park is nicknamed little dubai at 1st sight it looks like a kind of commuter suburb but appearances are deceiving. all sorts of things are hidden behind these tinted windows electronics stores pharmacies banquet halls supermarkets and huge. selection of bars and restaurants.

this television ad sings the praises of a luxury supermarket so heavily airconditioned the staff wear warm jackets it's well stocked with everything from swiss chocolate to olive oil french and italian wines and imported fruit. the elegant restaurants up

stairs are popular with the don't jews the money masters as the newly affluent are called they serve up sushi cappuccino a $20.00 steak north korea is no longer an empty consumerist state quite the opposite for those who can afford it. north korea's party newspapers don't publish restaurant reviews yet but given the number of restaurants barbecue joints and snack bars cropping up everywhere around the country that's probably not too far off. is the north korean obsession with food a remnant of the arduous march the famine that ravaged the country between 1942000 causing somewhere between. half a 1000000 and

a 1000000 deaths. back then even the word restaurant was considered taboo. came into power he promised the north koreans they would never face such deprivation again. now food has become a sign of success an important part of the culture almost as much as in south korea . we come across a 2800 press release from the official north korean news agency. it reads from the 2nd to the 4th of april the 23rd cooking festival took place at the pyongyang noodle house marking the day of the sun the birthday of president kim il sung. if there's anything north koreans excel at it's parades. each time military

experts around the world scrutinized the missiles mounted on the vehicles imported in violation of u.n. sanctions. others analyze the slogans or ponder the differences between parades over 3 generations of rulers kim il son his son and his grandson. but there's one constant over the years the images of north koreans cheering on their leaders. it takes weeks of practice to make these living mosaics. normally filming rehearsals is forbidden. north korea only likes to display finished products choir painting. a missile or a reform. but it's

a tempting scene. since 5 30 in the morning students have been out on every square in the city practicing for the upcoming parade. all of pyongyang its main roads pass through kim il sung square. it's obligatory to slow down when passing in front of the portraits of the great leaders so the temptation to reach for our cell phones and cameras is high. we observe the portraits as they observe us. during our 1st visits here we were like many foreigners intrigued by their omnipresence. but the more often we visited the less we noticed them. up. the same does not apply to north koreans cyclists are required to dismount from their

bikes and look upon the statues of their leaders. cars must slow down. 6 6 passers by turn to gaze at the images.