what's your story. 'd 'd especially in victims of violence. take part and send us your story trying always to understand this new culture. you want to become citizens. in full migrants your platform for reliable information. this is the news issue coming up today as one talk continues its old are good citizens. this time it's against the ethnic corrent people of the country southeast thousands have been forced into jungles to fear the new crackdown plus. people living in taiwan voice that opposition to the military's clampdown on democracy.

and democracy is united in the shadow of growing chinese assertiveness india and the united states to emphasize the growing defense posture in the pacific. i'm going to welcome to news asia glad you could join us it's not just me in most cities that are witnessing a military crackdown but increasingly its border as well an army offensive in the southeast and couldn't stay it has forced some 8000 ethnic korean civilians to flee into the jungle aid groups say they are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance. just one of many ethnic groups in the country that have faced oppression from the military for more than 7 decades and a ceasefire in 2012 side with the government hasn't evolved to do much on the ground. a life in hiding these jungle simiane more has become

a makeshift shelter for thousands of ethnic corrent villages the army. humanitarian organization say they're safe for now but the situation could worsen very soon. as they get displaced they've got to eat it can't go back and start their crops they can't prepare for the next meal they get we get their animals once they're out moving into the searing month small stream people get sick and so they need medicine military activities aimed at dominating the qur'an state started in 2017 they were scaled up dramatically in recent months as to groups own army trying to fight back. the qur'an belong to more than a dozen other ethnic groups across myanmar that have sought great autonomy for more than 6 decades at times the groups and gauged in armed conflicts with the military regime and later the civilian government. many eventually reached ceasefire deals

with the government including the qur'an in 2012. but before they came up with the compressed hands of political resolution the government was deposed by fabrice military coup. was no no no. no. no despite the challenges the village is attempting as well as they can build an ambush eltis and organizing school classes in the open and with no prospect of a quick return keeping their spirit up as more crucial than that. across asia outre defense of. democracy continues in taiwan many people have

banded together to demand the tone of the elected government. this is what people in the amazon. and they want the military out. 9 hundreds gathered on a weekend in taiwan to show solidarity with the n.c. coupe protests at home. they also prayed for those in clashes with security forces . the rally was organized by myanmar exiles in taiwan 54 year old cocoa not talk is one of them his calling for international intervention. the death toll is going up every day the military is acting like terrorists. no one in myanmar accept that but there is no way to stop them no unless through international pressure i hope the united nations the united states will help us.

coco and i talk flights to taiwan 33 yes ago he lives on what's known as me i'm a street in taipei his morning routine remains unchanged in his new country starting with a cup of tea but since the february coup his days began with warre. on the back of the canned milk cheese used to be very sweet as it is a taste of home to go out of the field but over the past 50 days milk tediousness read anymore back here only bitterness and pain and because of all the brutalities and sufferings at home he was born into a military family in yangon on and some parts of the gentile as a kid but everything changed in 1988 last studying at yangon unified city he witnessed more than 30 students shot dead during the uprising he sat at breakfast hot to see history repeating as south so the whole go to how many me and mark people have to die until the world sees us as of this morning 251 people have died

and that's only the disclosed information we have by their lives matter i'd rather us the older generation die for them i'm willing to die for the sake of the future of my beloved we enlarge our borders. coco and i talk now what's with the young people from yemen here in taiwan they translate me among us on line and send money home to support the civil disobedience movement public feels that it's been 60 years since the junta took power all that and they've made us a backward country. do we have to endure another 60 years. we failed in the 19621988 uprising since we must help our younger generation when this time i'm very determined probably taught you that this is my life's mission. and many from e.m.r. feel the same that the protests must go on and see a military rule is over. the

united states have emphasized their growing military cooperation during talks between u.s. defense secretary lloyd alston and see no indian officials over the weekend austin headed to delhi off stops in south korea and japan india is emerging as a key strategic partner for the united states as joe biden seeks to realign u.s. policy to deal with china with the help of alliances and like minded. and at the top of my agenda i want to convey the bottom harriet's administration's message of our strong commitment to our allies and partners india in particular is an increasingly important partner among today's rapidly shifting international dynamics and i reaffirm our commitment to a comprehensive and forward looking befits partnership with india as

a central pillar of our approach to the region. our discussions budi focused on why he didn't get defense cooperation and expanding military to ability to get been across that he says information city cooperation in the imagine for a soft defense and stick support b.d.d. route the white guy might tough bite and might be different from faces and greet to punish you you know hans cooperation with that you do if you don't come on come on and africa come on and joining me for more is manoj joshi he's with the think tank the observer to such in delhi welcome mr dorsey now the deepening oath in the u.s. defense cooperation has been highlighted by both sides during this visit why is this so important. well 1st of all from the american point of view there is

a new administration and the new administration is trying to craft the new china policy and that china policy. at the center of it all is what the americans call the indo-pacific strategy and so you saw that in this visit general austin initially visited so korea and japan along with secretary of state clinton and then he came away today he would has been committed and sullivan went to alaska where they had 2 plus 2 talks dialogue with the chinese so you can see that this is part of a larger construct. that the united states has and in that i think india please a very important rule. because you all probably know pacific. you all. essentially what the american the trying to do is somehow or the other. i want you

to work containment of china but the link of the biden administrator. and its official say that we would hope complete jan. the engagement is one merely a security related response but a response that cuts across various levels in the sense of spoken of all of. cooperation involving india and japan and spoken about technology about emerging technologies it has spoken about. humanitarian relief and. infrastructure construction so this is not our lead a different strategy from the one that will adopted by the trumpet ministration and what the the us is trying to do is not always to fill in those kind of blanks that are out there and tried to get everyone together and that's one of india's concern india's is very important because of its size and off its economic potential there

is no other country in the pacific region which matches india so what exactly is india's role in this in new emerging partnership and alliance network in now the in the pacific the one issue is of course about i said that in your size because when you look at other partners when you look at japan when you look at australia simply not up to it in the sense step japan has historical issues with china it just doesn't have the kind of heft that that india has at times past its constitution restricted in some ways not in play or security at all but in partnership with various countries if they work in coalitions you know they are able to compete with china in a range of areas and that's i think just concern. india the country that seeking

investment. in the present kind of an indoor pacific policy what we're seeing is that the united states are talking about you know they're creating new new worlds some play chain initiatives so there's an australia japan india initiative that is a u.s. reach going to merging technologies so india is hoping to pick up there. that if there is a movement away of companies from china there is a shift from there india hopes to benefit from that and also talk about her for leave it there for the time being thank you so much for joining us from delhi manoj joshi thank you. and that's if it is of course more on did over dot com forward slash believe in all the images connected to our top story the long running conflict between the military ethnic korean people in southeast.

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pandemic. the rate of infection. measures or. what does the latest research say. special monday to friday. coming up on. testing the waters for down a study in berlin ways the logistics of safely reopening cultural venues all reports it was one of the guinea pigs and a case in front spots debates about freedom of speech and academic questions that

turn these them a favor the students saying he's a fascist he says it's about terminology. now if you're anything like me i expect you aching for cultural life to get back to normal like to be some way off but when lock downs are finally eased how much will the news and the public need to change their behavior to keep everyone safe that's exactly what a study carney wanting here in berlin seeks to test. and historic evening the berlin on some both in berlin opens its doors for the eager theatregoers here require a negative. chain test. the additional hurdle of getting tested and wearing masks throughout performances has not dampened infusion as some. have it get us back to normal

life more than happy and pleased to do that we're happy to drive this out i mean if the turf. if it works and never did it by the way with him off yeah i hope performance so that's really going to be hard but on the other hand i mean we would see if there can be cooperate in you know sort of new rules per procedure. you have to present your personalized ticket your passport and your negative test results before being allowed in. being back in a room with 350 people is exhilarating. it's a longing for culture and hue are the proof of this because you are the ones who booked tickets within the 1st 4 minutes of going on sale. ok let's go to. the moment we've all been waiting for for so long has

a raw eved. and i'm joined now by my colleague adrian kennedy adrian you were the lucky guy who got to be there when the curtain 3rd finally rose again in berlin i have to stand quite jealous tell us what it was like well it was fantastic and i felt privileged to be part of it to be part of a vanguard of hardcore theatre fans who stood patiently for about half an hour in the freezing cold panic panic karpov benjamin's to quite a good choice play with music rock songs mainly from the german scene lindenberg at one point in the performance one of the actors and. what finally is to be back on the stage and this was met with spontaneous applause it was a very emotional occasion as i think you can see but this is unfortunately not the

end of the lockdown and there were some strict rules right that's why it's important to stress this is only a pilot project just to test the feasibility of a particular concept in berlin 9 performances at 7 venues once they are as it stands cultural venue's will remain closed while this concept is evaluated and the tests are an important part of that concept right that's right and the way it works is that when you buy your ticket you are redirected straight away to the test registration site you get a q.r. code and you book your test you have to be tested no more than 12 hours before the show if you are sensitive now is the time to look away it's not pleasant but it is in just a few seconds then you get a new code which takes you to home page where you get your results within 20

minutes or so ok just quickly i do and there. other venues also taking part in the projects for opera houses a club and was also a concert at the berlin film only concert whole $1000.00 lucky fans got to enjoy the berlin film like orchestra and the bass on of q train car it's come out right now there is even kennedy thank you for being a guinea pig and coming to tell us all about it my colleague i do thank you. as similar experiments are taking place in other countries like the netherlands thousands of revelers there have taken part in so-called field labs the trials are intended to test drive safety measures such as pre-testing and contacts monitoring the fun comes with a price tag payable only do a negative coronavirus test festival goers are also given devices to monitor their

movements and their contacts. apparently only a handful of participants tested positive for the virus after those events. and you can look across the pond for a glimpse of what could be to come from a pool arts venues in new york can reopen at reduced capacity in the run up artists have been taking part in a scheme to kickstart theatre it's called n y pop ups and it sees artists performing unannounced in the open air. dancing with a breathtaking backdrop in front of a live audience is the moment choreographer phoebe berglund and her company have waited a year for. it's a lot today because we've been through so much during the winter and it's finally spring and we're really grateful that we've made it through pandemic in the winter which has been really really hard. and so it's spread of an overwhelming feeling.

york is still recording thousands of new covered cases each day. and yet with more and more vaccinations the city is slowly awakening from its long sleep i. finally got it to come back at the old if i had to go in there i'm going to i never know yeah it's going to be very good i think new yorkers funding concerts in museums garages public squares and empty shop windows some of the performers are famous the performances are unannounced to keep . huge crowds from forming. that's how the new york cops initiative aims to keep the culture alive and with a little luck passers by can get a special treat like here at times square on. museums and movie theaters are slowly opening back up restaurants to at 50 percent capacity. stores at times square are open to people here are taking their masks

seriously they've become a part of new york's vibrant cultural scene that's once again showing vital signs. in new york. new york is like an energy bar there's always something going on like today there was just a performance here over there another performance 3 or 4 going on at the same time that's what makes it new york. and if it means wearing a mask to tap into that energy once again that's a price new yorkers are willing to pay. now to farnsworth college lecturer has been branded a fascist by students after he questioned usage of the term islamophobia the case has sponsored a new debate about freedom of speech and about the recent trend of so-called council culture which sees people ostracized for voicing unpopular opinions. the grenoble institute of political studies this is where the conflict erupted over

a planned conference titled anti semitism racism and islamophobia professor of german klaus kinski took issue with that name saying the term islamophobia shouldn't be used on par with the other 2 terms because. if you make statements that are anti semitic or racist you can be prosecuted but the term islamophobia doesn't exist in criminal law. made further arguments against the term islamophobia and the word was removed from the event title students and instructors responded with outrage on social media they didn't just question consumers arguments they called him a right wing extremist. after another professor defended can protesters pasted posters on campus calling both fascists. they believe the professors don't care about anti muslim discrimination. just like when attended we

expect an apology at the least for what these professors have done to us if we get one then we can rethink our demands for sanctions but for now we're far from getting an apology. french security forces consider the protests dangerous after a case last october when an islamist extremist murdered french schoolteacher sami right by a tea party have taken the stance that freedom of expression also mans the freedom to mock religion including islam. french police see parallels between that case and counsellors now professor kessler is receiving special police protection. this hatred and it is a form of hatred won't go away so soon. i will be teaching again online at 1st and hopefully in person starting in september but i think i'll

be persona non-grata for the next 4 years until i retire at some point. the protesters have put professor kessler under enormous pressure because he questions the term islamophobia. political scientist cause leg of the sees it as an attack on freedom of speech and tolerance a case of what many call council culture. is. not as council culture is when you exclude a person whose opinion you don't want to hear at a podium or in an article in a tweet or whatever. oath that you cancel their appearances because their opinion is unwelcome and because you think you're protecting others who could feel offended by their opinion. and. critics or can. so culture compare it to authoritarian regimes in which certain

groups decide what other people are allowed to say and think thought crimes as described by author george orwell and the dystopian novel 1984 about a world where free thought is banned. as is and judicious me sick it's a phenomenon typical of cults that's now encroaching on society as a whole and it works especially well on social networks or anti social networks as i often call them when you only want to have anything to do with people of the same persuasion. mention mind. for now the grenoble institute of political studies is still the scene of polemics and protest the institute's director has called for a return to level headed debate but the discourse is still far from calm.

finally captain kirk is a no no generic no that's not a creature from outer space it means canadian actor william shatner who famously played as turns 90 shatner is best known of course for the psi 5 phenomena in star trek but he's also had award winning roles in t.v. film and theater he's also directed the g.'s to britain and he's even been a singer. and that's all we've got time for thanks for watching arts and culture and see you next time.

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