a dangerous death 3 years that would change the world for ever. let jillions journey around the world. september 7th. on d w. you're watching d w news asia coming up today, a mystery ship docs in sri lanka and there's concern. what is the chinese shift doing there, and what is its purpose? we'll take a closer look. and will the biggest pop stars in the world be forced to put a pause on their careers to become soldiers? ah,

i melissa chan, thanks for joining us in sri lanka, a chinese ship has dock at the port of ham and total too much controversy because india and the united states sought to stop the ship from coming. according to the pentagon, that class of vessels is operated by the chinese military and can be used to monitor satellite rocket and ballistic missile launches. china says the ship is a science ship that conducts marine research. ultimately, the government permitted the ship's entry. china, as a reminder, is a major lender to sri lanka. the oak and quizzed china our longstanding friend to assist us in respect to the over this and fit good. i am a bill out as soon as possible and provide with some meaningful digital phone. we have pucker se out on a move to joining us. he's the executive director of the center for policy alternatives. well done that to the program. i guess it does seem

a little strange for india and the u. s. 2 pressure sri lanka on this, or after all, you are a sovereign state, you can do whatever you want, right? and so what i'm wondering is why did columbo appear to spend a few days deciding whether this chinese vessel can come to port? but i think the 1st into motion to sri lanka was out when the previous president was in office. and i don't think it even went to the foreign minister. it was decided out a divisional level at the falling ministry. so i think what sri lanka wants to do was to establish a kind of cooling off period in which it could re balance our relations between china and india. and so with the ship coming, india has given us 2 claims, said she'll take, we have the military ship coming into the harbor at ham man plotter and it's

already arrived. and we have to cleanse that india has given us, which have also arrived. i mean, the point i think here is, is that sri lanka wants to maintain an independent non aligned foreign policy. we are extremely grateful to india for the assistance they've given us in terms of the current economic crisis. we need chinese assistance in terms of agreeing to a haircut with regard to the staff agreement with more about sri lanka, relationship with china. well, i mean, it's really old relationship with china and many debts back to in terms of the independence agreement. in 1952 where we exchange a rubber for their rice ab, during another period of sort of economic depression or crisis. so the relationship has very good. it got locked lock better and probably got imbalanced in china's

favor. when the raj boxes delayed to put a, relied upon the chinese for diplomatic protection against the war, crowns allegations and international flora. and also for infrastructure development, a fair amount at which we're vantage of projects. and as a consequence, because those vanity projects did not provide results, which enables sri lanka to peer back the amounts of money and rested or borrowed. we'd then had to borrow even more. and then when we couldn't do that, we gave the land to the chinese on a lease. now the had been thought a port as you know is on a 99 year lease to be chinese. so in the roger boxer era, as it were, we, the balance of power was weighted very heavily in terms of our relations with the chinese, the current crisis where india has been absolutely superb in coming to our rescue has sort of re aligned that policy considerably. very quickly and do we know

why that ship is in port? it says it's a marine research ship, but you also mentioned it is a military ship. well, i mean, it may have got something to do with the recent her incidence in the taiwan over taiwan. but i also showed the chinese to send out a message that look, this harbor is under our lease, and we therefore have rights to go to the honda. i am the you assistant military ship still sri lanka, the indians, who so you know, it's not the sort of extraordinary in that respect. got it back, a se over at 7 am to thank you so much for joining us. ah. shed celebrities get special treatment. should they, if they are a globally famous group, like b t s, and arguably, one of south korea, greatest cultural ambassadors, get

a pass to years of mandatory military service are required there. and the boy band faces the possibility of disappearing into the barracks as d. w reports bundled with ela, a parliamentary debate in soul on a key matter of national defense, a policy issue close to the hearts of pop fans in south korea and beyond. if k pop boy, bond bts are required to do their military service, will they be confined to barracks and disappear from view? well, there's a chance, it might not happen. what is the youth about him if you, even if they join the military, you there be a way to give them a chance to practice and perform together if they're scheduled concerts abroad. pandora was good news for the fans. all young physically fit south korean man must do 21 months of military service, a legacy of the korean war which ended nearly 7 decades ago. technically south or north korea signed an armistice, but never a peace treaty. the korean peninsula remains heavily militarized.

do 3. the idea of the pop stars, a soldier has a long history in popular culture. when u. s. rock and roll legend, elvis presley entered the army in 1958. the day became known as black monday. but the king of rock'n'roll service did much to boost the public perception of the military. b t. s could even benefit from taking up arms. south koreans who do their military service are very popular. people highly value art is serving in the military and this may boost their popularity completely upon in 2011 south korea's modern day elvis counterpart rain made a public display of his loyalty when he was forced to join a 29 dodging the draft. certainly doesn't go down well with the public. meanwhile, there are special rules for sports stars. tottenham hotspur, footballer, son young men, was exempted from service because he had won

a medal at the asian games. but he still had to complete 3 weeks. basic is turning 30 in december, this year. legal revisions and 2019 allowed globally recognized k pop stars to put off their service until 30 dot said the rigors of military life might prove a challenge for b t. s. in june, the 7 member band and as to break from group musical activities to pursue solo projects, pleading exhaustion. joining us as to mar herman arthur of b t. s. blood, sweat, and tears. welcome to the program. so we're not hoping for any blood but plenty of sweat and possibly some tiers for these guys. if they spent 2 years in the military and i wonder how likely is it, they'd have to serve the full 2 years. yeah. you're actually a short term a few years ago. so now it's typically a little shorter,

usually around 18 months left. you a special ed program during the marine. so that is still serving but can't live nowadays. start to lift are able to media or so hopefully the time will be there won't be to any cure. and please note, i wonder how, how disruptive would this potentially be in a report we mentioned the pop star rain and how he did his time in the military did that impact his career? what's your take on this b t s. had to spend any time away traditionally pre in saying or do they tend to have their career tend to take that off in a big promotional come back. so you really need

a little i have to be concerned about that rain are still usually popular and 3 and a huge you know, now a different generation of career anyway. but at the time it was quite stressful. and so we now have a different paradigm where we are doing anything back in promoting normally but it will still start to see how it good and how they pull it off. and i think it necessarily i wonder how would it be regarded? i mean, how is it regarded in south korea that some people get special treatment and sir far less time? it huge today. almost bulk, all military service is a huge issue with the younger generation of people to

actually fill all of the military company to try to allow for what can happen including generation. so just in general, military, hugely ferry debate and public right now who gets, or at least can get, depending on what they, how they feel. usually they need this and the answer is they can be eligible. if you study certain things, you can delay if you're reading your belly lay only bank level to so people you know, typically go and they come back and they continue their life. so it's a pretty normal life. then for grand young men to take time out of their career or there are still special people. there are attendance or high by and

large, most of the be around the see obviously bts, you know, do deserve some special treatment people's perspective just because what they do and then leave to have this conversation about why are there for some people and others like yours right now to get there right military and left kind of discouraged because just starting to be just generally not just easier to my herman. thank you so much for joining us. that's it for wednesday. thank you for watching. see to miles ah hello guys. this is the 77 percent the platform for africa. you to defeat issues and share ideas. you know,

all these channels. we are not afraid to talk to and then he keeps talking. young people clearly have the solution, good. future loans to the 77 percent. every weekend and d w. did we've tina a saxophone operator who were her master's thesis on the potato marine to read a not the turn on. well, it gets more ridiculous from there. you don't you literature list 100 german most screen ah, meagre bud resilience despite driving prices for energy and other supply chain problems, the use economy grew last water. meanwhile, concerns about germany,

the blocks biggest economy. our market also coming up, is it simply increased scrutiny by authorities, or is there more to the d listing of 5 major chinese companies from the new york stock. and we'll show you how euro, why manage to get almost all of its energy from renewable sources. and what price the south american countries paying for that? i'm chris kolber on berlin. welcome to the program. the use economy grew slightly less than expected from april to the end of june and mid soaring energy and food prices. in the 2nd quarter of the blocks gross domestic product and creased by 0.6 percent compared to the 1st 3 months of the year. according to the latest official figures, economies of the netherlands romanian sweden grew exceptionally strong while germany's stagnated. europe's largest economy is feeling the pain of reduced russian gas. most fears that gas rationing could devastate the german economy are

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