d. w. south asia bureau chief. i'm right. a cima told us how india is marching this anniversary. they've been prayers in rituals at the raj car. that's the place where gandhi was committed a day off his assassination. we've also just come back from the place where he was assassinated, a bit law house, and there you had hundreds of children gathered. there were going to recite present thing, gandhi's favorite hymns. then of course tributes have been boring and you mentioned the prime minister in that in that or more the also the lead of the opposition and as we gandhi from the congress party that is gone. these are party paid tribute to gandhi's tremendous legacy and newspapers. of course, also carrying a lot of articles, analyzing the relevance of gandhi in today's india. where remind us of the details of that tremendous legacy, both nationally and globally of gandhi said, the biggest legacy that gandhi left is his struggle for freedom for india. and that also completely through non violent moves, non violent struggle. and he also what he called civil disobedience and the uniquel

d w. you're watching d. w news, asia coming up south korea's exhausted labor force pushed to the brink. the government is now announcing new labor laws, it claims will give workers a break, but will it really change things? and celebrating this weekend's lunar new year away from home, d, w, visit some hong kong exiles in taiwan. plus the malaysian female fighter, who has vested men and women in the ring. her name is phoenix, and she is definitely rising. ah, i melissa chan, thanks for joining us. well, in south korea, people work a lot. that's pretty much an understatement. more than 18 percent of koreans work more than 50 hours a week and anecdotally the hour seemed to be much, much worse in an attempt to shake up the work life balance. the government is set to announce a labor reform bill next month, which it says will give workers more flexibility, though tired workers are not sure how much it might help. what's on the lunch menu for office workers in sol, typically 40 winks at an epic cafe, where overworked office staff can have a rest. so she'll, as i look it up though, i usually t

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south korea shows that disagreements around national policies still persist. dr. dp good assoni is an epidemiologist, an expert on global health. joining us today from perth, australia, welcome to d w. news asia. i'd like to start by taking a look at what a growing number of countries are doing, asking travelers from china for a negative test or screening them. pre departure. south korea for one says that this is based on science. do you think these requirements make sense from a public health perspective? i think generally, so the link travel does make sense if it's a sort of comprehensive surveillance from all regions to keep an eye on what radians are coming in and to reduce the number of cases of infection coming in. but it only makes sense if it's done comprehensively across of all because we know, for example, that are really concerning the areas that are growing. for example, the u. s. canada and across europe. and you know, there are no sort of update about adjusting policies from there. and it also makes sense only if there are domestic measures that also reduce the rate of spread. because we know that nobody measure is perfect. so cases will enter even if it's the cases of a new var

d, w, and use asia. long work hours leave little time for kids that a problem for many south korean workers will new lever rules help people choose babies over time in the office and leader new year in exile on conquerors in taiwan . fear going home for this annual family holiday. so they're making the best of it far from home. a colleague melissa chan had those stories and more after a short break. i'm marion evans team. i'll be back with more headlines at the top of the hour from me and the entire news team. thanks for watching issues with lots of great.

d, w use asia coming up to date. who's the greatest security challenge? china and it's military activities in and around asia or north korea and it's nuclear threats against the south than the us here on display by killing yags troops and their leader, kim jong on ah, and from japan, a story of survival. the country's rural railways struggle as pasadena was full, so operate as to finding other weights to keep on rolling. ah, i beg for sewland welcome. north korea should in the new year, vowing to mass produce battle field, nuclear weapons targeting south korea and introduce a more powerful intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking the united states made. but then sol brought up the prospect of joint nuclear exercises with the u. s. president joe biden denies. they have been talks between the allies, south korea reconfirming tuesday that they are in discussions following the height and threats from the north. we've also received use that south korea carried out a solid fuel rocket test last week. the defense ministry says it was part of efforts to build a space based surveillance capability and bolster its defense posture. it didn't notify the public ca

d, w, use asia coming up to date, who's the greatest security challenge? china and it's military activities in and around asia, bull, north korea, and it's nuclear threats against the south that the us here on display by kill yags troops and their leader kim jong.