i'm melissa chan you're watching news asia thank you for joining us this week marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall and you might wonder what does that have to do with this program well some 60000 compatriots from communist vietnam worked in east germany in 1989 and when germany unify many opted to stay some sought asylum especially those who believed more in the capitalist system others married germans were gardeners how they stayed on many faced hostility for their decision. quanto always dreamed of owning her own restaurant in 1976 the then 19 year old came to former east germany for vietnam. nor for me it was my white flower dress represented germany because it was given to me by german aid workers. so when i got the job training offer i immediately said yes i had no idea what i was getting myself into. it was the. release. she liked life in east germany vietnamese people were considered to be very industrious but after her job training. had to return to a vietnam that had been destroyed by war. then in 1987 she was offered the opportunity to return to east german

i'm melissa chan you're watching news asia thank you for joining us we tend to think of the internet with its limitless amounts of information as access to news to education to enlightenment as users learn more about the world going digital means you cross borders and those connections foster more interest standing but it's more complicated than that china has 800000000 internet users but the authoritarian state has walled off parts of its internet ok but how about a democracy such as india with its 450000000 users while the country struggling with a lot of online this information the internet as it turns out doesn't necessarily make people smarter and we have pyloric to explain more she's a digital anthropologist and author of the next 1000000000 users digital life beyond the west pile the. the framework of in terms of looking at the internet especially by the creators and the early adopters was that it was a tool for education and access to information that's been the framework that we've mostly looked at but what has your research found in terms of actual user behavior you know so

i'm melissa chan you're watching the news asia thank you for joining us we take a look at southeast asia and its fight against diseases such as malaria and dengue fever along with its efforts to be polio free consider the mosquito it's probably the deadliest animal for humans not the tiger or shark 1600000000 people in the region are at risk and the w.h.o. says there were 1240000 cases of malaria in 2017 the latest figures but new drug resistant versions have emerged in cambodia laos thailand and vietnam southeast asia has also been hit with a dengue fever outbreak this year this is. the teens saw the biggest spike 360000 cases but neighboring countries have felt the impact now the region has largely been polio free the last 5 years but not anymore for the 1st time in 1000 years the philippines confirmed a case and me and mark had bad news as well for more d.w. had the chance to speak to myanmar as health minister mitt twee he was in berlin this week for the world health summit and i started out by asking him about the work to eradicate polio in his country and recent me in may 22nd repe

i'm melissa chan you're watching d.w. news asia thank you for joining us a group of indian journalists lawyers and academics are demanding answers from their government after their phones were hacked as part of a massive surveillance scandal it comes after what's happened to the rights groups citizen lab informed the victims they had been targeted using a software called pegasus one of the most sophisticated spying tools we know of in the world the use of pegasus has also been detected among other asian countries including pakistan bangladesh and thailand the hackers got access by calling the target's phone through whatsapp that move actually launches the spyware here's how one senior researcher described the result. becomes a spy. camera the microphone takes a massive hears anything else on the phone or are susceptible to monitor. and if so the israeli company that created the pegasus surveillance program says it only sells to governments getting many to point the finger at prime minister narendra modi's government offic

i'm melissa chan you're watching d.w. news asia thank you for joining us cia backed afghan paramilitary forces have killed civilians and night raids kidnapped people and bombed villages that's according to the latest human rights watch report these documented incidents took place in mostly taliban controlled areas of afghanistan and have increased significantly over the past 2 years in parallel with u.s. efforts to exit its 19 year war there human rights watch says what is happening are war crimes the cia has responded and says its operations are done quote in accordance with law and under a robust system of oversight but for afghan civilians this rationale offers little in the way of justice for their loved ones killed as collateral damage. or afghan villagers burying their dead. farm workers harvesting pine nuts were among the victims caught up in a u.s. drone strike in september targeting so-called islamic state militants in the east of the country. rights monitors deplored the mounting civilian casualties even as the

i'm melissa chan you're watching d.w. news asia thank you for joining us starting saturday 6 in india will now be able to pass visa free into pakistan in order to visit one of their holiest sites which sits just 4 kilometers past the border it will be the 1st time in 70 years that pilgrims will be able to do so. the shrine of guru narcan cartop or the final resting place of sikhism spawned or is one of the religions most sacred sites crews have been sprucing up the complex before pilgrims flock here to mark the 550th anniversary of girl who non-experts. the top war in northeast pakistan lies just 4 kilometers from the border with india until now pilgrims couldn't just simply cross from. another shrine in india's punjab state which is home to the world's largest city community. 150 kilometers to the west the town in pakistan where grew and on up was born the. pilgrims gathered here are hopeful that the new corridor will make travel easier and help foster better ties between the 2 neighbors. there are some narrow minded lea

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