what happened in thailand is still going on today. mexico, with herbicides, that continues to happen. in burma, a strategy we still see today, in burma, there was a production.it opium in the 1970's, burma became the largest illicit producer of opium. you had a civil war going on between the government and a bunch of different rebel groups either based upon ethnicity or a burmese party fighting against the government. these rebel groups was in one way or another involved in opium production and trafficking. cause in theheir united states. provided -- the nice states military assistance to the burmese government in the -- militaryates provided assistance to the burmese government in the form of helicopters and things to build up their capacity to track down rebels. to defeat the insurgents they thought would decrease the amount of drug trafficking or delete their opm supplies which -- opium supplies. in burma, even though it's not called this, the whole concept of the narco guerrilla, which comes into being in columbia and nearly 1980'

one of the women is under 25 too young to travel to thailand. young women are often targeted by gangs of human traffickers looking for fresh blood for thailand's sex industry. >> this week, we've arrested eight or nine brokers. as long as they're on trial, we look after the victims, and then we help them get back to their home towns, if that's what they want. >> but most try to get across the border on their own, or with the help of family members. those who make it often end up in settlements like this one, on the outskirts of chiang mai in northern thailand. now the work is finished for the day. everyone here is part of the ethnic shan minority. most of them earn less than the legal minimum wage of around eight euros a day. but that's still more than what they would make at home. jai leng tells us that even though they live in this camp, they still worship buddha with this little altar, just like at home. jai leng is also from myanmar. he's lived in thailand with his family for 20 years. >> i'm happy when i don't think too much. but deep in my

then trekked over towards thailand. that also enhanced the southwestern monsoonal flow which is typical for this time of the year. and that's why it actually created intense floods, especially in a very popular tourist district in thailand. we have images coming out. incredible pictures from pattaya. this area declared a disaster zone after it was hit by floods through the night hours wednesday into thursday. and video shot here in the overnight hours shows cars, objects, people being swept away. other areas of thailand were also hit by floods but reports show pattaya was hardest hit. the city has seen 143 millimeters of rainfall in less than 24 hours. hence this flood. the worst of the floods have receded but more rain is possible in towards the weekend. unfortunately, as i mentioned, that one-two punch is going to happen again. we have that low pressure system trekking towards the west now. it's over waters now but it's still enhancing that monsoonal flow and pumping all that moisture. again, we are looking at another

. >> reporter: most people in thailand are buddhists. but the suspects were hiding in a district with many muslim residents. about an hour's drive from central bangkok. the group used this apartment as a safehouse. a foreigner who called himself adam was arrested here. this was a major breakthrough in the investigation. a large number of muslims have moved to this district from other countries. local people say the bombers didn't attract suspicion. >> translator: they spoke what sounded like a middle eastern language but they didn't look like terrorists. >> reporter: police confiscated ball bearings, the same type as the ones used in the attack. and more than 200 fake turkish passports. this fake passport was allegedly issued for the man who calls himself adam. the quality is poor. the expiry date is printed twice. forgeries of official documents are not unusual in bangkok. the owner of this shop showed us samples of counter fit driver's licenses and student i.d. cards. >> reporter: one of the suspect s police to enter thailand. the wide

one of the examples of how unstable the situation in thailand could be, the bombing incidents in thailand where investigation is starting to reveal that perhaps, perhaps, we don't know for sure, but perhaps it has something to do with the miscalculated actions by the junta to repatriate mike grants back to china. the economy is asia is not doing that good and also the people have come out strongly against at least the politicians themselves strongly against the draft that was rejected today. i think the decision ultimately made today is for the junta to remain very tightly grabbing the power. >> what was the most contentious issue for you? >> certainly, the most contentious issue has to do with the extension of the power of the junta in disguise form. we've heard so much about the special council, special committee in terms of crise, envisaged by this executive power in times of crisis. >> could this still be included in the next constitution? how much of the rejected constitution will be included in the next one that needs to be rewritten. >> you don't need to wait for the new constituti

he was the former finance minister of thailand. prime time for thailand right now.y, we have the june in power, we have all of these talks of reforms. in the light of this global route we are seeing how are these reforms going? separate big questions in terms of reform, nothing concrete on the surface as to how they will reform thailand. we are all looking forward to seeing significant changes. thailand is at a crossroads, really. we have had 30 years of above average growth rate. we need to find a new formula. we are working on that front. with regards to economic prospects we are a very open economy. that means we are very much tied to global events. basically, global demand is slowing that is affecting overall sentiment in the country. again, we need to find a solution to that. that they critics say are there to enforce political power, not grow the economy. is that criticism valid? korn: i think they started out that way, the junta, that is. they achieved peace in the streets very quickly. it was overly optimistic to expected military government to be able to de

nhk world, northeastern thailand. >> in thailand it's the urban middle class that has benefitted most from the country's fast-growing economy, but people in rural farming villages still feel left behind and their frustration is mounting. this gulf is one of the factors fueling the deepening political conflict. narrowing the gap and bringing about public reconciliation have been key items in the interim government's policy agenda right from the start. but exactly how should the correction be achieved? this is a question that should draw on the collective wisdom of thai society as a whole, not just those in power. i'm patchari raksawong in bangkok. >>> policymakers in china are struggling to deal with the nation's economic downturn. they're trying to increase household consumption as a new engine to drive economic growth. online retailing is a particularly fast-growing market. as chinese shoppers go overseas and make bulk purchases, it's having an impact both in and out of the country. more from nhk world's wataru michishita. >> reporter: ordinary people are becoming selling merchants t

this will stay in the boxes, and thailand's political uncertainty goes on.joop guatemalans head to the polls on sunday after a week of turmoil. wealthy businessmen, a former first lady and television comedian are among the presidential candidates. david mercer reports. >>> veronica is disillusioned by politics. up until a few weeks ago, the 45-year-old mother decided not to vote in the guatemalan general election. when she saw the changes sweeping the country, she decided that now was the time, even if it meant voting for the least worst candidate. >> if i don't participate in this election, i will not be able to question the future, and also i have to set an example for my daughter. i need to show her the importance of political participation. >> 7.5 million guatemalans are eligible to vote. many feel the same way as veronica. of the 14 presidential candidates, you'd thing the people are spoilt for choice. many guatemalans said they heard the campaign promises, but they have not heard from the candidates is a national plan on how they will deliver. >> i hav

. >> i'm wayne hay reporting from inside thailand's parliament in bangkok, where a vote has seen a political uncertainty extended. >> guatemalans head to the polls to elect a president after weeks ever political turmoil. . >> i'll have the latest sports new, including former champion andy murray books his place in the last 16 of the us open. >>> we'll start this newshour are the refugee crisis. thousands of people are waiting to enter their desperate journey to europe to escape war and poverty. this is the worst refugee crisis europe has seen since world war ii. many people are at the border between hungary. they are allowed to go through the country. there are thousands of others waiting to make that trip. near the southern border with serbia, police are moving people into a new camp. hungary says it will seal the crossing with new high fence in less than five days. for many, a perilous trip is over. they have arrived in germany by train and bus. many of them are met with cheers and applause. we have our correspondents along the route that so many of these desperate refugees are taking. moh

wayne hay, al jazeera, thailand. >>> the u.n.ry-general condemned the attack in a mask in yemen and ban ki-moon called for perpetrators to be brought to justice at least 25 people died when two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a mosque run by shia houthis during prayers making the holiday of eid and fighters affiliated to i.s.i.l. have claimed responsibility for the attack and while the attack comes two days after yemen's president abd rabbuh mansur hadi returned from a six-month exile he performed eid prayers at his home in aiden. the philippine government says it's doing everything it can to rescue three foreign tourists kidnapped from a luxury resort in southern island. the military says it's looking at several groups they may have been involved in the abduction and we have more. >> reporter: navy seals are looking for the armed group and the massive search area covers hundreds of kilometers and includes a remote mountain region and military and police resources are stretched but since the abduction monday night they have

wayne al jazeera, thailand. >>> only about 10% of bangladesh is are connect to the the internet but itady transforming lives, in some areas, farmers and laborers are making 10 times what they used to by selling things online. here say respect. >> reporter: his office isn't very impressive. he doesn't even have a chair. but it's a big improvement from his previous job, he used to work as a day laborer in the garment accessory industry making $58 a month. then went online selling fashion products, electrics and anything else he can get his hands on to nearby wholesalers to customers all over bangladesh. >> translator: i didn't have any capital so it was impossible for me to start a business, i realized i could sell things online without needing to already have a lot of money. >> reporter: a quarter of the sellers on the website he use to his sell his goods come from rural areas like him. but his location presents him with his biggest obstacle, getting his orders delivered. it takes him two hours, including a boat ride, to get to the nearest delivery service that he can trust. while logis

wayne hay reports. >> a return to any form of democracy is slipping further away from thailand. outside parliament, a few protesters want their voices heard. it's not allowed under the military government that seized power in a coup last year. inside it was something of a farewell badge for so-called national reform council. handpicked by the army. the last task was to vote on a new constitution, one seen by many as a way for the army to consolidate and legitimize their power. >> it's par for the course. the people want to remain in power. and call the shots. >> but they are trying to throw them out. the reform council voted against it. the process is back to the beginning. the draft constitution is condemned as democratic. given those who wrote and voted on the charter were chosen by the army and rejected it, provoked suspicion, the process was a delay in tactics. the longer the deporters tried to stay in power, the greater the risk of conflict. >> it will not be resolved. relying on the rules of the game. that means it will tend to lead to either violence or maybe another cow

this version will stay in the boxes and thailand's political uncertainty goes on. al jazeera, bangkok. >> a thai legal advisor and political commentator said the rejection of the draft is a blow to democracy in the region. >> the bottom line is you don't need to wait for the new constitution. actually, the current constitution in force provides such power to the current military junta, they can supersede executive and judicial powers in thailand. the situation looks even grimmer. the junta is even more anxious about the state of politics not just in thailand, but the whole region. they have a little hope that this rejection of the draft constitution will allow the thai people to be energized enough to come out and demand for the restoration of democracy in thailand. >> still ahead, waiting for a ticket out of morocco. meet the african refugees also desperate to reach europe. >> violent protests in nepal over proposed changes to the constitution. >> australia builds some momentum in their final match ahead of the world cup. details coming up later. >> drilling in th

this version will stay in the boxes and thailand's political uncertainty goes on. al jazeera, bangkok. >> two policemen have been killed in southeastern turkey fighting turkish p.k.k. rebels. gunfire and explosions were heard in the city. the p.k.k. fired rocket propelled grenades at police trying to fill in ditches dug by the group. a curfew was ordered. >> isil attacks killed 13 near ramadi. eight were killed after isil shelled a camp east of fallujah. >> residents in iraq are trapped by fighting and relying on food supplies flown in from the outside. conditions are now getting worse. >> this is the only way to reach here, the roads are too dangerous for the iraqi military and civilians to use. that is why the government airlifts supplies into this town. this air base in al baghdadi is the only lifeline. it is surrounded by isil fighters. many people have left because the armed group has repeatedly launched too fast to capture one of the last centers in the province that hasn't fallen to forces. those in the town are largely cut off from the rest of the country.

. >>> police in thailand arrested a second foreign suspect in last month's bomb attacks in bangkok. he may be the key to the investigation. >>> and people across japan took part in drills to prepare for possible natural disastersn the anniversary of the great kanto earthquake. >>> the organizers of the 2020 tokyo olympics and paralympics decided to the to use emblems by a designer pulling them following allegations of play gir rich against kenijiro sano. >> translator: mr. sano told us he is worried people may not accept his designs and his work could hurt the image of the olympics. he told us he wants to withdraw the emblem as their creator. >> he said sano didn't admit to copying other people's designs to create the logos but the organizing committee said sano did admit using images on the internet without permission for materials he submitted for the selection. one is of a lobby at tokyo's haneda airport. the committee will quickly look at ways to choose new logos for the games. since the committee pked sano's designed he has faced allegations of stealing from other artists. the

where they refused asylum and wayne hey reports from southern thailand where rohinja face abuse andven death. >> reporter: a slow, delicate process is just beginning in a lab in southern thailand, forensic scientists are investigating the deaths of more than 30 people whose remains were found on the border of malaysia in may and only completed about 10% of dna testing on the bones and have not discovered how they died. >> translator: the first step was to identify their gender, heights and rough ages, the next step is to identify who the people are and that requires dna data comparison. >> reporter: and that is unlikely to ever happen. the victims are believes to be rohinja from myanmar and face persecution by the government. >> translator: to find their family members is not an easy task since we have no idea who these people were, we have no access to the rohinja in myanmar. >> reporter: the graves were discovered in a thick jungle and more found across the border in malaysia and have went to traffick traffickers and held for ran some and he was born in myanmar and left by boat th

. >>> thailand's military appointed national reform council has rejected a new constitution. if it had have gone through it would have paved a way for a referendum and possibly end of military rule, prime minister yingluck shinawatra. a new committee will be set up to write another draft delaying elections until at least 2017. >> further away for thailand. outside parliament a few protesters wanted their voices heard. that's not allowed under the military deposit that seized power in a coup last year. inside it was something of a farewell bash. a council hand picked by the army. their last task before being disbanded was to vote for a new constitution, a way for the army to consolidate and legitimize their power. >> the people in power they want to remain in power they want to call the shots. >> but the charter was thrown out. the reform council voted comprehensively against it. meaning the process goes back to the beginning. the draft constitution was widely condemned as undemocratic. but with its rejection the military government has excuse to delay yet again and extend its

, delicate process is only just beginning in a laboratory in southern thailand. forensic scientists are investigating the deaths of more than 30 people whose remains were found buried near the border with malaysia in may. they only completed 10% of the dna testing on the bones and haven't discovered how they died. >> translator: the first step was to identify their gender, rough height and ages. the next step is to identify who these people are. >> that's unlikely to happen. they're believed to be from neighboring myanmar where they refuse citizenship and face persecution by the government. >> translator: to find their family members is not an easy tafshg, since we have no idea who these people were. we have to access to them in myanmar. >> reporter: the graves were discovered in thick jungle. more were found across the border in malaysia. it seems they fell victim to traffickers that may have held them for ransom. hasan survived a similar jour y journey. he hoped for a better life away from the camps that he and hundreds of thousands were forced into. once in th

so mauritania, india, thailand... >> thailand, southeast asia. pakistan has large numbers. north and west africa, really. so we talked about mauritania, but you can come all the way down the west african coast, very significant numbers of enslavement. >> hinojosa: all right, now, help our audience understand the definition, because there is an image in our country, and one that, you know, in terms of the media, popular culture... i mean, i was reading your stuff, and i was writing down... well, roots, you know? that's the image that a certain generation has. >> yeah, we hold in our mind a picture from the 19th century. >> hinojosa: chained. >> african americans, cotton fields. and that was slavery at one point in time in one particular place in the world. but, you know, slavery has taken all these different forms throughout all of human history. >> hinojosa: so define it for... >> but if you take all those forms and you say, "what is the core, what is the central attributes of this," it always amounts to the same thing-- one person completely controls another person. they u

the number one wanted man in tylan. -- in thailand. on the land border between thailand of cambodia today. he is now interrogated in a subsequent place, a military compound. but there is, again, some more controversy out of this investigation. just to remind that a lot of contradictions over the last two news -- there is a possibility going out that we do not even know if this man was on the border by the thai troops. sources are now stating that he was in fact apprehended at an airport in cambodia by the army. unclear.ll very the only thing which is important am a today this is indeed the second arrest in 48 hours. it is a breakthrough, and three arrest warrants have been given for turkish nationals. what is the feeling like there on the streets of bangkok since this attack two weeks ago? is security much higher? are people afraid? >> the security is very much higher. people were very scared by the level of the intensity of the bombings. it is the worst bombing we have ever had in the city, which has been through a lot of insurrection

. >>> still to come on al jazeera, thailand's military leaders put journalists and government leadersnotice, but some refuse to go away quietly. >>> and millions of muslims arrive in saudi arabia for the pilgrimage. >>> the top stories on al jazeera. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry says washington believes military talks with russia on the syrian conflict is an important next step. this came shortly after the russian foreign minister said moscow is ready for tucks. >>> croatia is struggling to deal with an influx of refugees. it is redirecting people towards hungary and slovenia. at least 43 people have been killed in pakistan after taliban gunmen stormed an air force base. 21 of the soldiers were among the dead, 14 taliban fighters were killed. the kenyan government has ordered all schools to shut because of a teacher's strike. it says it doesn't have enough money to comply with a supreme court ruling to give teachers a 50% pay raise. >> reporter: this government directive makes effect on monday. it indicated the reason for the closure is security of the students in schools wi

although the company mainly sells domestically, it's planning to export to laos and thailand.o abe was put in charge of selecting the location, scale, and business plan. [ speaking >> of the roughly 70 factory workers, some 90% are in their 20s. many are from neighboring farming villages. vo tan hanh came to da nang from one such village months ago. although he attended college, he couldn't find a job in his hometown. [ speaking foreign language ] >> hanh majored in electronic engineering at university. his parents noticed his potential and took out loans to pay for his education. but in vietnam, around 60% of college grads cannot land an ideal position. demand in the job market is mainly for factory workers. he works for eight hours, starting at 7:30 a.m., and makes about $190 u.s. a month. after work, he heads to a diner near his apartment. ♪ now that he's become friends with the staff, he can relax here. he always orders the 70 cent bowl of noodles. he tries to cut costs so he can save money to work overseas in the future. [ speaking foreign language ] ♪ >> hanh is the thir

. >> coming up, this critic of thailand's is released after he undergoes attitude adjustment. plus, loyalists desert the president of the democratic republic of congo who is accused of trying to cling to power after his term expires. >> as the global refugee crisis intensifies... >> they have travelled for weeks, sometimes months. >> and the e.u. struggles to cope... >> we don't know, they stop us here. >> what's being done while lives hang in the balance? >> we need help now. >> good to have you with us. these are the top stories on al jazeera. croatia is struggling to deal with more than 11,000 refugees. it's closed all by one of its border crossings. most of the refugees want to go to slovenia. pakistan's military says eight fighters attacked an air base in the north. two security officers and all of the fighters have been killed. the pakistani taliban claimed responsibilities. a bloc of western african nations are trying to hold discussioning with an army general who has taken over the interim government. >>> the u.s. federal reserve postponed raising interest rates. it wa

. >>> 4:10 is the time, police is the -- say the man of the bombing in thailand is arrested. >>> what the president is doing to combat climate change. >>> we're looking at the south bay commute. traffic is doing well on 280 in san jose, that's northbound 280 on the right. we'll tell you more when we come back. >> except for north bay locations. mostlies are in the 60s. especially san francisco. we'll have more on that. a cooler pattern for the ne few days. . >>> thai hand prime minister says authorities have arrested the man they believe the main suspect in the bombing of a shrine that killed 20 people. he is the man in the yellow t- shirt seen dropping a backpack before the blast. according to the bangkok post the man is a muslim from china. it is suspected it is revenge for thailand sending muslim who escaped from china back to china in july. >>> a storm could create 20- foot waves. it is expected to pass 250 miles off the coast so the islands will miss the brunts of the storm, another hurricane is right behind ignacio, but it is too early to tell if it will have a significant impac

thailand's efforts to create a new constitution are back at square one. the nation still has a long way to go before running to full fledged fledged democracy. >>> all right. ist time for a check on the weather. robert speta joins us with details. >> yes, actually, catherine, we're seeing the fall rainy season and this has just been dominating japan through southern china for the last several weeks it almost feels like here and the cloud cover is bringing that rainfall and now on top of that we have what is the 18th named storm system of 2015 towards the south. this is tropical storm. this is on the low end of the spectrum, winds 65 gusting to 90 and not quite the typhoon intensity but a big rainmaker out here. still enough to toss items towards tokyo into the region and the we would see as much as 450 millimeters of per acceptation especially to the right side of the system where the moisture continues to come on shore on top of this, we have seen the lingering rain system so the ground is saturated. tokyo, have an umbrella. enough to cause problems with

. >>> transport authorities in thailand unveid two trains that will soon run on the new elevated railway. it's to open in the capital, bangkok, next august. ♪ officials showed off the new arrival at a port in eastern thailand. they are billing the purple line with 660 million from the japanese government. authorities have been investing in rail projects in bangkok to alleviate traffic congestion. they say the thing that is difficult is air-conditioning to provide relief from the tropical heat. the 23 kilometer stretch of track runs through the suburb and cuts through central bangkok and end in the subway system. >> translator: i hope this will be a big step towards exporting more japanese trains overseas. >> the three car trains will be the first from japan to run on bangkok's urban rail system. >>> authorities in china are cracking down on christianity. they are tearing down crosses and detaining chstian lawyers. the move com as chinese adopt the faith taking the number of followers to an estimated100 million giving the church more members than the ruling communist party. how are church

they said he was trying to leave thailand illegally. they say he's a foreigner but have not released his nationality. they say he resembles the man in the yellow t-shirt caught on camera before the explosion occurred. they say the man is a key expect who may help reveal details about the bombings. the man is the second suspect to be arrested in the case. police have obtained seven arrest warrants. they believe a single group of more than 10 people are responsible for the two blasts. they say they have been helping chinese uighurs leave. they say a crackdown of uighurs staying in thailand may have motivated the attacks. >>> thousands of migrants from the middle east are continuing to flow into european countries. leaders of the eu are facing one of their biggest challenges in decades to deal with the huge influx of people. nhk world has more. >> reporter: german chancellor angela merkel asked all eu member countries to play their role. merkel even touched on changing the union's policy of open waters. all eu members must do their part to

more than 6,500 people have died in terrorist attacks in southern thailand over the past 11 years. most thais are buddhist, but many people in the three southern provinces practice islam and some fiercely oppose the government's assimilation policy. >>> fierce fighting has been raging in afghanistan between government troops and taliban insurgents. but the power of the islamic state group is now growing in the country. what's happening there? well, nhk world reports. >> reporter: more and more people are fleeing from villages near the border with pakistan into the city of jalalabad in eastern afghanistan. they are escaping from islamic state militants. and estimated 13,000 households have been displaced in the past six months. >> translator: islamic state militants attacked our neighbors' homes and took everything. >> translator: a bombing by the islamic state group killed our village leader so we fled here. >> reporter: this video was supposedly filmed by the islamic state group in eastern afghan province of kandahar which borders pakistan. regional islamic state groups have been

the organizer wanted people to know how things were in thailand during the war.f the participants is this 80-year-old, a professional photographer based in the thai capital. he was born in 1931, on the southern island of phuket. his father was japanese. his mother thai. at the time, the japanese military saw thailand as a staging post for its strategy in southeast asia. seto said he underwent training as a child soldier. >> translator: i was told to use a spear or whatever was available to stab enemies to death if i ran out of live ammunition. i wasn't afraid of dying. >> reporter: after the end of the war when seto was 20, he discovered something shocking. it turned out he was stateless. his father had never registered his birth with the local japanese consulate. seto claimed japanese nationality. he submitted documents saying he was a child soldier with the defunct japanese military. but officials rejected his request. they said his name was absent from his father's family registry. seto says he felt abandoned by japan. he even contemplated suicide. but somethi

. >>> officials in thailand say the nation's tourism industry is struggling one month after a deadly bombing. >>> prime minister shinzo abe is a step closer to realizing a policy goal. members of the upper house committee approved a set of goals to change japan's security policy. if enacted, the legislation would allow the country to exercise its right to collective self-defense. members of the opposition crowded around the committee chairperson in attempt to stop the voting. lawmakers of the ruling liberal democratic party and their coalition partner pushed the vote. a majority endorsed the bills. ruling block lawmakers want to propose putting the bills to a vote before session of the upper house. the new policy allows forces to defend a country that is in a close relationship with japan if that country came under attack. the leaders of five opposition parties say the are ready to use other strategies to keep the bills from passing. they say more debate is needed. they may seek to delay the final vote by submitting a no confidence motion against the cab innoceinets or a motion to ab

. >>> new this morning, thailand's prime minister says authorities have arrested the ran they believe is the main suspect in last month's bangkok bombing. 20 people died in that explosion. the prime minister says the suspect is a foreigner and he was found in eastern thailand right near the board wr cambodia. the prime minister did not say whether or not the suspect was the one who actually planted the bomb. >>> happening today, friends and family will gather to say their final good-bye to adam ward. ward will be laid to rest today. he and reporter alison parker were shot and killed by a former coworker during a live interview for wdbj's morning newscast last week. a celebration of adam's life will be held at first baptist church in roanoke. those in attendance will be wearing the colors of his alma mater, salem high school and virginia tech university. >>> 4:55. a college student shot at a kris brown concert in the south bay now suing the performer and venue. five people who were shot at the feast is that nightclub in san jose back in january, sent the crowd into a panic. there is th

elsewhere in asia the percentage stands at almost 18% in singapore and thailand and china. the percentage of senior citizens in these countries is expected to rise in the next few decades. in the first of it a three-part series on the business of aging in japan we look at companies that traditionally targeted younger people but are now refocusing on the elderly. nhk world reports. >> reporter: an increasing number of older japanese people are making trips overseas. many are going not just to sight see but to study. 65-year-old is a volunteer teacher. she uses her english language skills to teach japanese to foreigners living in japan. she started brushing up on her english by studying abroad. she took the first trip when she was 59 years old. sin then she travelled to other countries every yeerb. she decided to invest time and money in studying english after she had finished raising her three children. >> translator: you only live once. if you don't dare to do something you get nothing. it's now or never. >> reporter: more and more seniors feel the same way. they are packin

. >> thailand council for reconciliation is set to vote on a new constitution. if it passes there will be a referendum on it next year. more from veronica pedrosa. >> a new draft constitution backed by the military government without consultation from political parties or the public is to be delivered to a military formed body called the national reform council. if the nrc approves the charter a referendum will be held facing way for general elections next year that could herald the end of military rule. >> if they think things will get out of control, the military government play send the signal to the nrc government asking it to step down. it could stay on for another six months. >> since the military coup last year, the dissent lean hasn't ge unnoticed. >> pointed drafting of a constitution. minority say it's a constitution not majority of the people. >> translator: the government is already open for public pine. this mean public already participate in this charter. we already have our say in the change in our country. >> reporter: civil society organization

fortunateove to escape lla was cambodia to a refugee camp in thailand. at the camp she took a teacher training course run by the united nations. she began teaching the visually impaired children that she met there. ♪ >> in 1991, she returned to cambodia. the country had been stripped of everything, including its aditns, d ecational systems. phalla set about building a school for disabled children. ♪ >> the schl also houses around boarders, who come from various regions of the country. ♪ >> he is 18 and has been a student at the school for nine years. >> disability in cambodia is often hidden away due to the influence of buddhists beliefs. physical and mental impairments of my kinds are generally considered to be the results of transgressions in a previous life of it's not uncommon for families to keep their disabled children at home and refuse to let them go outside. >> phalla lives with her husband, daughter, and son. >> phalla has worked tirelessly building cambodia's education systems for disabled people. she spent much of her time traveling to rural

in thailand half-price. he says to mom and dad, send me books. they send them and he sells them. can he do it under copyright law? youre are told that decision will affect $3 trillion worth of commerce. there are copyrights. labelsware, automobiles, -- >> but not honored everywhere. >> that is correct. there is a statute filled with technicalities. when you buy your car in san francisco, you think you can -- butit, and you can the question was, suppose the car is made in japan. you would have to have the approval of the software copyright holder. there are briefs sent in from lawyers, business people, governments all over the world. , chiefme read to you justice roberts at his confirmation hearing, domestic president can confine and shape the discretion of the judges. findgn law, you can anything you want. if you don't find it in the decisions of france or italy, it is in the decisions of somali or japan or indonesia or whatever. as someone said in another , looking at foreign law for support is like looking

. >>> police in thailand say they suspect a man arrested on tuesday handled explosives used in last month's deadly bombings, and they say his fingerprints match those discovered on a bottle found at an apartment in bangkok. they say he looks like a person seen on surveillance near the site of the explosion. a man wearing a yellow shirt left a bag thought to contain explosives at the site. police raided an apartment where they made their first arrest. they say they found materials that could be used to make bombs inside, and they say fingerprints on the materials belong to their second suspect. >> translator: today we can confirm that forensic tests show the man's fingerprints were on a bottle containing an explosive substance found in the apartment. we can confirm that the man is involved in handling explosive materials. he could have brought the bomb out of the room or he could have taken it to the crime scene. >>> the august 17th explosion killed 20 people and wounded more than 120. authorities suspect a group of at least ten people could be behind the attack. local media have reported th

the man who was a forger was arrested in eastern thailand near the cambodia border. he's described as the key perpetrator in the bombing but investigators did not directly say he is suspected of actually planting the bomb. >>> following a gun battle, israeli military arrested a senior hamas leader in the west bank. palestinian gunman exchanged heavy fire with israeli soldiers. five palestinians were wounded and had to be taken to the hospital. the hamas leader, his brother and his 15-year-old son were arrested. israeli troops then demolished the leader's home aft arrest. >>> -- after the arrest. >>> relief from the heat could soon be on the way. allyson is tracking the weather. her forecast is up next. >> we're looking at a heat wave but it's a short heat wave. things are going to get hotter before they cool down. i'll have the weekend forecast and we're tracking when the best chance of showers and thunderstorms are this week. keep it right here fo >>> saying she was acting under the authority of god, a kentucky clerk is refusing to issue marriage licenses to same- s

there will be lots of chances of flooding, especially in thailand. a stationary boundary will be forming. that will be dropping a lot of rain, about 150 millimetres to 180. enjoy the dryness while we can in tokyo at 25 degrees. a quick look here in europe. we have heard about the avalanche that killed at least seven people in france. it could be the cause of that storm system that ripped through the area. we have another incoming system and the conditions are similar. so anywhere along the jet stream and near it, we are looking at some thunderstorms. but to the south of that, hot and dry conditions, especially, for example, in warsaw hitting 27 degrees, and that's likely to continue for the next few days. well above average rains, so these are areas where you should be watching out for heat stroke. now for your extended forecast. . >>> and that wraps up thpis edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thank you very much for staying with us. host: hello and welcome to "global 3000." when you pick up your mobile phone to tweet, check you

. >> from thailand, to mexico. where a small community is taking on illegal loggers to protect the trees. the country has one of the highest deforestization rates anywhere in the world, and organized crime is involved. this report from teheran where people are taking matters into their own hands. >> taking back what is theirs tree by tree. the people in southwest mexico are attempting to repair the damage to their forres caused by illegal loggers. shift oz 200 people plant supplied by the government. a few years ago, if may even entered the forests i don't think gangs. their dead made us continue to fight for our territory. four years ago, the people took matters into their own hands. [they cut down these trees three hospitals ago. >> some of the trucks captures from the loggers have been strung up in the woods. a clear sign of the communities resolve. and the unique warning. >> on the news hour, stay with us in just a moment. we have the martial art which is quite literally fighting for international recognition.