thailand doesn't seem to be recognizing status as a refugee accepted by australia. yeah that's profoundly concerning there are many refugees or travel to thailand on refugee papers like hakim's from around the world and you know this is one of the reason i think that we saw so many diplomats at the court today over fifteen countries were represented there that this is now a matter of major international concern not only for hakim as a football player and a person who is a refugee but also for the larger system of refugee protection which thailand is threatening to violate in a very fundamental way that has time that some doubt allowed time in the night an option to that has such title and signed up to the relevant. aspects of humanitarian law of the convention for instance. well no but thailand is a rather has ratified the international convention against torture in an article three of the international convention against torture it states that no one can be sent back to a country to which they would be tortured came has already been tortured in jails and if you wer

thailand an elected leader for the last five years voting early on election day. is looking to keep his job through the ballot box he became prime minister after the military coup in two thousand and fourteen he's the candidate of the military backed party. i hope everyone will want india election today to exercise your rights everyone wants democracy therefore everyone should exercise our rights into transparency the opposition party put ty linked to exiled former prime minister talks and has won every election since two thousand and one in early counting it's neck and neck with hollande. and a new political party in this election a future forward which targeted young and first time voters is also enjoying stronger than expected results. thailand's oldest political party the democrats which has had a strong base in bangkok suffer disappointing results its leader and former prime minister obviously it away resigned a few hours after the polls closed the military government had a big head start going into election day the constitution gives military leaders the pow

. [ laughter ] not just thailand, but northern thailand. once known as kingdom of a million rice fields, it's a fertile, green and gorgeous area, home of the ancient lanna people. welcome to chiang mai province. tucked up near the borders of burma, china, laos, india not too far away. all of them have left their mark on the food. >> andy: here's the local hooch. lao khao. >> anthony: and if you're eating here, chances are you're also drinking. >> andy: ugh. compared to the, uh, the stuff we had this morning, this is substantially more harsh, i would say, and less fragrant. >> anthony: the village of mae on, and this place is called him tang. how did you find this place, man? we're in the middle of nowhere. >> andy: it's a very popular place. >> anthony: a restaurant showcasing one of the distinguishing elements of northern thai cuisine -- the heavy use of animal protein. >> andy: you see the local people, they're lining up. here in northern thailand, pig reigns supreme. so most of the stuff we're eating here is made out of pig. >> anthony:

and the notorious inspiration for design adults in thailand. sushi the fashion craze that's creeping into thai pop culture. i'm british what i've come to do. it's good to have you with us. up until last week india and pakistan were on the brink of a full blown war an attack on indian troops in india administered kashmir prompted an indian air strike inside pakistan the pakistani response came a day later but since then tensions have cooled somewhat cross border trade by road has reopened road and rail transport has also resumed for donations remain at a law at the receiving end have been civilian populations on both sides of the border the double correspondent traveled to seneca the capital of indian administered kashmir to see how people are coping with the situation. a pattern dies because it is all over the world. but ever since a major terror attack and strikes by india pakistan stayed away quickly the region key to his ministry. has been failing people across. into chicago a typical brought since he was a young boy. has clients and decimat

oh well what a great expert thailand take the elite. or not so guys this is the thailand. bad. but as in every good game tragedy comes next. i know. the philippines correlate slapstick equaliser with actually the tie replacement goalkeeper does the number one as in belgium. if i feel like yeah right. you know no next singapore in a few days. great social and positive atmosphere despite the last minute heartbreak equaliser spirit i'm not the only foreigner who enjoys watching football in thailand. one of the many ex-pats in the country paul murphy from scotland even blogs about football going to the games here is a very different atmosphere. it's a very socially a couple of hours before a game to a certain picnic have a few drinks i really like that side of it and it's never called. i wonder when thailand will produce its first international superstar maybe it's just a matter of time. people maybe not the best football you know intervention we are in test. but i can see it growing up so maybe one day we can be one off the top off a ship. just one more day before the decisive men

hello and welcome to the program denis thailand's election commission has recommended the dissolution of the party that chose a princess to be its candidate for prime minister the march twenty fourth general election in this constitutional monarchy will be the first since a military coup in two of the fourteen we'll be discussing the impact of the looming ban on the tyrants of chart party with our guests in just a moment first this report from our correspondent wayne hay in bangkok. two weeks ago the thai rak the chart party entered the political spotlight as they launched their election campaign the leaders talked about the need for thailand to innovate . but the candidate chosen to stand as prime minister proved to be an innovation too far in a country where the monarchy is regarded as above politics princess was ruled ineligible after the palace in her nomination was in violation of royal tradition and culture and highly inappropriate after a complaint from an independent constitution monitoring organization the election commission has recommended that the court dissolve the party

and some of thailand's best players. pam and in europe is a lot of progression in the last ten years. and that's kind of. the future of football in southeast asia the shape here in thailand. and how far can the national team the war elephants go in the asia cup two thousand . i am here in thailand to find out more now i have been a football fan since i was six but much of what i saw here in thailand blew my mind and what better time to take a look then before d.h. from cup a fan of one of the oldest clubs in the country. passionate committed and a vivid example of why thailand is not only about this. did you expect thailand to have an independent football magazine around you works for it and has plenty of stories. and remember him let's call him the specialist after he almost had gone out to the semifinals of the world cup but then came luis suarez with his hands. helms team thailand. in bangkok and there are many means of transportation. was but these are the most fun they took jokes. and often their drivers wear footba

in thailand when. the fashion craze that's creeping into. what. it's good to have you with us up until last week india and pakistan were on the brink of a full blown wall an attack on indian troops in indian administered kashmir prompted an indian air strike inside pakistan the pakistani response came a day later but since then tensions have cooled some walk across border trade by road has reopened road transport has also resumed. to remain. at the receiving end have been civilian populations on both sides of the border. correspondents travel to the capital of indian administered kashmir to see how people are coping with the situation. cushnie if the bad guys could cause this it is from all over the world. but ever since a major terror attack and strikes by india pakistan they've stayed away crippling the region's key to his ministry. moment shafi has been fending people across should never be in a chicago a typical meal bought since he was a young boy. the recent oh boy has scared away his clients and decimated his own eggs. for a second we have

as they launched their election campaign the leaders talked about the need for thailand to innovate . but the candidate chosen to stand as prime minister proved to be an innovation too far in a country where the monarchy is regarded as above politics princess who was ruled ineligible after the palace in her nomination was in violation of royal tradition and culture and highly inappropriate after a complaint from an independent constitution monitoring organization the election commission has recommended that the court dissolve the party if the court agrees it would be the third dissolution of a political party backed by former prime minister taksin shinawatra who lives in exile after his overthrow in the two thousand and six military coup talks inch in a what has spent his political career fighting the establishment and on friday ties thought he had staged a major coup himself by having a member of the royal family fronting the campaign for one of his parties but it appears to have been a major miscalculation for dissolution would also mean the members of the party's executive committe

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a close race in thailand. be pro-military party in the lead and the country's first poll since a military coup five years ago. where one of the remote parts of mozambique where help is finally arriving more than a week after cycle through. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is cutting short a visit to washington after a rocket attack north of tel aviv israel's foreign ministry says it was fired from gaza and hit a house in the area. seven people are reported to have been injured the strike comes just two weeks ahead of the elections stephanie jacker joins us live from maestro stephanie how significant is this. it's very significant why what is different because it is a long range rocket and it landed around ninety kilometers north of gaza also just north of tel aviv as you mentioned there hitting a house this is what always changes the dynamics on the ground or shall hitting residential home injuring seven israelis moderate moderately to lightly injured now as you mentioned the prime minister is in the

this is data news live from berlin thailand's king officially takes the throne ceremonies take place in bangkok for the country's first coronation in seven decades our correspondent at the same also coming up. officials say it's a miracle no one was killed after a jet slides off the runway at a u.s. naval station in florida and. her last race before a controversial rule change in track and field caster semenya overwhelms the competition in the eight hundred meters. i'm rebecca races welcome to the program elaborate ceremonies are underway in bangkok to crown thailand's new king. run on corn the sixty six year old ascended the throne in twenty sixteen after the death of his widely revered father saturdays pageantry is the start of a three day ceremony that formally invests him with regal power symbolizing his consecration as the up holder of buddhism in thailand. the coronation begins with a ritual cleansing under nine months. the water is drawn from. lake's across the kingdom it's the first coronation in thailand didn't it the seventy years for many thais the king is the highest mora

thailand an elected leader for the last five years voting early on election day. is looking to keep his job through the ballot box he became prime minister after the military coup in two thousand and fourteen he's the candidate of the military backed party. i hope everyone who was in the election today to exercise your rights everyone wants democracy therefore everyone should exercise their rights in the transparency the opposition party put thai linked to exiled former prime minister talks and has won every election since two thousand and one in early counting it's neck and neck with hollande. and a new political party in this election a future forward which targeted young and first time voters is also enjoying stronger than expected results. thailand's oldest political party the democrats which has had a strong base in bangkok suffer disappointing results its leader and former prime minister obviously it away resigned a few hours after the polls closed the military government had a big head start going into election day the constitution gives military leaders th

all those area major and if thailand remains in this political uncertainty i'm afraid that that would not well for the future of thai economy ok i believe it is very brief if you would just give us a sense of the potential that thailand has if it if it did have a settled political landscape. with that if thailand becomes much more unstable we have a strong opportunity in the region if you look at thailand the economy which is about seventy million but combine that with the countries in the region what we call c.l. in v cambodia. and vietnam thailand stands at the very geographically strong location to be the gateway into those market that's one strong potential second thailand is not the country that is competing with the kind of the low and we could be the country that move forward more into the strong value adding activities in the economy and that's one area that thailand can be one country that improve itself but as it is right now i think thailand faced the risk of the structural challenge of improving its. competitiveness in many areas we still be high countries in the region an

what thailand has been searching for is a balance a balance between. a monarchy system you know a constitution monarchy with the monarchy has at the center of thai society but also some kind of a democratic system because people want to have a voice they want to have represent representation they want to have a little system to represent them so i think that balance thailand has not found and this development today the big question for me is that. will it lead to an opportunity a window to rebalance thai politics for that to happen what happened today has to later on be inclusive so today it's been a big game big event is for talks in the tucked inside right but the other side they may not be satisfied so they also have to be included somehow. political analyst also there are speaking to the aid of look at us on the bus and hearted in bangkok next to china where we encounter a familiar script or young woman lands a prestigious internship in a big company or works with an entertainment i can who then sexually assaults and she is forced to shut up about

after weeks of uncertainty thailand has its next prime minister who is the same prime minister but he faces a vibrant opposition determined to break the military's grip on government. i'm melissa chan this is the news asia it's good to have you with us malnourished abused and unable to escape that's the fate of countless men who believed they had scored a promising job on a fishing boat but ended up as modern era slaves victims of human traffickers just how many slaves are out there is difficult to assess there's no oversight on international waters but monitoring groups say that forced labor and abuse are widespread in the fishing industry with profit margins low and competition high fisheries push their workers to work long hours and in dangerous conditions many of these men come from southeast asia here's the story of one indonesian crew who lived to tell the tale. a steady job with a good salary and a lucrative bonus that's the promise that tempts many indonesian men to leave their homes and hope to see but what they get is this is about are more than 30 actually spy the indonesia

dominated thailand from the 14th to 18th centuries. it was destroyed by a burmese army in 1767 and it was in the chaos after but that we saw the emergence of today's monarchy, of the current dynasty. but that kingdom is when a lot of these rituals were defined making itan lot of these rituals were defined making it an ornate, celestial monarchy. they borrowed much from india. buddhism came from sri lanka, originating in india. these kings saw in brahmanic traditions notions of power and respect, elevating the monarchy to being a respected and indeed feared institution, during a time when it was vital for monarchs to impose their will over the land they control. those rituals have survived. much of the philosophy of buddhism has been brought in. since the 19th century in thailand, kings have projected themselves as defenders of buddhism. we saw the supreme defenders of buddhism. we saw the supreme patriarch of the buddhists anchor taking part in that hindu brahmanic ritual of purifying the king with that royal shower, the sacred waters

thailand doesn't seem to be recognizing status as a refugee accepted by australia. yeah that's profoundly concerning there are many refugees or travel to thailand on refugee papers like hakim's from around the world and you know this is one of the reason i think that we saw so many diplomats at the court today over fifteen countries were represented there that this is now a matter of major international concern not only for hakim as a football player and a person as a refugee but also for the larger system of refugee protection which thailand is threatening to violate in a very fundamental way but has time that time to have allowed time when he signed an option to that has such title and signed up to the relevant. aspects of humanitarian law of the convention for instance. well no but thailand is a rather has ratified the international convention against torture in an article three of the international convention against torture it states that no one can be sent back to a country to which they would be tortured came has already been tortured in jails and if you were

a new era begins in thailand. my harvard you're a long calm is taking over the throne also known as rama the tenth he was born in the summer of nine hundred fifty two and is the only son of time and long serving king bumi palladone a day and queen sirica it. he has been the crown prince since the age of twenty and will now officially take over as the king of thailand after his three day coronation. but you're a long com was educated in private schools in britain and australia he later joined the time military according to the prince's official biography he is a qualified helicopter and fighter pilot he holds the honorary military ranks of general of the royal thai army as well as the air force and admiral of the navy. just days before his official crowning the palace named the prince's consul as the new queen. also the deputy head of security was declared that year along khan's fourth wife and will take on the new royal status the previous monarch who ruled thailand for seven decades and was widely adored by the t

we do see and i would be optimistic that thailand is sticking to. the plans and the projects and the road maps in place. vika it is also confident that as to its road map the firm plans. to produce five hundred thousand coupling units by the end of this year and hopes to triple output in twenty twenty after all smooth running is his business. for more let's bring in. joins us in bangkok thailand as we heard is holding its first election after five years of military rule what can we expect. bowl a few months back at the beginning of the election campaign everyone thought it would be pretty much a walk in the park for the military junta which ones to stay in the driver's seat here through its political vehicle long trucks rather hard to see which is basically a group of former cabinet cabinet members but. the mood has has changed and i think that's something that the military underestimated their own a lot of people who are very much fed up with the military and want to see change now the reason why in the beginning everyone had expected this walk in

thailand, thailand votes this weekend in its first general election since the army seized power five years ago. the premier has held absolute executive power since then and now hopes to return as an elected prime minister. he has tried to present a unifying candidate increasingly divided between the rural poor and urban establishment. south wales votes this weekend and may indicate the popular mood with the general election looming. the national government's plan may not be an option says the national administration. sydney has been hit by looming costs while regional voters feel they have missed out. falling home prices are adding to the strain. the grounding of the boeing 737 as set to now seen ripple through major u.s. economic indicators, from international trade to durable goods. j.p. morgan chase says there is little chance of a short-term impact but further ahead, they see a disruption that may affect the makeup of gdp to rising inventory, less investment, and fewer exports. boeing continues to build a plane but says it will begin slowing production as of next week. global new

these guys are on a mission to set up thailand's fearless evan national team and skate their way into the biggest competition in the game the role of the world cup almost every roller derby player you know has a dream of competing in the world cup and it would be great to bring a team from thailand with thai skaters. trained in bangkok that would be a dream. with the world cup expect to say place in a few years time the race is on to qualify they already have the skills. and training from a shrewd rola dobby legends experience international should stop bonds become team thailand's they need to recruit more type players and they're counting on role of dobbies growing proof fallen angels to help them do it i think people are hungry for it they want to be want to know what. they want to be able to get out of their bodies in that space and i think that's. all well. yeah that it has. been a. team bangkok are already planning into asia nique tonight's the big game against rivals hong kong at last year's world cup the number of asian teams competing jumped from one to three. and with more ev

in bangkok to crown thailand's new king. kong also known as rama the tenth the king was officially crowned as the divine monarch the first the country has seen in seven decades. after the death of his wife father in two thousand and sixteen saturday's pageantry is the start of a three day that formally invests him with legal power symbolizing his consecration as the holder of buddhism in thailand. in bangkok this is one of. the king as a living god charlotte how is the ceremony going. that's right michel and then you have to bear in mind when you're watching the ceremony this is the first time in most people's lives here in thailand that they're witnessing a thai king being crowned of course it's only sixty nine years to the day since the last time i king had a ceremony like this so for a country where the monarch is afforded divine status this really is a hugely significant moment the people here in thailand now a short time ago we watched a couple of holy ceremonies the king sitting in a white robe was covered in holy wate

high commissioner for human rights said today about dealing with thailand in this case take a listen but we have a strong view of the contributed by government for its new york for instance the. plane being different from your first marriage and then you did not send their. kids are for. then there were a person of freedom. that was the first priority. as it. was simple he makes it sound like it was a simple as a consultation with thailand and then the decision was made not to center back but would thailand have cooperated if there had been no twitter if there had been a public awareness of there had been no with media attention. it's a speculation but i think that the media attention absolutely helps we've seen that recently in the case of a soccer player briny suck up player. who is still in danger of being deported back to iran where he would face probably imprisonment maybe even torture so thailand is not to be trusted in this because they're not signatory to the un refugee guidelines and obligations and itself is a military dictatorship so there's a big problem in the head of th

final results are delayed in thailand. and it's a tight race between the main opposition party and its pro-military rival the first time people have been able to vote since the military coup five years ago. a summary a special counsel robert dollars report says the investigation found no evidence that donald trump's campaign coated with russia during the two thousand and sixteen election president says he's been completely exonerated the summary presented to congress doesn't draw a conclusion on whether trump obstructed justice and democrats are demanding to see the full report radical he reports from washington d.c. . it's the investigate. u.s. president donald trump has long condemned as a witch hunt in till it was released and now the president is cheering the findings there was no collusion with the russian there was no up struction none whatsoever. and it was a complete and total exoneration that's not completely true the attorney general says there is no evidence the trunk campaign coordinated with russian officials

not tones wrong wrong wrong it's something of a political rock star in thailand. a son of one of the country's richest families he set up his own political party a year ago. his declared goal and military rule bring back democratic rights and create a more equal society. these ideas resonate especially with young voters. this is the first time i get to fight i'm part of the new generation and when i see chinatown i believe he's also from the new generation. he has good policies and i believe he can make things happen. my father in law he has good ideas beliefs and equality of all human beings and he's determined. no region will send more employees to the new parliament than thailand's poor rural northeast. most voters here are still stand supporters of the previous democratic government that the country's military junta ousted in two thousand and fourteen who has political arm the polling structure and party has been working hard at making inroads here. the military government has been trying to win over voters in this part of the country basically by handing out

that team thailand will be a very exciting choice. if tonight's anything to go by these guys already six hand that into asian success international. they didn't screw up. that's it from us today don't forget to head to our website for more stories that dot com for slash asia and tweet us your thoughts staying with the sports field and we leave you with dirt bikers revving up for the dust raised in amateur eventually your chunk you south korea enjoy and see you next time. we're not here to judge you but to eliminate prejudices. we're not here to change your opinion. but to open some space for different points of view we're not here to speak on behalf of anybody but to let everybody speak for themselves. not here to give the right answers but to ask the right questions. we're not here to indoctrinate but to listen. plus ninety connect to an unbiased agenda subscribe now on youtube. is china a developing country still in need of cheap credit that's one of the big questions at the annual meeting of the asian development bank were members

there have been tensions in thailand between. if you can loosely explained it has as the kind of bangkok elite and conservatives versus rural. northeastern voters all of that doesn't kind of capture perfectly exactly how that's work but. thailand has been kind of trying to manage those conflicts of along with the role of the military and the role of the monarchy almost through the entire 20th century and into this century. and forging the compromise has proven to be thus far almost impossible there have been periods where things have worked better. but through it all generally. the time has continued to develop and continue to grow but that political tension has always been there that's part of the reason why. the previous government put in place the 20 year national action strategy which any government even if we did not think it was prime minister would be legally bound by that so there are certain signposts that the military government put in place to try to make sure regardless of what choices they have to make for the new go

i'm proud to be living in thailand and to have the king taking care of us. i'm really happy and proud because as citizens we want the best king and queen or even of the willed. come with him by social it clearly there's a lot of excitement on the streets of bangkok today how people responded. yes there's been huge anticipation in the build up to this car a nation just to give you an example the few days ago we met one man who was travelling six hundred kilometers on fiche to be here in time for the car a nation tomorrow of course is going to be another big day for people here thousands are expected on the streets not because that there will be a perfect for session through the streets of bangkok got them on it will be taking part in people here will have an opportunity to catch a glimpse of the king and of course to pay their respects show that that reverence for the kid then on monday he's expected on the balcony at the grand palace just behind me another opportunity for people to catch a glimpse of the king off his coronation today. that's troll a troll so

this is deja vu news live from the thailand's king takes to the throne ceremonies take place in bangkok for the country's first coronation in seven decades correspondents are saying also coming up. officials say it's a miracle no one was killed when a jet slides off the runway at a u.s. naval station in florida and. the last race before a controversial rule change in track and field cast as the menu overwhelms the competition in the eight hundred meters. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program elaborate ceremonies are underway in bangkok to crown thailand's new king mojave he run along corn a sixty six year old ascended to the throne in twenty six days after the death of his widely revered father saturday's pageantry is the start of a three day ceremony that formally invests him with regal power symbolizing his consecration as the up holder of buddhism in thailand. some feel is following the festivities for us in bangkok charlotte this is day one of a three day ceremony to consecrate the king how is the ceremony going. they are back a while advance today are starting to draw to a clos

well difficult ok at the same time we have human rights watch calling on thailand not to deport let's take a listen to that the reality is that she should have the right to seek asylum i don't think that was her first choice i think she wanted to go to australia that was her original plan but you know in this situation now she needs to be provided protection because if she is sent back she will face very serious physical harm from her from her relatives ok very serious physical harm we hear there of learning why is she facing violence at home. well so far we only have her word but i think it's quite credible that she has been abused at least psychologically that's what she says but she also claims she has been abused physically for just being a modern woman who wants to lead her life as women in the west basically so she writes in her twitter account that for example just for cutting her hair short she had basically she was put under house arrest for six months she wasn't allowed to leave her room she has renounced islam and apparently that is something that is very very severe this i

from thailand seventy six provinces and bangkok that was something that involved a lot of ceremonies they were several weeks ago they were gathered and then brought to bangkok and consecrated so this really is a ceremony that is rife with culture and tradition dating back centuries here in thailand and again the first time in seven decades so how have the type people responded. there is going to huge amount of excitement among people that we've spoken to here ahead of this coronation we actually spoke to one man a couple of days ago he was walking six hundred kilometers to try and from southern thailand up to bangkok to try and make it in time for this car a nation of people here. wearing yellow that is a mark of respect for the money king but mari really is a day that a lot of people here are looking forward to and that is because that will be a procession involving the king around thank all the tens of thousands of people are expected on the streets here trying to count she glimpse of the monic and try to show their respect as well for the new the crowned king on monday then he wil

this is the news of live from berlin thailand's king takes the throne ceremonies take place in bangkok for the country's first coronation in seven decades our correspondent is at the scene also coming up. officials call it a miracle that no one is killed when a jet slides off the runway at a u.s. naval station in florida. and india reels from the devastation after one of the worst storms in memory. welcome to news i'm michael oku elaborate ceremonies are underway in bangkok to crown thailand's new king. long kong also known as rama the tenth the king was officially crowned as a divine mana the first the country has seen in seven decades the sixty six year old ascended to the throne after the death of his widely revered father in twenty sixty saturday's pageantry is the start of a three day ceremony that formally invests him with power symbolizing his consecration as the up holder of buddhism in thailand. scholer chelsea until following the festivities for us in bangkok troll it this is day one of a three d. . ceremony to consecrate the king is a living god has a ceremony going so far.