To thailand in 35 as pope francis heads to the kingdom. Pulling out all the stops to welcome. Welcome to news asia its good to have you with us now it may not look like it but hong kong is headed to elections the elections for no good District Councils ordinarily arent a centerpiece of the citys political calendar but this time around theyve been seen as a referendum on the protests its also the only chance locals could have of being in a position to affect the election of the next chief executive of a correspondent phoebe kong reports from hong kong. Luncheon is getting ready to hit the campaign trail as a newcomer to politics the 27 year old is not taking the conventional rage the guy for which i know i organize weekly runs in my neighborhood. And i hope we can keep everyone healthy. Because we need to be fit to be able to cope with the chaos here. Lammas running for a District Council sees together with other young protesters over half of the candidates from the opposition camp have no political experience theyre also not affiliated to any Political Party and most of their campaigning is coordinated online. Used to work in a bank if the protests had interrupted hed still be there. For him though it was now or never stand up for his beliefs. I realize there are more important things than money if we lose our Freedom Democracy our hometown that its meaningless no matter how much you work or do you know i would later regret it if i didnt take a stand thats why i quit my job and i see some of the candidates are familiar faces tommy chong was among a group of former students convicted for their roles in the 2014 Umbrella Movement now the 25 year old activist has taken a step back from the frontline to fight on another battlefield. I did plan to study abroad once i had completed my Community Service sentence what happened to the Umbrella Movement made me feel powerless and a failure that those feelings have been washed away by the Current Movement that gives us hope again you failed to achieve anything 5 years ago so this time i am standing up for my beliefs in a different way. Thats. Over 4000000 voters will allow. Candidates to some 450. 00 seats although the cancel is just an advisory body members are eligible to run for the committee which picks the citys top leader. With demonstrations still continuing after almost 6 months and with no end in size the opposition says the poll is a referendum on their demands. Elections become less credible when people are blocked from standing in them but democratization has taught us not to give up any chance to vote street fight shouldnt be the only way for people to express their will not only to win a seat but to bring about political change. I would rather lose the election than lose the movement because lots of hong kong people have sacrificed so much some have lost their lives some may be jailed for 10 years but we still have a long way to go and i hope that people will keep on pushing for change no matter how the movement develops. Its unclear whether ballots can eventually stop the bullets many in hong kong hope they wont have both on election day. Should these 2 people behind me face justice over an existential threat to the people some rights group thinks so and its part of a lawsuit they filed in argentina to my right is Nobel Prize Winner and de facto nido of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi and to my left is min army chief mean. They are among the top political and military leaders named in the also seeking justice for the more than 700000 that had to flee 2 years ago to escape a brutal military crackdown against them interestingly the role suit has been filed in argentina under the principle of universal jurisdiction that says some crimes such as walk rhymes and crimes against humanity are so horrific they can be tried anywhere. For more im joined on the line by john is dave going about from younger on this welcome it isnt just the case in argentina its also the gambia that has filed a genocide against men mine the International Court of justice and the i. C. C. That has opened an investigation into the events of 2 years ago what has been the reaction in myanmar yet while sort of the International Criminal court i mean e. M. R. Basically rejects that they have any jurisdiction regarding me on this because memory says they are not a signatory to it but the i. C. C. Has said that since the engine want to 700000 went to bangladesh and bangladesh is a signatory but they do have jurisdiction on the case and you know investigations are are beginning when these so we have heard that they will not respond because they the day theyre going to try to stop the i need to know what that will be i would leave out the m. R. Dont acknowledge un the International Court of justice on this with me mark being a member of the u. N. And theyre basically those youre just got to start in the numbers now you know our case that they believe in that they are has a legitimate Counterinsurgency Campaign that they have lost there are any cases where soldiers of overstep the line they say that they will propagate but theyre going so those caves and built a few and far between i mean are they actually done anything so far with that so basically you see me in the m. R. C. Trying to just trying to play the card but i think began on the phone about the role of on science which is shes a defector leader of men what about hundreds of civility if i can quote of that in all of this did she do all she could to stand up for the rohingya through all of this. I will continue to make sure people understand that jeremy m. R. The civilian government has no direct control over the military the senior general the commander in chief men online users 0 mosque. But in the case in argentina you know a lot of everything that so much of what happened here could not have gone on without the complicity of the disability inside of government and she not only been in on something she would be counter but they made the former president kim jong un he was basically just a puppet president who did what on some hes whole and then you have the president the more and get out of power. President cheney so theyre all theyre all part of it certainly did you see its not that up there and john the case and the situation here in many ways hes given the military cover certainly he did not come at least certainly my command of any soldiers to do anything to then to to commit any of these alleged atrocities but she certainly has not stood up for them and she certainly has not tried to change the narrative in this country with her and gerard despised by so much of the population this goes back for generations and she certainly has not done anything to try to change that to vote of im speaking to us from john galt thank you very much for that shirt. Pope francis setting off on a historic visit to talk about this speech is the 1st one to have to travel to the laws of the buddhist country in nearly 4 decades from system preside over a range of from a just set of moneys and meet with members of thailands small but significant gaps that given to many of whom have been prepping for their visit for weeks. Thailands Cassava Community is abuzz with excitement. The students are rehearsing for a performance at the National Stadium in bangkok where pope francis is shitheel to hold a holy mass. News about the popes arrival has made all of us feel very excited ive never seen him in person so i make stream eager to show him how i strongly believe i am in catholicism. At a convent in a different part of town seamstresses have been working overtime to ensure the pontiff and just entourage decked out in the countrys finest threads. Theyve prepared more than 200. 00 ceremony of robes and heads with the papal visit. Its been so long since the pope travel to thailand that the video footage is grainy. John paul the 2nd was the last to include the buddhist majority country in a papal janies that was in 1984. So the fact that the current pontiff hasnt left their country off the map is a big deal for thailands tiny Catholic Community. Christians make up just one percent of the population and most live in the north of the country but they can also be found in the Nations Capital including in one of bangkoks biggest slums. But. Father. A missionary says christians here are eagerly awaiting the visit of pi francis because they see him as a champion of the man rebel. They nor the. Time to make the voice of the poor so loud loud. And truthful and this pressure there was a 3rd of the gift to give him for a version of for 3. Waiting for this. In bangkok and across the country thailands diverse Catholic Community is looking forward to publicly celebrate their faith. And the pope begins that visit in thailand from whence to be more of that visit and also this show available on our web site thats dot com forward slash shop thats our show for today make sure to check us out on facebook and twitter as well. With pictures of the German Embassy in Seoul South Korea where the giant admission was projected marking the 30th anniversary of german unification thank you for watching time of our. Literature invites us to see people in particular. As. He does or you go on youtube. Jam and live. At any time any place using names. Yeah i dont like. To sing along to you. From soup but. For. Interactive exercises. Everything is online. Interactive jamming to free with digital you. 15 miners have been killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine in Chinas Shaanxi province accidents like this one recurring phenomenon why does a communist government continuously fail to protect its workers. 11 banks open again after stock im also on strike for days to avoid customer aggression. And next time you get your nails done take a virtual trip to an icelandic waterfall where else. This is business as in early Chinese Media say 15 miners have been killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine in shangri province 9 miners were injured authorities are now investigating the cause of the incident chinese mines are the most dangerous in the world thousands of miners are killed each year in accidents. Now lets go straight to our correspondent in beijing fabienne why accidents like there is such a regular occurrence. Well i mean 1st you have to put into perspective china has a Huge Population and they are the workforce of 700000000 people and many of them work and live on the real jobs and dangerous jobs like call for coal Mining Sector cetera but even then statistically its more dangerous to work in effect for example in china compared to men