world s wealthiest countries has declared the insects a major threat to public health and it s trying some unusual methods to get people to help stop them from spreading. it s. a catchy song with a serious message it s part of an awareness campaign in singapore. yeah this is a typical scene in the city state playgrounds walkways and pulls in a fog of pesticides the spraying happens once a week in a bid to wipe out mosquitoes which can transmit diseases such as malaria dengue and yellow fever. you die or they die it says on this poster let s fight them till the end. people fear these chemicals are harmful not this pest controller he says they re very effective in the fight against mozzies.
a million people last year and the problem isn t restricted to places with poor sanitation one of the world s wealthiest countries has declared the insects a major threat to public health and it s drawing some unusual to get people to help stop them from spreading. a catchy song with a serious message it s part of an awareness campaign in singapore. this is a typical scene in the city state playgrounds walkways and pools in a fog of pesticides the spraying happens once a week in a bid to wipe out mosquitoes which can transmit diseases such as malaria dengue fever. you die or they die it says on this poster let s fight them till the end. but some people fear these chemicals are harmful not this
should just smith from reuters there joining us from seoul south korea. well tensions on the north korean peninsula have escalated over the past two years with launching repeated nuclear missile tests the two koreas have not been it peace since the korean war ended over sixty years ago here s a look now at how the how at the complicated tensions between the two sides they are on full alert at all times just a stone s throw apart in punjab north and south korean soldiers face each other at the most heavily guarded border in the world it s a tense scene that s virtually unchanged since the korean war ended more than six decades ago. after world war two the korean peninsula was liberated from japanese occupation soviet forces marched into the north while the united states entered the south korea wide elections were supposed to follow but instead separate