the upcoming free election has a special meaning for the people of myanmar. the country was under military rule for most of the years since independence. the opposition nld won the 1990 election with overwhelming support, but the military regime ignored the public will. over the years, the military government was consistent in cracking down on the pro-democracy movement. aung san suu kyi remained under house arrest for a total of 15 years. she was still under house arrest when the last general election was held in 2010. aung san suu kyi and the nld are hoping for a change of government, but they're facing major challenges by the ruling party. nhk world's thi ha thwe reports on the nld's strategies. >> this is myanmar's largest city, yangon. a street vendor approached our car. he is selling 2016 calendars with photographs of aung san suu kyi. the banner says 2016 will be the pro-democracy leader's year. >> translator: the calendar has been selling well because our country will hold an election this year. of course, i'll vote for aung san suu kyi. >> reporter:

>> well, since myanmar has opened up, western countries have business and political interests in myanmar and there are human rights and humanitarian considerations. so far the pressure on myanmar has been essentially applied by the u.s. government in diplomatic and whether it is the secretary of state, president obama, the assistant secretary of state for human rights and they went there and said all of the right things publicly and they probably say stronger things privately so the message has been right but the u.s. has been pretty much alone. the rest -- the european countries, the u.k., have been pretty subdued in addressing the issue of the rohingya. now if diplomatic pressure does not work, the second thing is do you reverse to sanctions being suspended, et cetera, this is not for us to decide. this is the tools that the government has. and the u.s. cannot be alone in addressing that. and right now the urgency is to have more governments toll the line with myanmar, which is one of engagement and discussion and not of stratization but with firmer and firmer tools at their disposal.

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 heart, i'm not happy. this is not my home. sometimes i wonder whether i'll live the rest of my life like this, or whether i'll go back. >> many here would like to return home. some feel that myanmar's migrant workers never quite settle in thailand. it's an existence on the fringes of society. those without official documentation are especially in danger of exploitation. but many feel they have no choice. >> in my heart i know it wasn't the right decision to come here. but if i think about the situation in our country, i know i have to stay. if the situation there changed, i would return. but it's very difficult to find a job there, so we have to stay here. >> many of the migrant workers hope that the political reforms in myanmar will improve the situation in their homeland. then they might be able to return, and their children would finally have a proper home. >> and there is,

between thailand and myanmar easier. >> for decades areas of myanmar was hidden from the outside world. development is starting but this is a section of the asian highway network that is just opened. it's part of an united nations project started in 1959 to promote development in the region. but for many the development has come at a cost. >> there are good and bad points to having the asian highway. it is good to have the road so people can travel easier and bring in more business. but not for my family. we have no place to go. we will lose our business. >> the road cuts through the mountains connecting the thai border, reducing the journey by several hours. it become a key trade route but many people had to make way for its construction. this farmer didn't want us to use his name. he said he was given a set price for his land but then was told that the government needed more for free. >> the highway cuts through my land on both sides. the problem is that they also want to include extra land, and i have to move back even further. leaving us with very little. >> past the town, the high

hassan has survived a similar journey, he was born in myanmar, but left by boat three years ago. hoping for a better life away from the camps he and more than 100,000 other rohingya were forced in to. but once in thailand he was bought and sold by fishermen and rubber farmers, enduring two years of forced labor with no pay. now as the wet season nears an end he's trying to convince his family to stay in myanmar. >> translator: i keep telling my family members who are not now in camps about my situation and may experienced. i tell them to be patient in the cramps and don't try them to leave i tell them myanmar will be a better place to live one day. >> reporter: in deck with the deaths 88 people have been charged with offenses related to trafficking. no one has been charged with murder or manslaughter. this is final resting place residents say most of them were reburies here after the remains were found. there is not much to show for it. it's an overgrown, unmarked grave site on the edge of a muslim cemetery in southern die thathailand. it's likely similar tragedies will happen ag

southeast asia countries expecting a new wave of arrivers of people and fleeing persecution of myanmar and thailand, indonesia where they refuse asylum and where many rohinga face abuse and sometimes even death. >> reporter: a slow, delicate process iseginning in a lab in southern thailand, forensic scientists investigating the deaths of more than 30 people whose remains were found on the border of malaysia in may and completed 10% testing on the bones and have not discovered how they died. >> translator: the first step was to identify their gender, rough heights and ages, the next step is to identify who the people are and needs dna comparison. >> reporter: that is unlikely to ever happen and they are believes to be rohinga from myanmar and they face persecution by the government. >> translator: to find their family members is not an easy task since we have no idea who the people were and no access to the rohinga in myanmar. >> reporter: the graves were discovered in a thick jungle and more found across the border in malaysia and fell victim to traffickers who may have held them for r

now with a new law in myanmar that regulates marriage, mohammed fears myanmar will become increasingly less to rapt. >> this is the family's business. why do we have to ask permission from the government. if in the future we have problems in our family, do we have to report every conflict to them? >> under the law, inter faith couples have to notify the local government and post a public announcement of their intention to mayor. they will be allowed to we had if there are no elections. put forward for the committee of nationality and religion critics fear the new law will be used to discriminate against minorities here. >> mabatai insists it is not addition criminalnagory. >> the other three religions, christianity, islam and hin dew enter religious riots shook myanmar three years ago. more than 140,000 people, mostly muslim, are still displaced. a former political prisoner leads a movement that works towards better ties between muslims and buddists. he says the new law will only widen the rift between the two communities and the government has up and downerred to the nationalist group

now a new law in myanmar, mohammed fears myanmar will become increasingly less tolerant. >> this is the family's business. why do we have to ask permission from the government? if in the future we have problems in our family do we have to report every conflict to them? >> reporter: under the law interfaith couples have to notify the local government and post a public announcement of their intention to marry. they'll be allowed to wed if there are no objections. the law is one of four put forward by a hard line nationalist group mabasa, or the committee for protection of nationalism and religion. mabata insists the law is not discriminatory. >> the other three religions, christianity, islam and hindu have laws to protect women, buddhists in myanmar don't have laws to protect them. >> more than 140,000 people are still displaced. a monk and former political prisoner leads a movement that works towards better ties between muslims and buddhists. he says the new law will only widen the rift between the groups. pander to the nationalists for its own gains. >> they want to maintain their power

now with a new law in myanmar which regulates buddhist women and other me religious, myanmar has become increasingly less tolerant. >> this is the family's business. why should we ask permission from the government. if in the future we have problems in our family do we report every conflict to them? >> under the law interfaith couples have to notify the local government and post a public announcement of their intention to marry. they will be allowed to wed if there are no objections. the law is one of four put forth by high line groups. critics fear the new law will be used to discriminate against minorities here. the law is not discriminatory, he says. >> the other three religious, christianity, hindu have laws to protect their women. >> inter religious riots shook myanmar three years ago. 140,000 people mostly muslim are still displaced. a monk and former political prisoner. he leads a movement that works towards better thais between muslims and butteddists buddhist. >> whether the government thinks it did the right or wrong thing, it just wants to maintain its power to control the co

she says the poll will be the first chance for decades for bringing about real change in myanmar and asked the international community to guaranty a smooth transition after the vote. and we stay in myanmar because you may have heard of thai kick boxing but this is its distant cousin and it's the traditional martial arts called left way and it's less well-known and travel restrictions and sanctions on myanmar said it kept a low international profile but that is all changing as florence reports. >> reporter: it was once considered the marshal arts of hulligans but left way, the traditional self-defense form has cleaned up its act. no longer considered the preserve of village folk it's embraced in towns and cities too. he is a former left way fighter and founder of a boxing club that not only trains professionals but offers classes to enthusiasts and it's like thai kick boxing but more rawness in left way and opponents can use body parts and head butts are allowed. >> what is the difference between left way and kick boxing, the difference not only the techniques but the way we fight it

plus myanmar martial arts getting popularity in syria. ♪ hello again the top stories on al jazeera, in turkey ten police officers are dead in a bomb attack on a turkish police mini van and happened in the eastern province and government officials blaming the pkk for the attack. more than 800,000 refugees will arrive in germany this year, that is according to the state premier of the country's biggest state and he says arrival numbers will need to be revised upwards and more than 4,000 people arrived in munick and being put on a train where they will travel on to germany. british secretary michael falon could launch more drone attacks if they feel threatened and killed two i.s.i.l. people last month against their own nationals and it was self-defense under international law and we have more. >> answer the call. >> reporter: when i.s.i.l. released a recruiting video last year cann appeared calm and spoke calmly. >> this is a message to the brothers who stayed behind, ask yourselves what prevent you from coming to the land. >> reporter: in clear english he appeals for others to join him i

. >> a controversial union, how politics is getting in the way of myanmar's mixed faith marriages. japan causes one of the biggest upsets in rugby word history as they beat two time champion south south africa. >> in front of the pope is president raul castro, who promised to go to every single one of the pope's masses while he is here in cuba. he has been emphasizing over and over the theme of reconciliation, reconciliation, love and peace. reconciliation, he means very specifically between cuba and the united states. reconciliation between countries at war and people within their countries that are at war. he spoke when he arrived of a third world war taking operation now. the pope played a crucial role in bringing the united states and cuba together again to renounce the resumption of diplomatic relations after 50 years, but also speaking about reconciliation in cuba among cubans. dissidents are rewarded as mercenaries and enemies of the revolution by the state. when he arrived here, he said he was addressing his message to all cubans, those who had to leave because of the polit

. ♪ ♪ >>> the president of myanmar has met with leaders of ethnic minority guerrilla groups. political observers believe a truce could build support for the ruling solidarity and development party. he met minorities leaders on wednesday in the capital. he emphasized the importance of a ceasefire. >> translator: i'd like to express the importance of peace in the transition to democracy. without peace, it is not possible. i'd like to call on you all to take part in the discussion with a genuine desire for peace. >> government troops have fought with armed minority groups since myanmar's independence from britain. ethnic minorities account for 1/3 of the country's population. members of the association of southeast asian nations plan to set up an economic community by the end of the year. analysts say the stabilization of border areas is essential for development. team say the administration succeeded in a draft in march after two years of negotiation. official campaigning kicked off on tuesday. the opposition, national league for democracy, is reportedly moving ahead of the rul

. >>> a huge special economic zone has opened in a suburb of myanmar's biggest city. the japan international cooperation agency and a major japanese trading firm worked with the country on the project. the special economic zone includes a 400 hectare industrial park. 47 firms plan to operate in that park. more than half are japanese. myanmar's vice president and japan's deputy prime minister attended an opening ceremony on wednesday. >> translator: the zone will back gateway for japanese firms that want to do business in myanmar. >> a seoul leader visited the plant of a japanese auto parts firm. officials in japan and myanmar plan to develop another industrial complex covering up to 700 hectares in the special economic zone. >>> japan's national rugby team faced scotland on wednesday in their second match at the rugby world cup in england. they were defeated, upsetting fans. japan is now in 11th place in the lace latest world rankings after their historic victory over south africa in their opening match. in the first half, after 15 minutes, the brave blossoms took a 7

. >> reporter: that is unlikely to ever happen, the victims are believed to be from neighboring myanmar with citizenship 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 to access to the rohinja in myanmar. >> reporter: the graves discovered in thick jungle, more found across the border in malaysia and seems they fell victim to trackiccers who may have held them for ran some and she has survived a similar journey and born in myanmar and left by boat three years ago hoping for a better life away from the camps and he and more than 100,000 rohinja were forced into and he was bought and sold by fishermen and rubber forms and two years of forced labor with no pay. now as the wet season nears an end he is trying to convince his family to stay in myanmar. >> translator: i keep telling my family members who are in the camps about my situation and what i experienced and i tell them to be patient in the camps and don't try to leave and i tell them myanmar will be a better place to live one

the women don't have laws to protect them. >> interreligious riots shook myanmar three years ago. more than 140,000, mostly muslim, are displaced. this person is a monk and former political prisoner, leading a movement working towards better ties between muslims and buddhists. the new law us will widen the rift between the two communities, and the government pandered to the nationalist group for its own gains. >> whether the government thinks they did the right or wrong thing, they want to maintain power to control the country. that's why they created the country and want to continue to use the power. >> reporter: that means interfaith couples will find it >>> let's get a few from phil >>> a view of this from phil robertson, the deputy director of the asian division of human rights watch. he says the law is discriminatory towards muslim and may provoke violence. >> reporter: this law is clearly and blatantly discriminatory, a potential tryingure between butists and non-butists in burma, and is an opportunity for extremists to substantiallily gree at anti-muslim mobilization, using

it's a historical legacy for myanmar people. >> reporter: so he does his bit, promoting the sport and making sure it stays trues to it roots. >> go to our website if you want to catch up on all of the news all of the time. aljazeera.com. ♪ the white house gets a big victory over the iran nuclear deal and enough back it to stop a deal altogether. refugees breakthrough police lines on the border with serbia hoping to make it to germany and the u.s. is considering how to ramp up its response and some high-profile visitors are set to see kim davis in jail as they launch a new effort to try and get released. ♪

the senior myanmar official said tourism is themost important industry for his country and says these new offices will boost industries. japanese visitors last year topped 83,000. that was nearly double the number from three years ago. >>> here's a look at some of the other business sries we're following. people representing japanese chain stores say hot weather in august led to a spike in supermarket sales. they say purchases of summer clothes contributed to a 2% increase from the same month last year, the fifth month in a row that sales have been up. they drive up prices of imported goods. consumers across spent more on air conditioners and refrigerators too. officials at manufacturers association say shipments of electric appliances topped $1.5 biion, up 14% from a year earlier. blue fin tuna is a favorite among jab these diners. it is an important part of japan's food culture, but they have taken a serious toll on the global population. many countries have been working on controls to limit catches. we have a report from a fishing town that is directly affected by the new restricti

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 three years ago hoping for a better life away from camps and he and 100,000 others were forced into and once in thailand he was bought and sold by fishermen and rubber farmers and during two years of forced labor with no pay, now as the wet season nears an end he is trying to convince his family to stay in myanmar. >> translator: i keep telling my family members about my situation and the experience and i tell them to be patient in the camps and don't try to leave and say myanmar will be a better place one day. >> reporter: in connection with the deaths 88 people have been charged with offenses related to trafficking, no one has been charged wi

travel restrictions and international sanctions on myanmar meant the sport has kept a relatively low international profile, but that is slowly changing. >> reporter: it was once considered the marshall arts of hooligans, but now it has cleaned up its act. no longer considered the preserve of village folk, it is being embraced in towns and cities too. this is a former fighter and founder of a boxing club that not only trains professionals, but also offers classes to enthusiasts. there's more rawness. opponents can use all body parts and head butts are allowed. >> the difference not only the techniques, but the way we fight without gloves. >> reporter: the front compound is used as the training zone. there's no air conditioning, no fancy machines. much like the sport itself, it's down to earth. if this boxing gym can be measured as a growth in popularity, then it is growing by leapss and bounded. this is one of the regulars who have been taking lessons for more than a year. >> it releases my stress when i punch. it releases stress as well as makes me safe. >> reporter: the sport has be

but myanmar's traditional self-defense form has cleaned up its act. no longer considered the preserve of village folk, it is being embraced in towns and cities too. this is a former fighter, and the founder of a boxing club that not only trains processionals but also offers classes to enthusiasts. there's more rawness. head butts are allowed. >> the difference, not only the techniques, but the way we might without gloves. >> reporter: the front compound of his home as used at the training center. there is no air conditioning. this sport is growing by leaps and bounds, from just one student five years ago, it now has an average of 30 students a weekend. this is one of the regulars who has been taking lessons for more than a year. >> it has relieved my stress when i punch. it's relieving my stress as well as make me sweat. >> reporter: in cent years the sport has been taking a name for itself in the international arena. it's fame coinciding with myanmar's emerge gansz from a dictatorship four years ago. the sport is still some way there achieving global

myanmar says the rohingyas are not citizens of myanmar, work their hands at their own people's suffering. until there's peace in syria, stability in other areas, why will people stop running, until they stop, where will they go. my guests are still with me. having an international tool kit for dealing with the crisis that seem to be with us almost on an ongoing basis now. >> indeed. it points to a number of factors. first of all, of course, that there are a conflicts. looking at syria in particular, conflicts. >> amnesty international, not long ago had a resolution on chemical weapons. that fell short of accountability. we'd need to see the prosecutor from the international criminal court. on the broader scale. we have spoken about the lack of funds to the un-hcr and the lack of resettlement places offered at a time when we were facing the biggest refugee crisis since world war ii. >> mr ambassador. some of the countries arrived to be settled. i wonder if it's fair to look at an erit tray opinion. different from a syrian people that didn't want to be blown up. the tragedy is every refuge

now with a new law in myanmar that regulates, mohammed fears myanmar will become increasingly less tolerant. >> this is the family's business. why do we have to ask permission from the government? if in the future we have problems in our family do we have to report every conflict to them? >> under the law, interfaith couples have to notify the local government and post a public thowment of their intention to marry. they will be allowed to wed if there is no objection. the law is put forward by a hard line buddhist group. critics fear the new law will be used to discriminate against minorities here. mabata insists the law is not discriminatory. >> translator: the other three religions, christianity hinduism and buddhism don't have laws to protect them. >> more than 140,000 people mostly muslim are still displaitsed. displaced. a former political prisoner leads a movement that works for better ties between muslims and buddhists. the government has pandered to the nationalist group for its own gains. >> translator: whether the government thinks they did the right or wrong thing they just want

myanmar says the rohingyas are not citizens of myanmar, work their hands at their own people's suffering. until there's peace in syria, stability in other areas, why will people stop running, until they stop, where will they go. my guests are still with me. having an international tool kit for dealing with the crisis that seem to be with us almost on an ongoing basis now. >> indeed. it points to a number of factors. first of all, of course, that there are a number of ongoing conflicts. looking at syria in particular, and there's immunity for the conflicts. >> amnesty international, not long ago had a resolution on chemical weapons. that fell short of accountability. we'd need to see the prosecutor from the international criminal court. on the broader scale. we have spoken about the lack of funds to the un-hcr and the lack of resettlement places offered at a time when we were facing the biggest refugee crisis since world war ii. >> mr ambassador. some of the countries arrived to be settled. i wonder if it's fair to look at an erit tray opinion. different from a syrian people that didn't w

a controversial union - how politics is in the way of myanmar's mixed-faith marriages. >> and all the sport - including one of the big upsets history. as japan beats 2-time winner sav yeah >>> greece - syriza swept to victory on a platform to fight austerity. now the party is battling to stay in power. the snap vote was called after syriza lost its parliamentary majority in august. the popularity of its leader fell after he agreed to try a new bale off deal. the bailout involved economic reforms which syriza promised to oppose. he angered members of the party by signing the deal after a referendum in which more than 60% of voters rejected austerity measures. and now the new democracy party poses the greatest challenge to syriza. let's take you live to grease. al jazeera's hoda abdel-hamid is outside a polling station there. hoda abdel-hamid, nine months after they were last asked to vote for a government. how did people feel about the election? > well, they are tired and exhausted about the economic turmoil. a couple of months ago they were in the same police. there were many voting i

s aim a and mohammed real from myanmar but live across the border in thailand. he is muslim. she converted from buddism. theynard and moved to the thai border town where they say they face less discrimination as a mixed faith couple. now with a new law that regulates marriage between buddhist women and men of other religions mohammed fears myanmar will be less to rapt. >> this is the family's business. why do we have to ask permission from the government. if in the future we have problems in our family, do we have to report every conflict to them? under the law, inter faith couples have to notify the local government and post a public announcement of their intention to marry. they will be allowed to we had if there are no objections. the law is one of four put forward by a hardline nationalist buddhist group for the protection of nationality and religion. dritics fear the new law will be used to discriminate against minorities here. >> mobata inlifts the law is not discriminatory. the other 3 religions, christian it, hin dew have lost a government. they don't have laws to pro

of myanmar were hidden from the outside world. development is happening, slowly. as the country opens up after years of military rule it's under increased scrutiny. this is a section. asian highway network that opened. it's part of development in the region, for many, it's come at a cost. >> there are good and bad points to having the asian highway, it's good to have the road to people can travel easier, not for my family. not for my family, we have no place to go, we will lose our business. >> the road cuts through the mountains connecting the thai border with a town reducing the journey by several hours. it will be a key trade route that many had to make way for its construction. this farmer didn't want us to use his name, was given a set price for his land and told the government needed more for free. >> the highway cuts through my land on both sides. the problem is they want to include extra land, and i have to move back further. leaving us with little. >> past the town, the highway is being built. people living in its path is

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 thailand, he was bought and sold by fishermen and rubber farmers and doing four years of foursed labor with no pay. he's trying to convince his family to stay in myanmar. >> translator: i keep telling my family members not in the camps about my situation. i tell them to be patient in the camps and don't try to leave. i tell them myanmar will be a better place to live one day. >> reporter: in connection with the deaths 88 people have been charged with offenses related to trafficking. no one has been charged with murder or manslaughter. this is the final resting place. residents say in the days after the remains were found in the jungle, most of them were reburied here. there's not much to show for it. it's an overgrown

politics is getting in the way of marriage in myanmar. >> find out about one of the biggest jump sets in rugby might not be as surprising as you think. >> in myanmar, buddhist woman who want to marry man of a different religion must get permission. some fear this will be used to discriminate against minorities. >> they are from myanmar, but live across the border in thailand. he's muslim and she converted to islam from buddhism. nine years ago, they married and moved to the thai border town. where they say they face less discrimination. now with a new law in myanmar that regulates marriage between buddhist and others, there will be less tolerance. >> this is the family business. why do we have to ask permission from the government. if in the future we have conflict in our family, do we have to report everything to them? >> interfaith couples have to notify the local government and post a public announcement of their intention to marry. they will be allowed to w wed if there are no objections. >> the law is put forward by a hard line buddhist group. critics fear the new law will be use

. >>> a new law has been introduced in myanmar to regulate interfaith marriages. british people in the country must get permission to marry a man of a different religion. they fear it will be used to discriminate against minorities. >> reporter: these two are from myanmar but live across the border in thailand. he's muslim and she converted to islam from buddhism. nine years ago they married and moved to the thai border town of masot where they say they face less discrimination as a mixed faith couple. now with a new law in myanmar that regulates marriage between buddhist women and men of other religion, mohammed fears it will be increasingly less tolerant. >> translator: this is the family's business. why do we have to ask permission from the government? if in the future we have problems in our family, do we have to report every conflict to them? rrm under the law interfaith couples have to notify the local government and post a public announcement of their intention to marry. they're allowed to wed if there's no objection. the law is one of four put forth by at

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asian highway, making links between thailand and myanmar easier. wayne hay met people along the route who say they have been cheated out of their money. >> for decades. the mountains here were hidden from the outside world. development is happening, as the country opens up after military rule, it's come under scrutiny. this is a section of the asian highway network that opened. it's part of a united nations project started in 1959 to promote development in the region. for many, the development came at a cost. >> there are good and bad points to having the asian highway, it's good to have the road to people can travel easier, not for my family. we will lose our business. >> the road cuts through the mountains connecting the thai border with a town reducing the journey by several hours. it will be a key trade route that many had to make way for its construction. this farmer didn't want us to use his name, was given a set price and told the government needed more for free. >> the highway cuts through my land on both sides. the problem is they want to

. >> for decades the mountains of myanmar were hidden from the outside world. as the country continues to open up after years of military rule i.t. has come under increased scrutiny. this is a section of the asian highway network that has just opened here. it is part of the united nations project started in 1959 to promote development in the region but for many the development has come santa cost. at a cost. >> it is a good to have the road so people can travel easier and bring in more business but not for my family. we have no place to go. we will lose our business. >> reporter: the road cuts through the mountains connecting the thai border with the town of korkarek reducing the travel by several hours. many had to make way for its construction. this farmer didn't want us to use his name. he said he was given a set price for land but then the government wanted more for free. >> the highway cuts through my land, the problem is they want to include extra land and i have to move back even further leaving us with very little. >> past the town the highway is still

its fame coinciding with myanmar's emergence and transition from military dictatorship. one year ago, an organization included a match at an event held. the sport is still some way from achieving global recognition. part of the reason may be because this bare-knuckled boxing style is considerably more robust, but proponents say the traditional form of fighting without gloves should be preserved. >> it was a national art, which was developed 1,000 years ago. it's a historical legacy for myanmar people. >> he does his best, promoting it, but making sure the sport stays true to its roots. al jazeera. >> we have all the other day's sports stories. >> thank you very much. serena williams will continue her attempt at a calendar grand slam when she takes on sister, venus. the big news monday was the defeat of andy murray, beaten in four sets by a south african in the fourth round. it started in the first two sets. murray pulled a setback on a tie break. anderson held his nerves to take it once again on a tie break to reach his third grand finals. for murray, it's the first time

high flyers, meeting a man who fled the 1962 socialist coup in myanmar, only to land in the cultural resolution. he had to leave his family to go to work at the age of 12, and six decades gone, he has control of 30 companies in myanmar. now ceo of the group, he says he spends hours talking with his father. i went a number of months, and it was physically exhausting, but we do chat a lot. we chat a lot about business, about people, and we just talk until we realize it is too late. in a way, we did grow a lot closer over the last years, and a think it is a lesson that we both of had the opportunity to work together. yvonne: and a surge. 6:00 p.m. hong kong and singapore time, "highfliers -- " high flyers." hong kong looking like this, down. the shanghai composite three quarters of a percent off, but the nikkei 225, the egg story playing catch-up after a three-day holiday, down 2.4%. some believe it is due to the carmakers. coming up next, in a tight race for the auto dollar in asia. how might the volkswagen problem change the game? "trending business" is back in two. ♪ sure, tv has e

groups have been fighting since myanmar gained independence from britain. dear rp and commission has called on the eu to accept 160,000 refugees from areas of the middle east and africa. tens of thousands of people are on the move after moving to greece, italy, and hungary. based on a are country size, and strength. the eu governments are expected to meet next week. rishaad: up next, economics and the rough. a report on how golf at the demises the problems facing japan. you're watching "trending business." ♪ ♪ this is "trending business," welcome back. a new stimulus package was announced to stop the slowdown in southeast asia's biggest economy. it will provide dozens of regulations. it's also introduced electronic systems to simplify business permits. business is growing at the slowest rate since 2009, and it is the second worst performer falling 13% this year. a fourth consecutive year of strike action adding to the pressure of falling sales. 48,000 labor guild members voted in favor of a walkout stop they want better pay and conditions. and-- sales s

coast economic corridor, a road that cuts through southeast asia from vietnam, laos, and thailand on myanmar. it's impacted distribution in the region. what used to be shipped can now be delivered by truck, reducing delivery time by 14 days. development is progressing rapidly ahead of the founding of the economic community. [ speaking foreign language ] ♪ >> in this episode of "asia insight," we take a look at dwept in da nang, meeting with business people hoping to benefit from the opening of the east-west coast economic corridor. >> the redevelopment of da nang has been under way since 1998. when the east-west economic corridor was launched. and particular focus has been placed on the modernization of the port system. tien sa, the main terminal, has a 12 meter deep area which enables these cargo ships to dock. it was originally built during the vietnam war for american military vessels. although it was severely out of repair, it can now handle five times more containers than before, thanks to an extensive makeover. a further round of construction commencing at the end of 2015 is expected

but myanmar's traditional self-defence form cleaned up its act. no longer considered the preserve of village folk, it's embraced in towns and cities too. this person is a former fighter, and founder of a boxing club that not only trains professionals, but offers classes to enthusiasts. it's been compared to thai kickboxing. there's more rawness. opponents can use body parts and head-butt are allowed. >> what is the difference between this and kickboxing. the difference, not only the techniques and the way it's fought without gloves. the front compound is used as a training zone. there's no airconditioning or fancy machines. it is down to earth. if this boxing gym can be used as popularity, it's growing by leaps and grounds. from a student. where it offers recreational advances, it has an average of 30 students. >> this is a regular taking lessons for more than a year. >> it's relieved my stress. it's a kind of relieving my stress as well as making me stretch. >> reporter: in recent years the sport has been making a name for itself in the internati

some are migrants from as far away as myanmar. and some are leaving the overflowing, underfunded refugee camps in countries like jordan, lebanon, and turkey. they are middle class professionals, no longer able to make a living, students whose studies were halted by war, and with no hope of returning home anytime soon, they see no choice but to leave. many are trying to reach germany, a country known to welcome refugees. it's expecting to take 1 million asylum seekers this year. there are several routes into europe, but many make their way through turkey and across to greece, then traveling north through macedonia, serbia, hungary, and austria to germany. they know it's incredibly dangerous, but to them, it's bother risking everything. yomas is a media activist from syria. he fled isis almost two years ago. >> day took my house and they forced my family to leave syria and now my family in turkey. >> he hopes to make it to europe, so he can arrange for his family to follow. for many like yomas, the journey begins with social media.

now, myanmar's opposition leader has called on politicians in their country to ensure that november's elections are free and fair and says the poll will be the first chance in decades for people to bring about real change in myanmar. she has also asked the international community to guaranty a smooth transition after the vote. more community and mexico is taking on illegal loggers to protect their treesith one of the highest deforest rates in the world and mexico has been plagued by organized crime gangs and john holdman sent this report where they have taken matters into their own hands. >> reporter: taking back what is theirs, tree by tree. the people here in southwest mexico are attempting to repair the damage to their forest caused by illegal loggers. ships of 200 people plant trees supplied by the federal government, it's a big change. a few years ago if they even entered the forest the armed gangs who protect the loggers will be waiting. >> translator: survived an ambush which two of his friends were shot dead. >> translator: their death made us continue to fight for our territo

rural poverty drives myanmar's illegal opium trade. and nature trail -- a quest to find a rare and endangered bird in benin. millions of sirens have fled

we report on myanmar's mixed martial art. >> reporter: it was considered the martial arts. but it has cleaned up its act. no longer considered the preserve of many. it's embraced in towns and cities. the former fighter and founder of a boxing club, not only trins transportationals, but overs classes to enthusiasts. there's more rawness. opponents can use body parts. >> what is the difference between this and kickboxing - it's the techniques. it was used as a train zone -- training zone. there's no airconditioning. like the sport, it's down to earth. >> it can by used as ponularity. it's grown in leaps and bounds. from a student that offered recreational classes. this person is a regular that's been taking lessons for more than a year. it relieves my stress. >> in recent years, the sport has been making a name for itself. it's gainsford-taylor siding from a military dictatorship four years ago. one championship, a singapore based mixed martial arts including a match in yank gone. it's gone some way to achieving global recognition. part of it is bare knuckled. it's more robus