all southeast asia and asia there are a lot of similarities. >> he is a male entity. he is not -- are you referring to the story? >> it's interesting you should say that. a unique indian concept is one of half male, half female. and that is -- unlike some dances the solo dancer portrays all of the parts in the story. you can portray a feminine aspect and then masculine aspect with the bow and arrow. the male has to portray feminine and the female has to portray masculine. there is a very fierce dance and a soft sort of dance and every dancer has to learn all those aspects. it's very, you know, my teacher i call him a guru in this art form you have to study very, very hard. you have to learn about all the cultural aspects. he says it's liberating because he enjoys and has to learn to bring up the feminine aspect. he's a strong character it's a challenge for him and he likes it. the stories are metaphor cal. i don't look at this that this is a man or woman. there are qualities we all have that some of us are in touch with and are not. in our culture we think people shou

thailand's models show is one of the biggest in southeast asia. it kicked up last weekend attracting consumers to a new set of wheels. japan's honda has unveiled an eco friendly new brand for asian markets. rival nissan is showing it is popular compact car with more options to customize the interior of body color. 2012 has been a landmark year for the thai auto industry. annual production passed 2 million units. >> translator: today is the day we celebrate the great success of the local automobile industry. i believe we will be back celebrating production of 3 million units in the very near future. >> translator: we could recover from the floods in a very short period. since the recovery we have received many bookings and now we are operating at full capacity. still, with many back orders waiting. >> reporter: the floods of 11 are a bad memory for the industry. auto makers and their suppliers were severely impacted. many plants were forced to close. thailand status as an production base hasn't changed. the industry has quickly got back on track. t

thailand's model show is one of the big events in southeast asia. it kicked off last weekend attracting consumers on the hunt for a new set of wheels. japan's honda has unveiled an japan's honda has unveiled an ecofriendly brand-new deluxe for asian markets. nissan is showing their popular compact car with more options to customize the interior or body color. 2012 has been a landmark year for the thai auto industry. >> translator: today is the day we celebrate the great success of the local automobile industry. i believe we'll be back celebrating production of 3 million units in the very near future. >> translator: we could recover from the floods in a very short period. since the recovery, we have received many bookings and now we are operating at full capacity. but still, we have many back orders waiting. >> reporter: the floods of 2011 are a bad memory for the industry. automakers and their suppliers were severely affected. many plants were forced to close. but thailand's status as an important production base hasn't changed. with strong demand i

reference currency all over southeast asia nowadays it's not the us dollar anymore it's the new one and now you can change it you one virtually everywhere even in a shopping mall in bangkok for that matter so it's going to be the future reference carus and trade between china is going to grow exponentially so there's no need for a war what do we have is a competition for a gemini between china india and the us it involves not only the south china sea but this whole arc that goes from the arabian sea across the south china sea and the norse china sea as well where japan in north korea that's in the careers are involved as well but this is a big difference a big power play basically between the u.s. and china and india who wants to more or less control what goes on in an indian ocean we all know that in the future these three all have to live in the same waters the chinese navy the indian navy and u.s. navy so that brings us to the u.s. pivoting announced by a bomb almost a year ago at the pentagon if they go with the militaristic kind of thing towards asia then we're going to have a conf

asia i've been everywhere about five times and south america these are the places that and of course europe but it's certainly eastern europe is it's one of those forgotten places and russia like i say because it's so vast i mean when you say russia really you mean in the east we're talking about a completely different country yeah. and in the west completely because our people is not the east the east what is there i mean the sun hardly childcare it's. ok now is there some sort of a favorite spot or you somewhere some you'd like to live well maybe die and. well where i live now is the place i'd love to die i live in a lovely farm in wales. no but my favorite unit will show you know what i you know so much you know that i do with my daughter as well she was born and we're i was born in the southeast of england. and it is easy to say well this is my favorite place in the world i do love it there. mongolia is one of my most mongolian countries definitely it's an increase of i've been to twelve or six times and like russia mongolia has a why incredibly well i both like the girl we're fi

get news and insight on southeast asia every weekday live from bangkok only on "newsline" . >>> people in northern japan are dealing with more snow. this is after they got record breaking amounts of it last week. we get the latest in the world weather forecast. >> a winter storm is sweeping across northern japan producing snow showers and strong winds. we have reports of 100 kilometers gusts. strong northern winds will be flowing. that's going to produce heavy snow showers. for northern japan as well as the north coast of western japan. behind it a large high pressure system is keeping things dry. all along the rim of this high pressure area, very strong winds are blowing. that's resulting in highways and strong northern winds are quiting with warmer air creating light showers for southern showers as the high pressure system descends down rain should be tapering off here. here are your temperatures. very frigid up toward the beiji. tokyo is a different story. your high in seoul is expected to be only minus 4 on wednesday. tokyo should be cooling down to 8 degrees tomorrow. on the weste

it was december 26th, 2004, when a giant tsunami swept across southeast asia, destroying entire villages, killing hundreds of thousands. "the impossible" tells the whole story in excruciating detail of what happened to one family caught up with millions of people in the disaster. >> i will find them, i promise you that. >> it just felt like it was rooted in real truth. like every line of dialogue, every detail, everything just felt real. >> reporter: naomi watts plays maria, who along with her son lucas, barely survives the initial wave. maria was badly injured. >> i'm scared. >> reporter: facing unimaginable obstacles, she needs her oldest son to help her and others. >> she was sure that she was going to die. and so it was absolutely vital to her to impart this need to take care of others. >> we are almost there. we have to get to safety. >> we have to help that boy. >> reporter: the tsunami killed more than 200,000 people and left millions homeless. for those of us covering it, it was one of the most horrific scenes we had ever witnessed. the entire neighborhood as far as the eye can s

it will extend them into russia and southeast asia. the winning numbers have been drawn. this translates as "the fatone." ticket sales were down. initial reports showed 27,000. among the luckiest faces, and this town. more than 1000 tickets one the maximum price. it is common for residents of a village to share in a big win. what happens if you are the only one in your town he misses out on the big one? r series on lottery winners and losers. >> the village is striking it rich. 2011, all 250 one between $130,000 and $3 million. everyone except the only one unlucky enough not to buy a ticket for the big christmas draw. today he works on his farm house finishing the documentary he has been making about the they win. >> these are the lottery winners in spain. this is sheer joy. this is the biggest lottery in the world. >> it made the village and everyone in it a global news story. >> it was funny because everybody would start saying it. and you zero, and they were frozen. >> this is a sleepy place. it is a model village in the 1960's. not much has changed since the big win.

myanmar has the geopolitical challenge of being placed near india and the rest of southeast asia and has an abundance of natural resources. these factors are drawing the attention of foreign investors who see the country as the last frontier to asia. the question remains whether he can handle a sudden influx of foreign investment. myanmar will serve as the chair country of asean in 2014. in that capacity, it will host key diplomatic talks like the east asia summit where the leaders of other powers gather. he seems eager to groom the country's bureaucrats for the world stage and change their mindset. >>> eight years have passed since the indian ocean tsunami. and left more than 220,000 4 people dead or missing. but one island had a low number of casualties. the reason can be found in music. ♪ >> reporter: the song comes from indonesia. it means tsunami in the local dialect. each song has been passed down for generations ever since a major tsunami killed thousands when it struck the island over a century ago. ♪ >> reporter: children have been brought up on this lullaby and adults c

allies, including japan and those in southeast asia, creating a major security risk drawing them and the u.s. into a potential conflict. rebecca. >> anna werner, thank you. now to egypt. president mohamed morsi said tonight the country will vote december 15 on a new constitution. the draft document and the president's new powers brought egyptians back to the streets today. holly williams is in cairo tonight, and good evening to you, holly. >> reporter: good evening. well, tens of thousands of president morsi's supporters took to the streets today, but it follows days of protests by his opponents, who accuse mr. morsi of behaving like a dictator. last week, the president gave himself broad new powers that he says he needs until egypt has a new democratic constitution. the panel writing that constitution rushed to finish a final draft on friday working through the night. but the panel is dominated by mr. morsi's islamist allies. and the final draft includes a bigger role for islamic sharia law and empowers the state to protect morals. but there's no specific guarantee of equality for w

in southeast asia, the philippines is taking advantage of the sustainable energy source and its usage rate is the second highest in the world. now it's strengthening its industry by teaming up with counterparts from around the globe. >> reporter: steam rises and the air smells faintless of rotten eggs. it is the second largest geothermal power plant in the philippines. the philippines scrapped their nuclear power program in the 1980s in order to pursue renewable energy. gee yoe thermal accounts for 22% of the country's energy. that is the second highest rate in the world. the national economy is on the rise as is the demand for power. to meet that growth, the government has the ambitious goal of increasing total geothermal power output by 75% by the year 2030. there are many challenges to achieving that target. an average size geothermal plant costs $13 million to build. further development also requires new technology for drilling and surveying. but the country is taking steps to bring its goals into reach. manila hosted an international meet williing for countries tha geothermal pow

so we kind of rebuilt ourselves as a professional force coming out of southeast asia. and, quite frankly, i would argue we couldn't run out of southeast asia fast enough mentally. because we took a whole counterinsurgency, guerrilla, irregular warfare lessons learned and i think as a young man growing up in the army in the late '80s, early '90s, we tossed that aside. it was revisited only in the discussion of developing light infantry divisions in the late '80s for the express purpose of operations in latin america. so as a culture, we've got to be careful that we don't jettison those hard-won lessons and capabilities we have in our professional force now as i would argue we did to an extent rebuilding ourselves in the 1970s and '90s. as an institution. and that is my opinion. i think we're at that inflection point now where you've heard the president says it, you've heard the secretary say it. rebalancing toward the asia pacific region has a bunch of logical lines and thought process to that. it serves kind of that focus, i think, quite frankly, on the army. i think i

the project could become a logistic hub serving the whole of southeast asia. on monday he took a one-day trip to myanmar's port town on the indian ocean. she met with the president to discuss the $50 billion u.s. dollar project which includes a deep seaport and power plants. it was the first visit by a thai prime minister since the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding in 2008 to develop the area. >> translator: by april of next year, clearer details should be available, and we should also be able it to invite investors to join the prakt. >> the dawei project is set to become the major access point connecting the indian on or about ocean to the south china he sea. it should be a new trading route for thailand and for myanmar a gateway for foreign investment. the project gained extra attention since myanmar launched the open door policy along with economic and credit reforms. >>> land mines and unexploded ordinane ordnance is the danger of war. we have the story. >> a small village in eastern afghanistan mourns the loss of its children. on monday t

he studied production of southeast asia's famous svette coffee using beans digested by small ma'ams. he honed his skills in indonesia but the spread of the sars virus forced him to rethink. >> what's an animal that will be large enough for production, safe enough for me to get close to, that's accessible and that has a single stomach so the beans aren't going to get destroyed. that's when i thought an elephant made sense. >> reporter: elephants are herbivores. they're able to ferment the coffee better, giving it a fruity taste. 8% of sales go towards caring for the ephants. the mahuts welcome the extra income. >> translator: making the coffee is easier than roaming the streets, performing for money. the elephants just have to do what comes naturally to make money now. >> there's always going to be an element of some humor to it but if i wanted this to be a joke, i would have released the coffee nine years ago when i was just starting out. i want this coffee, one it's got to taste good. when people are spending that kind of money it's got to be a good cup. i also want there to be a so

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. >> reporter: the indian ocean tsunami hit a wide area from southeast asia to east africa the day after christmas in 2004. the disaster left more than 220,000 people dead or missing. on wednesday, 5,000 people attended the memorial service for victims from aceh province in western indonesia. it is near the epicenter of the earthquake that triggered the tsunami. more than 160,000 people died in this province alone. at the event, the provincial governor emphasized the importance of passing down the memory of the disaster, so people do not forget it. countries are making steps to be better prepared for natural disasters. last year, ten asean member nations set up a disaster support center in jakarta, indonesia. >> translator: in order to prepare for a natural disaster it is vital to understand what one is. >> reporter: they are making steps to ensure they are prepared for natural disasters. >> reporter: they also set up a warehouse in malaysia to hold emergency supplies. aid was sent to the facility to the philippines where a typhoon struck earlier this month. also attending wednesday's ce

myanmar has the geopolitical advantage of being located between india and the rest of southeast asia and has an abundance of natural resources. these factors are drawing the attention of foreign ambassadors who see the country as the last frontier in asia. but questions remain as to whether myanmar has administrative abilities to handle a sun influx of foreign investment. myanmar will serve as the chair country in 2014. in that capacity it will host key diplomatic talks such as the east asia summit where the leaders of the u.s., china and other major powers gather. the president seems eager to gloom the country's bureaucrats for the world stage and change their mindset. >>> eight years have passed since the indian ocean tsunami. it struck on december 26th of 2004 and left more than 220,000 people dead or missing. but one island had a low number of casualties. the reason can be found in music. nhk world has the details. ♪ >> reporter: the song comes from the aceh province of indonesia. it means tsunami in the local dialect. this song has been passed down for generations, ever since

it also wants to sell more into southeast asia. the pipeline goes 2,700 kilometers. oil has been flowing from there to china since 2010. now, the final section has been completed. from there, it can be shipped out. until now, the oil was transported along this last leg by train. that had a limited capacity of 15 million barrels of oil per year. the new pipeline can carry three times that amount. it is part of russia's plan to reduce its reliance on europe, which currently buys about 87% of the country's oil exports. during price talks with europe, russia has also -- often said it would seek other buyers and focus more on asian buyers. >> china's biggest producer of so-called rare earths has suspended output at some of its plants for another month as part of an effort to push up prices. >> rare earths are a group of elements crucial for making high-tech gadgets like smartphones and ipads, and they're mostly found in china, giving producers a handle on the market. and despite that, prices are falling. >> rare earths are, in china, but many minds in mongolia have fallen

we're in danger of thinking about aids in africa and latin america and southeast asia the way we show concern about malaria or epidemic diarrhea or problems of resistant tuberculosis in these same regions of the world. we forget what really made our concern about aids special and that it was a global concern. there is an urgent-- a very, very urgent need to develop a vaccine against h.i.v., not only to protect the billions of people in the world that are currently alive, but those who will become alive, and those who will live through the next century. the development of a vaccine is proving to be a very challenging task. harold varmus: it's clear that the aids virus, when it naturally infects the body, does not induce a sufficient immune response to eliminate the virus on its own. that's a daunting prospect for someone who wants to develop a vaccine. secondly, we have a very poor understanding of what components of the virus might be the most potent in inducing a response. i do think it will be a long time before we have an adequate vaccine. alexandra levine worked with jonas salk on

as well in southeast asia and to develop such a strategy. of the western world to keep it sounds pretty nationalist forces say the developing suburbs is only a cover up for investment into radical islamic groups that i was investing against they've been regime in a small market and he was not the best guy actually they shouldn't be interfering now we have a civil war involving a lot of islamist presence as in syria today we know that is investing in. groups and arming them so all. of it not so good so so good partner for us and stories like that of mohamed merah a shooter from toulouse who killed seven jews this spring stirred the debate he came from one of the troubled areas where qatar is planning to invest and public discourse on the matter suggests that people in france are not certain whether the oil rich state would cure such a problem or aggravate it. reporting from paris. now to some other world news this hour south korea says it the key to reroute passenger planes over the yellow sea is to avoid any possible collision with debris fr

asia, especially southeast asia is an emerging hot market for other japanese lenders, too. mizuho will set up firms which set up shop in laos given its labor costs and low political risks compared to china. >>> now let's get you the latest results of spain's auction debt. the country is seeing lower yields than the last time it went to market and higher demand. 2015's bid to ratio, 4.8 versus 2 the last one, 3.1 versus 2.6 for the 2017 and the 2040 saw a 2.1 bid to cover. of course, when it comes to the yield, i would give you a sense of what we're seeing on these. 2015 maximum yield coming in just under 3.43%. that's roughly where we stood on the last go around on december 5th. for the 2017, we saw 4.24 versus 4.5, so an improvement. for the 2045 .9 the%. backing up quite a bit relative to the 4.8%. although the last time we saw an auction there was in march 2009. to walk us all through this, let's get back to sylvia peruzzo from nomura. what's your reaction? >> i think we need to take stock of the fact that the cost of funding for spab has improved substantially. we need,

its board members cite strong growth in southeast asia, especially in the philippines and malaysia. the bank's board members revised their estimate from 5.6% in october to 5.9%. the five countries are the philippines, malaysia, indonesia, thailand, and vietnam. the bank official said third-quarter expansion in the philippines was high at 7.1%. they said rising consumption and public investment in malaysia is contributing to the region's growth. the story was different for japan. they lowered their 2012 growth estimate by 0.6 percentage points. they cited a drop in exports stemming from a territorial dispute with china. the bank officials say southeast asian economies are supported by solid domestic demand. they added the countries are relatively unaffected by the debt woes in europe. >>> as if to back up the adb's projection, japan's economy remained out of steam in october. the latest key economic indicator fell for the seventh straight month. the cabinet office says the coincidence index of the economy ticked down 0.9 points from september to 90.6. the index tracks the current sta

get news and inside on south and southeast asia, every weekday, live from bangkok, only on nhk world "newsline." >>> the u.s. defense secretary has revealed plans to ploy the next generation of fighter ts in western japan. leon panetta says the united states will stage f-35 stealth jets from 2017. >> for the first overseas deployment of the f-35 joint strike fighter to iwakuni in 2017. >> the f-35 is equipped with stealth capability to obscure it from radar. analysts say the plane is expected to check china's military growth. it already floyd f-22 fighters athe u.s. kadena basein inawa. japan's defense ministry will adopt f-5s as its next mainstay fighter jet. investigators in japan are trying to figure out what caused an expressway tunnel to cave in killing nine people. the team will test bolts that held up concrete ceiling panels inside the structure. transport ministry and expressway officials started the tests tuesday in sasago tunnel in yamanashi prefecture. more than 300 ceiling panels fell earlier this month, crushing three vehicles. thinvestigators will use a device that pull

china and the united states are competing for influence in southeast asia. myanmar's per capita gdp is among the lowest in asean. the country may be exploring ways to develop its economy quickly by maintaining close relations with both superpowers. jun kobayashi, nhk world, yangon. >>> from one controversial mineral project to another, and this time in malaysia. a plant for refining rare earth metals has begun operations one year behind schedule, but protests continue by local residents concerned about the impact on health and the environment. australian mining company lynas began refining rare earths on friday at the plant in malaysia's central state of paham. the facility is the largest of its kind outside china. lynas plans to use it to produce about 22,000 tons a year of rare earths including neodymium. the substance is a key component of electric vehicle motors and other high-tech products. china dominates the rare earth market, and companies looking to diversify their supplies are keeping a close eye on developments at the plant in malaysia. and japan

its board members cite strong growth in southeast asia, especially in the philippines and malaysia. the bank's board members revised their estimate from 5.6% in october to 5.9%. the five countries are the philippines, malaysia, indonesia, thailand, and vietnam. the bank official said third-quarter expansion in the philippines was high at 7.1%. they said rising consumption and public investment in malaysia is contributing to the region's growth. the story was different for japan. they lowered their 2012 growth estimate by 0.6 percentage points. they cited a drop in exports stemming from a territorial dispute with china. the bank officials say southeast asian economies are supported by solid domestic demand. they added the countries are relatively unaffected by the debt woes in europe. >>> as if to back up the ad bcs's projection, japan's economy remained out of steam in october. the latest key economic indicator fell for the seventh straight month. the cabinet office says the coincidence index of the economy ticked down 0.9 points from september to 90.6. the index tracks the current

cambodia, host of the east asia summit, is also the last stop in the president's four-day trip to southeast asia, which included a stop in thailand and a chance to discuss human rights. in burma, the president and secretary of state, hillary clinton, meeting with longtime opposition leader aung san suu kyi at her home, where she spent 20 years under house arrest. the president applauding the nation's democratic efforts. >> i want to make a pledge to the people of this country that i am confident we can keep. and that is if we see continued progress towards reform, our bilateral ties will grow stronger, and we will do everything we can to help ensure success. >> let the twinkie hoarding begin. hostess brands, maker of wonder bread, ding dongs, ho hos, and twinkies is shutting its doors, putting a possible end to an era of iconic treats, the company in bankruptcy court, selling off its assets instead of restructuring, leaving the sweet treats up for grabs to the highest bidder. for "teen kids news," i'm lauren green, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> in "a tale of two cities," charles d

asia. mylan pharmaceuticals could be next to go on a shopping spree; it's sitting on about $4 billion in cash. while generic drug makers explore options for boosting sales, here in the u.s., an aging population and the rollout of the affordable care act could be another growth opportunity. analysts believe the generic drug makers could see a 40% jump in revenues once the a.c.a. is fully implemented. >> if you look at where a lot of companies are focused today, it is in the disease states that are relevant to an aging population. >> reporter: new drugs and new markets may help spark revenue growth, but the 10,000-pound gorilla is a newer category of products known as bio-similars, which are proteins made in living cells that are oftentimes used to treat cancer. they are a lot more difficult to copy but could also carry fatter profit margins. ruben ramirez, "n.b.r.," new york. >> susie: on wall street progress on the fiscal cliff negotiations sparked broad-based gains on wall street, helping

looks set to boost its military presence in southeast asia with washington reportedly on the brink of a deal to rotate more troops and ships right through the philippines territorial tensions in the area continue to simmer many see the move was an attempt to undermine china's influence there and some say it's all a dangerously high stakes game america does like to miss around with china in trying to stand up i taking sides in this dispute between china and its neighbors it's really not because it cares one way or the other for the philippines it mrs clinton has all the time to see the west philippine sea that's a very astute part of the world a lot of shipping through that area and and when there are so many players involved you cannot control them all any one of those laws then really it would be very hard to control the situation bring it under control. and i just had for you in the program here are overly heavy petting and jumping by the book the dog officially limits the level of love you can show to your pet but the new and see the legislation upsets the country's one hundred tho

looks at a recess military presence in southeast asia with washington reportedly on the brink of a deal to rotate more troops and ships through the philippines territorial tensions in the area simmering and many see the move as an attempt to undermine china's influence name and some say it's all a dangerously high stakes game america does like to miss around with china and try to stand up by taking sides in this dispute which between china and its neighbors it's really not because it cares one way or the other but the philippines although mrs clinton has called the stuff trying to see the west philippine sea that's a very strategic part of the walt a lot of shipping costs through that area and. when there are so many players involved you cannot control them all and if one goes off then really it would be very hard to control the situation bring it under control. now it's round billed to last a chinese man prepares for the predicted mayan apocalypse with fantasy book style survival parts get the full story on our website. also their fathers are from the scene of a building collapse in so

troops from southeast asia who brought cholera to haiti two years ago by dumping human waste into a channel of the country's main water supply since then there have been over eight thousand deaths and over six hundred thousand infected by a disease that had never existed in haiti before the muslim when you. were unhappy with the spread of cholera the public health has shown us how to clean the water treating it with bleach and making it safe furthermore the u.n. presence has been referred to as an occupation polls show that haitians overwhelmingly want the u.n. to leave their stay has been tainted by a number of scandals ranging from rape and even the killing of civilians mixon a local habitat organizer explains his hope for haiti. national committee can be part of it but i think the haitian needs to resolve the problem because the first same it means it is life from start from scratch but starting from scratch would rip. quire releasing the remaining aid money or reallocating the funds currently spent on up keeping thousands of troops to be reinvested toward sustainable agriculture and inf