Caritas Philippines expresses opposition to proposed privatization of gov’t hospitals
Bishop Jose Colin Bagaforo said the government should prioritize the needs of the "under-privileged, sick, elderly, women, and children"
Philippines, other ASEAN governments urged to stop using ‘lawfare’ against critics
“Lawfare is very common in the Philippines, but is happening everywhere in Southeast Asia and beyond," said Charles Santiago of Malaysia
Philippines to appeal ICC resumption of drug war probe
Officially, 6,181 people were killed in Duterte's "war on drugs" but rights groups say that up to 30,000 may have been killed
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Gandhi’s killer a hero to India’s diehard Hindu nationalists
In their view, Gandhi failed to stop Britain's colony from being partitioned into the separate nations of India and Pakistan
Buddhist monk leads deadly pro-junta militias in Myanmar’s Sagaing region
The stern-looking 40-year-old monk with broad shoulders and wide-set eyes made a name for himself in Sagaing’s Kanbalu township
Asia’s oldest cardinal turns 94, speaks of rice, TikTok, (and how to be Church)
“I have to thank my teacher. He did not convince me to be a priest, but he told me to study well.”
The women who lived as sex slaves to an Indian goddess
The stigma around their pasts means women who leave their devadasi order often endure lives as outcasts or objects of ridicule
Photos: Filipinos celebrate Lunar New Year
Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year, is one of the events China and Chinese communities around the world celebrate
Why Vietnam is celebrating the Year of the Cat, not the Rabbit
Streets are decked out with statues of felines and shops are stocked full of cat-themed decorations
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