Yoon Suk-yeol, a conservative former top prosecutor, was declared winner in South Korea’s presidential polls on March 10, defeating a liberal rival in one of the most closely fought polls in the country’s history. With more than 98 percent of the ballots counted, Yoon...
Some 16 parishes in Loikaw Diocese in Myanmar’s Kayah state have been totally abandoned with the escalation of the conflict between military and rebel forces. The green and mountainous eastern region bordering Thai-land was relatively peaceful for decades but has seen...
Bishops and priests joined fisher people in Sri Lanka on March 3 to demand protection of their livelihoods from destructive development projects that were harming the coast and the sea. Sebastian Fernando, a leader of local fishers, said: “The sea bed has been eroding...
School education, the last bastion of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, is falling asunder like the beads of a broken necklace. The blood-red flag with five yellow stars flutters in the air on campuses in Hong Kong as it did in mainland China following the...
Eddie Lo grew up in a religionless Chinese family and never considered practicing a religion despite his schooling under Catholic priests and brothers. But the Covid-19 pandemic and Hong Kong’s democracy struggle helped him change. The 55-year-old professional karate...
