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Indigenous people seek accountability over open dump in ancestral domain in Philippines’ Subic

The Philippines' Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) have ordered the closure of the waste facility, and called for…

  • Published: July 15, 202610:05 am
  • Author Joanna Rose Aglibot
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Nepal’s homeless children endure repeated displacement and a future in limbo

Nine-year-old Bishwanath Gurung has survived eviction, displacement and floods, but family instability and bureaucratic hurdles threaten his future.

  • Published: July 14, 202612:20 pm
  • Author Samarpan Shree
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After years of caring for ill parents, these Singapore men quit their jobs to care for other caregivers

Adrian and Greg Tan founded SG Assist in 2017, an organisation that supports and advocates for caregivers. The duo believe that caregivers face various pressures, which may not…

  • Published: July 13, 202611:02 am
  • Author Christine Tan
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Who was here first? Why maps, old compasses and history classes matter in South China Sea dispute

A decade after The Hague ruled that China’s historic claims had no legal basis, ancestral records continue to be amplified as claimant states entrench their arguments.

  • Published: July 13, 202610:04 am
  • Author Lim Min Zhang, Mara Cepeda, Philip Wen, and Nga Pham
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Three Nepali men disappeared from Libya on a US journey two years ago. Families still await their return

Families trapped between hope, grief and mounting debt as young members lost on the ‘donkey route.'

  • Published: July 13, 202610:00 am
  • Author Mahesh KC
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The price of parenthood: Why Bhutanese women are having fewer children than ever

Raising children in Bhutan has become increasingly unaffordable.

  • Published: July 13, 20269:34 am
  • Author Chencho Dema
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500-day campaign: Vietnam’s race against time to identify fallen soldiers

Launched on March 15 this year, the campaign combines military, police and scientific efforts to locate remains, collect DNA samples and identify previously unknown martyrs.

  • Published: July 7, 202610:27 am
  • Author Viet Nam News
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‘I came here for my daughters. Now they send money to help me’: Indian migrant worker in Singapore on unpaid wages case

Kandha Samy Ragupathy, who has been working in Singapore for more than two decades, is among 400 migrant workers affected by months of unpaid wages.

  • Published: July 6, 20269:36 am
  • Author Emily Koh
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Should South Korean workers get time off to mourn pets?

Support for pet bereavement leave exposes a generational divide over pets, grief and workplace benefits.

  • Published: July 3, 202610:01 am
  • Author Yoon Min-sik
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South Korea’s early World Cup exit sparks anger and calls for football governance reforms

Many lament the Taegeuk Warriors’ failure to make the knockout stages as an unconscionable squandering of talent in what is widely regarded as its strongest-ever squad.

  • Published: July 1, 202611:15 am
  • Author Wendy Teo

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