Year-end 2025: Philippines’ record flood control corruption unravels
Months after these revelations, the Inquirer revisits the government’s actions so far in probing the flood control scandal.
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Mediation centres in Nepal’s districts are largely ineffective in settling disputes
Nearly 90 percent of cases sent for mediation eventually return to the court for regular hearings.
In India’s Maharashtra state, girls’ education is hit hard by drought
A 2021 UNESCO report warned that climate-related disruptions could push millions of girls worldwide out of classrooms. It is a pattern already visible across India’s rural…
More young Filipinos getting chronic kidney disease — and they learn too late
Local and international experts warn that CKD patients are getting younger in recent years, primarily due to unhealthy lifestyle behaviors such as excessive consumption of…
Korea–Japan tunnel proposals emerge in Unification Church scandal
First proposed by the controversial religious group in 1981, the project has long been one of its priorities.
From loneliness to rebuilding identity: Inside lives of expat spouses in Korea
In Seoul, expat spouses rewrite story of identity, purpose, and community, led by a growing women's network.
World’s lowest birth rate? You may be surprised by these Korean women’s struggles to have baby
South Korea is notorious in recent years for the world’s lowest fertility rate. Yet the countless couples who desperately want children and carry heavy financial and…
Living with stigma, state inaction: What it’s like for some of Indonesia’s HIV-positive kids
Health advocates highlight the need for integrated social support as stigma against HIV persists.
Undocumented Nepalis face exploitation in Greece’s strawberry fields
Thousands of Nepalis in Greece work without documents, facing long hours and poor living conditions.
The open manhole that laid bare Karachi’s systemic rot
This year alone, 23 people have died in Karachi by falling into manholes and open sewers, of whom eight were children.