Category: Region
Church lends a hand as Myanmar struggles with second Covid-19 wave
MYANMAR (UCAN): Charles Cardinal Bo of Yangon, Myanmar, and the city’s chief minister, Phyo Min…
Indonesian police face backlash for attacking journalists
JAKARTA (UCAN): Media groups and activists have condemned what they claimed were abuses committed by…
Timor-Leste declares victory over Covid-19
Michael Sainsbury Toward the end of June, the tiny Catholic-majority Southeast Asian nation of Timor-Leste…
Church provides finance for Vietnam storm victims
HUE (UCAN): Caritas workers in central Vietnam have consoled and offered financial support to hundreds…
Dismay as top jobs go to suspected rights abusers
JAKARTA (UCAN): Rights groups in Indonesia condemned the appointment by the president, Joko Widodo, of…
