Category: World Touch

Myanmar’s military junta is carrying out more and more air strikes against the civilian population, according to a report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights recently published at the UN General Assembly. According to the report, airstrikes have been repeatedly combined with “measures that systematically deny injured people access to medical care.”

“Suicide is a tragedy in our society,” says Father Cho Seung-hyeon, a priest and journalist, who refers to the nation’s highest suicide rate among developed countries. Common factors cited by experts to explain the high suicide rate are the pressure young people face at school, the lack of social protection, and the stigma surrounding mental health problems.

Pope Francis is scheduled to meet with children of the five continents in November to reflect and learn from their untainted acceptance of others and respect for creation.

The authorities responsible for information security have confirmed that the Philippines ranks second in the world in terms of sexual exploitation of minors via the internet. A phenomenon that has various reasons, but it also calls into question “digital illiteracy” which would expose them more to criminal use of the internet.