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Four weeks of debate -- during a review conference for a treaty widely viewed as a cornerstone of nuclear disarmament -- resulted in no consen...

“It is the poorest of the poor who are hardest hit when multinational corporations and domestic firms decide to prioritize profit over human dignity,”

Japan wants to release millions of tons of treated water from the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea

Korean Catholics honor victims of 1980 democracy uprising Archbishop Kim reminds Catholics that the Gwangju movement sowed the seeds of democracy in the nation Updated: May 26, 2021 08:49 AM GMT Trending A memorial Mass to commemorate the 1980 Gwangju Democracy Uprising is held in Daegu in South Korea on May 18. (Photo: Archdiocese of Daegu) Catholics in South Korea joined commemorative Masses to honor hundreds of people killed during a pro-democracy uprising in 1980 as church leaders called for an official apology for the massacre. The Justice and Peace Commissions of the archdioceses of Gwa...

CHURCH Japanese, Korean bishops oppose dumping of radioactive water into the sea Scientists, environmentalists and fishing groups are against the idea of releasing the radioactive water of the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. By Robin Gomes Catholic bishops in South Korea and Japan have issued a joint statement opposing the Japanese government’s decision to dump radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea. On 11 March 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the north-eastern coast of Japan, triggering a 15-metre tsunami.  It seriously da...