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'Filial service': Pinay recognized as South Korea's model daughter-in-law

Claire Lee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 14 12:58 PM

HOENGSEONG, South Korea – In a mountain village thousands of kilometers from her native Philippines, Emma Sumampong nurses her elderly mother-in-law, while also caring for her husband and children, working on the family farm, and holding a part-time job.   Read more »

In Indonesia, 'bride kidnapping' tradition fuels child marriage despite new ban

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Oct 31 12:09 PM

LEMBAR, Indonesia - Fifteen minutes into their first date, Indonesian teenager Helma Yani received a marriage proposal from a boy she had just met. He spirited her away to a relative's house and a month later, at age 17, they were married. Read more »

Taiwan revels in first pride parade since legalizing gay marriage

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 27 12:43 AM

The island has long hosted the region's largest pride marches but this year Taiwan's LGBT community and their supporters had an extra reason to celebrate. Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga dapat isaalang-alang para makaiwas sa 'bad marriage'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 06:51 PM

Mainam na kilalaning mabuti ang kapartner bago pumasok sa pag-aasawa. Read more »

N. Ireland to legalize abortion, gay marriage

Joe Stenson, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 22 06:05 AM

BELFAST - Abortion and same-sex marriage are set to become legal in Northern Ireland, after a group of local lawmakers failed Monday in a last-minute bid to thwart the London-ordered liberalization of the laws. Read more »

'Arranged marriage': Babae kinidnap, ginahasa umano ng lalaking mapapangasawa

Zhander Cayabyab, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 17 07:47 PM

Ayon sa biktima, kinidnap siya mula sa kaniyang bahay ng lalaking napagkasundong pakakasalan niya. Read more »

‘Meet the Millers’: KC Montero, wife celebrate first month of marriage

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 13 12:21 AM

Montero and model Stephanie Dods, a New Zealand-raised Filipina, posted photos of their wedding on Sept. 9. Read more »

Married priests question raises fears of Church split

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 10 11:32 AM

VATICAN CITY, Holy See - An idea to fill empty pulpits in remote locations by allowing married men to become priests is bitterly dividing a Vatican assembly, with critics warning the emotive issue could fracture the Catholic Church. Read more »

Japanese MP makes waves by linking same-sex marriage to revising constitution

Linda Sieg, Reuters
Posted at Oct 04 06:51 PM

A conservative ally of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for discussion on revising Japan's constitution to allow same-sex marriage, annoying colleagues in the ruling party who are against it and also opposition parliamentarians who say enacting a simple law would clear the way. Read more »

US husband sues wife's lover and wins

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 04 06:39 AM

WASHINGTON, United States—Kevin Howard watched his life fall apart when his wife of 12 years divorced him, only for him to later discover that she had been cheating on him with a coworker. Read more »

Gay marriage legal in 28 countries

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 01 11:01 AM

The first-ever gay civil unions in Denmark 30 years ago paved the way for full same-sex marriages that are today allowed in 28 countries, even though homosexuality remains illegal in some parts of the world. Read more »

It's complicated: The battle for divorce law in Catholic Philippines

Christian V. Esguerra, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 25 04:45 PM

Committee hearings on an “absolute divorce” bill began last week, a first in the Senate.  Read more »

Should divorce be legalized in the Philippines?

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 12:37 AM

For Kana Takahashi of the Maya: The Feminist Collective, divorce allows people to start their lives over, and is a fight for women who are victims of domestic violence, and for children that grow inside a toxic environment.   Read more »

Indonesia moving to ban sex outside marriage

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 19 08:53 PM

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesia is set to vote on a plan to outlaw gay and premarital sex while beefing up its blasphemy laws in a shakeup fuelled by religious conservatism and slammed by rights groups Thursday. Read more »

Divorce is 'pro-family, pro-children,' says Hontiveros

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 17 02:59 PM

MANILA - Legalizing absolute divorce in the Philippines would allow individuals to start new lives, its main proponent in the Senate said Tuesday, as she sought to debunk the opinion that it would destroy the family as an institution. Read more »

Gay American married to Japanese sues gov't for long-term visa

Kyodo News
Posted at Sep 13 07:34 AM

TOKYO - An American man who married his same-sex Japanese partner in the United States sued the Japanese government on Thursday, demanding it grant him long-term resident status. Read more »

'Never too late': Stage 4 cancer patient marries fiance in hospital

Elaine Fulgencio-Español, ABS-CBN
Updated as of Sep 11 07:07 AM

As proof that it is never late to marry, a stage-4 cancer patient married her fiance inside the hospital which became viral in social media. Read more »

Defeated in court, gay lawyer to enter politics to pursue LGBT+ rights

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Sep 05 08:41 PM

Jesus Falcis in 2015 petitioned the country's top court to rule as unconstitutional a law stating marriage can only happen between a man and a woman. Read more »

Why gay marriage petition failed to hurdle Supreme Court

Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 04 02:47 PM

Lawyer Jesus Falcis would have had a better chance of having his petition granted by the Supreme Court had he tried to apply for a marriage license. Read more »

Supreme Court junks same-sex marriage petition

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 03 05:36 PM

MANILA - The Supreme Court on Tuesday has dismissed a petition that seeks to allow same-sex marriage in the Philippines.   Read more »