BTS rekindle debate about military service in South Korea
Seoul, South Korea Reuters A surprise decision by South Korean boy band BTS to take a break from live shows has rekindled debate about mandatory military service in a country setting global pop-culture trends while facing a decades old Cold War threat. Military service is hugely contentious in South Korea where all able-bodied men aged […]
ESSAY: RUDDOCK REPORT CONSTRAINS, NOT EXPANDS, FEDERAL RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS
After extracts of the long-awaited Ruddock report into religious freedom were leaked this week, Australian academics LIAM ELPHICK, AMY MAGUIRE and ANJA HILKEMEIJER, in an article first published on The Conversation, take a look at what the review’s recommendations may mean for Australia…
ISRAEL: JERUSALEM TAX SPAT PITS HEAVEN AGAINST EARTH
MICHELE CHABIN, of Religion News Service, looks at the dispute between the church and state in Israel which recently saw the doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre closed temporarily…